Secret Recipes
FRIED CHICKEN, LIKE FRANKENMUTH BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 94)… [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]* The German community of Frankenmuth, Michigan, which for decades has celebrated […]
Happy Monday and happy February Eve! Personally, I always look forward to Mondays because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalMentoringMonth It’s the last day of January. The final day for observing (among other things)… National Mentoring Month! Thankfully, mentoring can […]
TEXAS FRUITCAKE BY GLORIA PITZER As seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 279)… [A rewrite of her famous, self-published cookbook, Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).]* Legend has it that Puddin’ Hill has the best-darn fruitcake […]
STRAWBERRY FREEZER JAM By Gloria Pitzer Please, don’t ask me to use pectin if I don’t have to! Give me the simple life – even in the kitchen. I found that there is enough natural pectin in rhubarb that you really don’t have to use the powdered or liquid pectin to equal a very dignified […]
STRAWBERRY PIE, LIKE BIG BOY’S By Gloria Pitzer INGREDIENTS: 1 small box strawberry Jell-O [mix] 1 cup boiling water ½ cup strawberry jam ½ cup cold water 4 TB cornstarch 1-qt whole strawberries 9-inch baked pie shell [Whipped cream and additional whole strawberries for garnish] INSTRUCTIONS: Dissolve Jell-O powder in the boiling water. Over low […]
IMPROVISING ON SOME INGREDIENTS Before we go much further, I want to give you a… recipe… that can be used in place of commercial food products that may not be available to you in your area. When Paul & I were publishing my monthly Secret Recipes Report, our subscribers in Europe and Australia and some […]
WIND SHOOTER’S BAR CHEESE BY GLORIA PITZER – first printed in her self-published “National Homemaker’s Newsletter” (August 1976)* A national snack favorite… There are many derivations of this most popular Michigan specialty. The 1st recipe I developed to imitate Win Schuler’s product, required several more ingredients than I really wanted to work with. But the […]
Happy Monday to all! I always look forward to Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances each year, to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalHobbyMonth As I shared a few weeks ago, January is National Hobby Month! According to a couple articles that I read, KrisTV.com says learning a new skill/hobby […]
Happy Monday and happy National Michigan Day Eve! I look forward to each and every Monday, as they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalMichiganDay Tomorrow is, among other things, National Michigan Day! Michigan is a treasure trove of great […]
Happy Monday and happy National Hobby Month! Personally, I look forward to every Monday because they are my 52 Chances each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalHobbyMonth For now, my blog writing is more of a hobby than a vocation since I don’t make […]