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.
5-Alarm-Style Taco Sauce By Gloria Pitzer; as seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Fast Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 16) Ingredients: 14-oz. can stewed tomatoes 6-oz. can tomato paste 8-oz. can tomato sauce 1/2 cup bottled Italian dressing 1 TB chili powder 1/2 TB cumin powder 1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce (or […]
Hooters-Style Wings By Gloria Pitzer, from The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 56) Ingredients: chicken wings butter, melted bottled hot sauce flour* oil Instructions: Cut Wings at joint, leaving boney tip intact. Moisten in equal parts of melted butter and bottled hot sauce. Coat moistened pieces in flour. Fry […]
Glad Lobster Cheese Biscuits By Gloria Pitzer, revised from her self-published cookbook, Make Alike Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1991, p. 6) Ingredients: 1 cup milk 2 tsp. sugar (or sugar substitute equivalent) 1/3 cup mayonnaise (Hellman’s preferred) 2 1/4 cups self-rising flour 1/4 cup (4 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese Instructions: Combine first […]
Hello, all! Happy Monday and welcome to Mondays & Memories of My Mom. I’m Laura Emerich and I write these blogs in relation to my memories of my mom, Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Secret RecipesTM detective. I started this tribute, in September of last year, to honor Mom’s legacy – besides being Mom, lover of […]
“New” Country Buffet-Style Sugar-Free Dessert By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on her “Free Recipes & Ordering Information” sheets (2000) Ingredients: 1 cup cottage cheese 8-oz pkg. cream cheese 1/4 cup sour cream 2 small boxes sugar-free strawberry gelatin powder 1 envelope sugar-free strawberry drink powder (like Kool Aid) 8-oz tub Lite Cool Whip Instructions: In […]
This picture (above) is of an updated version, on Gloria Pitzer’s “Free Recipes & Ordering Information” sheets (1993), from The Copycat Cookbook (by Gloria Pitzer, 1988) Kentucky-Style Coleslaw By Gloria Pitzer (1993) Ingredients: 1-lb bag coleslaw mix (or 3 cups shredded cabbage & 1/2 cup shredded carrots) 1 TB sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup […]
Happy Monday and welcome, again, to Mondays & Memories of My Mom, a blog series I started last year to honor my mom’s legacy. I’m Laura Emerich and my mom is Gloria Pitzer, aka the famous “Recipe Detective”TM, investigator of the food industry’s “Secret Recipes”TM. Starting in the early 1970s, Mom was the pioneer of […]
Hello, everyone! HAPPY Monday, April Fool’s Day, National Sourdough Bread Day, National Gardening Month and National Humor Month! Yep – that’s a happy smorgasbord! If you haven’t been here before, my name is Laura Emerich and these blogs are dedicated to and for my mom, Gloria Pitzer, aka the ORIGINAL secret “Recipe Detective”TM. I started […]
Hello, again, and happy Monday to everyone! Spring has finally arrived! However, in Michigan, other than a sporadic tease here and there, it doesn’t actually feel like Spring is here until closer to May. Nonetheless, it’s a light in the dark that gives us hope for tomorrow! If you’re new to here – I am […]
Hi, everyone, and happy Monday! Welcome to my blog, Mondays & Memories of My Mom! If you’re new to here – my name is Laura Emerich and I started this blog last year to celebrate my mom’s life and legacy. My mom is Gloria Pitzer; known to millions of people around the world as the […]