Secret Recipes
Self-Rising Flour (By the Cupful) By Gloria Pitzer, one of her original “200” recipes (1972) Sift together: 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 3/4 tsp baking powder. Alternate version #1 (as seen with “Banana Bread, Like The Grand Hotel’s“): 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 […]
BANANA BREAD – Like The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island (MI) Developed by Laura Pitzer (Emerich), 1979; published by Gloria Pitzer in her cookbook, Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; 1982, p. 238) On the lavish, luncheon, smorgasbord tables of the Grand Hotel, where we were staying during the filming of “Somewhere […]
Archer Teacher Fish & Chips, plus Onion Rings option By Gloria Pitzer, first published in The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemaker’s Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 1) Arthur Treacher was once Merv Griffin’s right-hand-man. A dignified and accomplished actor that we best remember from the 1930s & 1940s. Ingredients: 3 cups boxed […]
Applebee’s-Style Oriental Dressing By Gloria Pitzer, from her “Oriental Chicken Salad, Like Applebee’s” recipe found in her self-published cookbook, The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 3) Ingredients: 8-oz bottle Paul Newman’s Vinegar & Oil Dressing 14-oz can Eagle Brand Milk 1/3 cup water 1/3 cup white vinegar Instructions: Put […]
Coney-Style Hot Dog Sauce By Gloria Pitzer, from her “Free Recipes & Ordering Information” sheets Ingredients: 2 lbs. ground beef 4 TB oil 2 envelopes onion soup mix 0.4-oz. envelope ranch dressing mix 2 cups hot, black coffee 6-oz. can tomato paste 1 TB each: chili & cumin powders Instructions: Brown beef in oil, using […]