Secret Recipes
INTRODUCTION In the 1960s and 1970s, Mom designed a few different editorial columns, satirically geared toward working homemakers like herself (or those who just want to laugh at life), mailing out samples to over 300 newspapers. Within a year, she was steadily writing two different columns (“No Laughing Matter” and “Minding the Hearth”) for 60 […]
Happy July! During July, a month-long, annual event, the “Great Northern Yarn Haul”, will be traversing across the northeast states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; where crafters visit participating yarn stores to collect “stamps”, win prizes, and shop. Similarly, a regional, annual “Yarn Crawl” event, called the “Heartland Yarn Adventure”, will be celebrated in […]
Happy National Candy Month. In honor, here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… #NationalCandyMonth HONEY SUCKLE SUCKERS With Variations For Hard Candies & Old Fashioned Candy By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Joy Of NOT Cooking – Any More Than You Have To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1983, p. 199). INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar […]
Happy soon-to-be #NationalIceCreamMonth, Independent Retailer Month, and Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. In honor, here’s a re-share of… #NationalIceCreamMonth #IndependentRetailerMonth #CreativeIceCreamFlavorsDay THE AMERICAN BANANA SPLIT (By Fred Sanders) As shared by Gloria Pitzer in her self-published book, My Cup Runneth Over and I Can’t Find My Mop (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Dec. 1989, p. […]
As always, thank God it’s Monday. I love Mondays. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, I hope this brings you a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalIceCreamMonth #IndependentRetailerMonth This week, we are officially half-way through the year and more than a week into summer. […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Chocolate Eclair Day, here are TWO of Mom’s copycat recipes for… #NationalChocolateEclairDay ECLAIRS [Like Best Western – Niagara Falls, ONT], With [Sanders’ Style] Fudge Frosting By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 71). As always, I’m […]
Thank God it’s Monday, as always. I LOVE Mondays. They make me happy. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, I hope this brings you a very happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalGreatOutdoorsMonth School days are in the rearview mirror for the next 10 weeks, […]
In honor of TODAY, being Big Boy’s Birthday, here’s one of Mom’s copycat recipes for… #NationalBigBoyDay BIG BOY (STYLE) 1000 ISLAND By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997) INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup shrimp sauce 1 cup mayonnaise INSTRUCTIONS: Mix [ingredients] together. Keep it refrigerated, […]
Today is Big Boy’s Birthday. Plus, it’s Big Boy’s Birthday Week (for 2026), which is always celebrated the week of Big Boy’s birthday. Mom has about 111 Big Boy recipe imitations listed in her Master Index, 12 of which are currently on the Recipes tab (14 with today’s two additions). Several of those are printed […]
Happy Monday, as always. I LOVE Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalBigBoyDay Happy birthday to Big Boy, who’s 90 years old, today! There isn’t an official Big Boy Birthday Week but many Big Boy restaurants often have special offers […]