I had to read this recipe title from Ground Beef Cookbook (Favorite Recipes Press, 1967) several times, and it made me laugh every time.
My guess is that Mrs. Emma Frances McCluskey wanted a recipe for Johnny Marzetti, but didn't really understand the name when she wrote it down. I swear, if this cookbook was from the early 2000s, I'd think the title was made up by a midwestern mom who really wanted her kids to like Johnny Marzetti, noticed kids were saying things like "fo' shizzle," and decided to try to make it sound cool by changing the name to "Jonni-Majarizy" (without fully understanding where "fo' shizzle" trend came from because then she definitely wouldn't have played along).
Last time I had a dental cleaning I ended up listening to a lengthy conversation about the slang that people's children and grandchildren were using. What was meant to be a compliment or a put down. It made me glad that I don't have to deal with children. I'm also infinitely glad that I don't have to feed children. No creative names to entice them to eat, no threats to make if they refuse to eat, and biggest of all not having to listen to someone whine incessantly about my cooking.
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