Secret Recipes
FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 15) INGREDIENTS: 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt 2 cups canned fruit cocktail, undrained 1 slightly beaten egg 1 recipe “Topping”* [included below] 1 recipe […]
Happy Monday! I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalCookbookMonth October is special, when it comes to writing about my mom, being the “Secret RecipesTM Detective”. Besides all of the food related observances, it’s also National […]
Happy I Love Yarn Day! TRIANGLE GRANNY – Half of a Granny Square (For 3 Rounds) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published folder… Granny Square How To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Fall 1986, p. 1). [NOTE: As always, I’m asking only for proper credit if you care to share this.] HOOK NEEDS […]
SHRIMP SCAMPI, LIKE OLIVE GARDEN’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; October 1999, p. 46). As always… asking only for proper credit if you care to share it. DRESSING MIXTURE: Combine: ½ cup creamy garlic dressing & 1 TB lemon juice… OR… ½ cup […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! Therefore, happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #WomensSmallBusinessMonth #WorkAndFamilyMonth Happy October and National Women’s Small Business Month, plus National Work and Family Month. It’s a perfect time to […]
Happy October and National Women’s Small Business Month! Additionally, the second Saturday of October is also I Love Yarn Day. Next to journaling, crocheting was one of Mom’s favorite hobbies. For centuries, hobbies have often been turned into small businesses – more so by women than by men. Mom’s mom, my grandma, was a passionate […]
DIRTY RICE, LIKE POPEYE’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Make Alike Recipes – Revised (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; May 1997, p. 45). INGREDIENTS: 1 lb. spicy [ground] breakfast sausage 14-oz can clear chicken broth ½ cup long grain rice 1 tsp dry minced onion INSTRUCTIONS: Brown sausage until pink color disappears and crumble […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #FallFoliageWeek As I wrote last week: [this] week begins National Fall Foliage Week. I’ve actually been seeing trees throughout St. Clair […]
FRANKLY CAFÉ “INTERSMASHIONAL” COFFEE MIX By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 268). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] This unique product, by its original identity, is found on the […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! Therefore, happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #AutumnalEquinox As I wrote last week: Sunday [was] the official start of fall – the Autumnal Equinox. Thus, happy fall y’all. […]