Secret Recipes
Happy January and happy New Year! This is National Oatmeal Month and Sunday, January 5th, is… National Bird Day. Mom loved feeding our backyard birds (and squirrels), especially those that stayed for our Michigan winters. I remember helping her turn milk cartons into feeders and hanging them around the yard (just out of the reach […]
CUSTARDY WILLIAMSBURG CORNBREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 167). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 pound of bacon 1 pound can of cream style corn ½ […]
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 This year, we got a bonus Monday! 2024 has “53 Chances”, as NationalDay.com advocates (in part), to see the sun rise […]
HAM SALAD SANDWICH SPREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 37). INGREDIENTS: 2 cans (6-oz each) Hormel canned chunk ham, drained 1 rib celery, finely minced ½ cup mayonnaise 3 TB sweet pickle relish 3 TB sweet […]
CANDY CANES By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 19). INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sugar ½ cup light corn syrup ½ cup water ¼ tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp peppermint extract 1 tsp red food coloring INSTRUCTIONS: Mix sugar, corn […]
Happy Monday, again. I love Mondays. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Actually, 2024 offers 53 chances. Next week, Monday is a bonus chance! #TheRecipeDetective #WriteABusinessPlanMonth For those who are thinking about starting their own business in 2025, December is, among other things, […]
Thursday will be National Hard Candy Day and National Gingerbread House Day was just celebrated last Thursday. Thus, here’s Mom’s “Christmas Candy House” instructions, which she originally shared with her readers 50 years ago. CHRISTMAS CANDY HOUSE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published newsletter, Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, […]
LIFE SLIVERS (The Candy Without The Hole) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 19). INGREDIENTS: 3¾ cups sugar 1 ½ cup light corn syrup 1 cup water 1 tsp flavoring oil of your choice 5 to 6 drops food color INSTRUCTIONS: Mix […]
Once again, happy Monday. Mondays are what you make them. I look forward to all Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective HOW POP CULTURE AND COMMERCIALISM HAVE IMPACTED THE WAYS WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH… The clock is winding down. […]
DANISH PASTRY DOUGH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 155). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] This is the basic recipe for dough that can become coffeecake, Hawaiian bread, […]