Secret Recipes
BAGEL FACTORY (STYLE) CHALLAH [aka: Egg Bread] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 31). INGREDIENTS: 2 cups hot water or potato water 3 TB salad oil 1½ TB sugar Pinch of saffron, if desired 2 yeast, cake or dry [pkg.] 7-8 […]
CLOSE-A-COLA By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018) [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Don’t ask me why I accepted the challenge – and it wasn’t even the Pepsi challenge, mind […]
Brutus, Strawberry & Orange (After School Shakes) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes, Revised (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1978, p. 17). Julius Caesar was a great warrior. He conquered all the part of Europe that is now France. He even marched his armies into [Great] Britain. He […]
MACARONI OR POTATO SALAD, LIKE KFC By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 29). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] There was a time when the best deli-style macaroni salad […]
CHICKEN SALAD A LA HUDSON’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Fast Food Recipes, Special Edition (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Dec. 1999, p. 28). INGREDIENTS: 1-lb can mandarin orange sections, drained 1-lb can pineapple chunks, drained 4 cups cooked [and cooled] chicken, cubed ½ cup sliced almonds ½ cup diced celery (*optional) ½ cup […]
COCONUT CONFECTIONS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986) INGREDIENTS: 3-oz pkg. cream cheese 2 tsp grated orange peel 1 TB chopped walnuts ¼ cup flaked coconut INSTRUCTIONS: Beat cream cheese with mixer on medium speed, using small mixing bowl, about 3 to 4 […]
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