Secret Recipes
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS, PDQ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 151). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 2 eggs 2 cups firmly packed, vanilla ice cream; melted into a […]
MARIE CALENDAR-STYLE CORNBREAD By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100). INGREDIENTS: 9-oz box yellow cake mix 9-oz box corn muffin mix INSTRUCTIONS: Prepare yellow cake mix in 1½-qt bowl, exactly as box directs. Set aside. Prepare the corn muffin mix in another […]
KENTUCKY BISCUITS (4-Ingredient) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 101) INGREDIENTS: 4 cups Bisquick ¼-lb. butter 2 TB sugar 1 cup buttermilk INSTRUCTIONS: Put Bisquick into large mixing bowl. Cut the butter into this by slicing it, with a sharp knife, into […]
Thank God Its Monday and #HappyMonday to everyone! I look forward to all Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #NationalRetroDay #NationalCraftMonth Next Monday celebrates National Retro Day! Retro describes something new that’s imitative of past, classic fashion styles or designs. […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday, once again, to everyone! I look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective NOTE: Apparently, I sometimes get my Mondays mixed up – as I just realized this […]
Thank God Its Monday and, as such, #HappyMonday to everyone! I always look forward to Mondays because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #AutumnalEquinox Labor Day is widely considered to be the end of summer and, thus, the start of fall. Yet, […]
#TGIM – Thank God It’s Monday, again; and, as such, #HappyMonday to all! I personally look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective Here, in the northern hemisphere, we’re almost to the middle of summer and the unbearable, […]
#HappyMonday Thank God Its Monday and, as such, happy Monday to everyone! I personally look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective As I mentioned, a couple of weeks ago, the month of July observes a […]
As always, #HappyMonday to one and all! Personally, I always look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances, each year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective #KitchenKlutzesOfAmericaDay Today is, among other things, National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day! For many years, Mom loved to joke about […]
THIN VANILLA ICING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Mostly 4-Ingredient Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1986, p. 100) INGREDIENTS: 2 TB milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 TB butter or margarine 10 TB firmly packed powdered sugar INSTRUCTIONS: In small bowl, briskly whip ingredients together, using fork or wire whisk, until […]