Secret RecipesHi! I'm Laura Emerich and Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret Recipe Detective, is my mom. This website is lovingly dedicated to her memory and legacy.
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. […]
JL HUDSON’S MAKE ALIKE CORN MUFFINS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 50). When it comes to light, high, delicately textured corn muffins, I will always remember those served in the 12th floor dining room of the J.L. Hudson’s Company, in […]
Thank God it’s Monday, once 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 #NationalWorkingParentsDay Today’s National Working Parents Day. Everyone knows what it’s like to have at least one working parent, if not […]
CHICKEN SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 121). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] We called this “Jewish penicillin” when I was growing up. What my mother couldn’t […]
Thank God it’s Monday. I love 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 #NationalAmericanaMonth Labor Day’s unofficial end to summer has passed us by and the focus is now on fall, especially in the marketing realm; as pumpkin […]
WELSH RABBIT By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 273). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] [NOTE: There is no rabbit in this recipe. This is a hot cheese sauce […]
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 and happy Labor Day. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalLaborDay Today, being the first Monday in September (for 2024), is National Labor Day; otherwise known as […]