Secret Recipes
In honor of TODAY, being National Lollipop Day, and tomorrow, being National Junk Food Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalLollipopDay #NationalJunkFoodDay LOLLIPOPS [Or Candy Ornaments] 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). As always, […]
Happy Monday, again. As always, I LOVE Mondays. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalJunkFoodDay Tomorrow is… National Junk Food Day. Mom carved out a unique niche in the food industry, in the early 1970s, when she dared to embrace the fast […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Delaware Day; plus, July, being National Blueberry Month and National Picnic Month; not to mention Wednesday, being National Give Something Away Day; here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalDelawareDay #NationalBlueberryMonth #NationalPicnicMonth #GiveSomethingAwayDay DELAWARE BLUEBERRY BUCKLE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, have a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalPicnicMonth #NationalBakedBeanMonth #NationalHotDogMonth It’s midway into July, now – the whole month being National Picnic Month. On a side […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Fried Chicken Day, and July, being National Picnic Month, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for one of the best, classic picnic entrees – fried chicken… El Pollo Loco Style! #NationalFriedChickenDay #NationalPicnicMonth EL POLLO LOCO STYLE CHICKEN By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Make Alike Recipes – Revised (Secret RecipesTM, […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to each and every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Thus, I hope this blog post brings you a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #IndependenceDay This past weekend, we celebrated America’s 250th birthday – […]
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. […]