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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Fall into Cleaning

Happy Monday to everyone! It’s October and the final quarter of 2019 has begun its countdown. Earlier this year, I wrote a blog entry called “Spring into Cleaning” [March 25, 2019]. Well, now, it’s time to discuss the seasonal cleaning events that a lot of us face in the fall… at least, in Michigan and the […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Happy Love People Day

As always, happy Monday! According to NationalDays.com, today is National Love People Day and recommends us to, “…offer kindness and care to the people in your community.” #NationalLovePeopleDay While love doesn’t really make the world go ‘round (that’s a gravitational thing), it does make the ride more enjoyable! National Love People Day, according to NationalDays.com, […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Let Us Celebrate Chocolate!

Happy Monday to one and all – and happy first day of the 2019 fall season! According to the “Foodie Calendar” at OCFoodies.com, September 23rd is National White Chocolate Day; while others, like NationalToday.com, say that National White Chocolate Day was yesterday, on the 22nd. Either way if you ask me, let us celebrate chocolate of […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – The Secret Recipes Detective

Happy Monday, everybody! Tomorrow is the 1-year anniversary of my launching this blog, Mondays & Memories of My Mom. I started this to honor my mom’s legacy as the ORIGINAL Secret RecipesTM Detective. The title, Recipe DetectiveTM, which Mom eventually trademarked, was bestowed on her in the mid-1970s by the Detroit area radio listeners of […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Love at First Taste

Happy Monday and happy National “I Love Food” Day! I haven’t found a lot of information on this national celebration of food, so I’m not sure how wide-spread it is, but it’s out there, nonetheless. And, why not celebrate food? It’s a basic necessity, as we sure wouldn’t live very long without it! However, food […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Happy Labor Day!

The Pitzer Kids - Illustration by Gloria Pitzer

Happy Monday and, most especially, I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day today! 125 years ago, Labor Day officially became a federal holiday. It’s celebrated yearly, on the first Monday in September and, just as Memorial Day has become the unofficial start to summer, Labor Day has, likewise, become the unofficial end to summer. Labor […]

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BBQ BEEF SANDWICHES, like A&W’s

BBQ BEEF SANDWICHES, like A&W’s By Gloria Pitzer, The Copycat Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 10) Ingredients: 4 cups shredded, cooked beef roast (or round steak) 1 cup Heinz Ketchup 1 cup apple butter 1 cup Catalina dressing ¼ cup Heinz 57 sauce 2 TB Worcestershire Instructions: Combine all ingredients in […]

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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – There is a Recipe for That!

Happy Monday to everyone, as we approach the end of August and Labor Day weekend – it’s the “unofficial” end of summer! Although, technically, there are 4 more weeks until fall really begins. Mom kept a well-rounded library of sources from which to draw upon for inspiration and information. Remember, this was decades before the […]

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DREARY QUEEN FROZEN CUSTARD

DREARY QUEEN FROZEN CUSTARD By Gloria Pitzer As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 257) Here is an at-home imitation of the very popular soft-serve custard ice cream product that has made many restaurant names famous [since the 1950s]! Ingredients: 3 1/8-ounce package vanilla […]

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French Fries

FRENCH FRIES By Gloria Pitzer As seen in Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 16) ‘NOBODY DOES IT LIKE McDONALD’s CAN’ – [was] the popular television jingle that advertised some of the best French-fried shoestring potatoes to come down the pike in a long while. The […]

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