Secret Recipes
#NationalSeafoodMonth #NationalSeafoodBisqueDay In honor of October, being National Seafood Month, and the coming National Seafood Bisque Day… SHRIMP BISQUE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 125). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May […]
#NationalSeafoodMonth In honor of October, being National Seafood Month… BERVILLE HOTEL SECRET SHRIMP (With Shrimp & Hot Sauce) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 75). INGREDIENTS: 10-oz package frozen cauliflower 4-oz can “tiny” shrimp, undrained & mashed well 2 (10-oz […]
Or Aspirational Clutter – It’s All Carol Duvall’s Fault Happy Monday, again. I LOVE Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective I heard about “aspirational clutter” on a recent newscast, as well as on social media. Apparently it’s a widespread conundrum, […]
HOBBIES THAT HAVE KNOWN ME By Gloria Pitzer – Recipe Detective (circa mid-1970s), as seen in… No Laughing Matter (her syndicated series of articles). EVER SINCE I SAW Carol Duvall make Sonny Elliott weatherman buttons out of baby food jar lids, on her television craft show, I was determined to do something creative. I […]