Secret Recipes
In honor of March, being Irish-American Heritage Month, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #IrishAmericanHeritageMonth COLCANNON By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Mar.-Apr. 1987, p. 2). Irish potato and cabbage classic sprinkled with bits of green onion. INGREDIENTS: 4 cups shredded cabbage ½ tsp salt 1-lb […]
Happy National Day of Giving Eve. In honor of giving and because a reader recently requested this hard-to-find recipe of Mom’s, here’s her copycat version of… CABBAGE SOUP, Like Unique Deli (Southfield, MI) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Best Of The First 20 Years (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; April 1994, p. 32). INGREDIENTS: […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Sandwich Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe of “Chop & Drop Secret Sauce” for sandwiches (or salads)… #NationalSandwichDay CHOP AND DROP SECRET SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 28). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better […]
CALYPSO COFFEE Like The Victoria Dining Room (Niagara Falls, Ontario) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 269). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition)]. This is an after-dinner […]
BELGIUM WAFFLES With Cream Soda (Homemade) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 105). No matter where you order these, they are an exceptional restaurant treat. However, the little American Café, located once in Salt Lake City, seemed to have the best, according to our […]
CREAM SODA (Homemade) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 105). INGREDIENTS: 1-qt (minus ½ cupful) 1 TB vanilla extract ¼ cup light corn syrup (Karo) or use sugar-free pancake syrup for sugar-free version INSTRUCTIONS: Removing that ½ cup of Club Soda from the [bottle], […]
CHICKEN CUTLET SANDWICH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 115). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 6 boneless chicken breasts Bowl of water Bowl of flour Bowl of […]
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM BAR COATING By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 258). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 6 tablespoons melted paraffin 1 ounce unsweetened, solid, baking chocolate […]
CLERGYMAN’S FRIED CHICKEN – Like Church’s By Gloria Pitzer, as seen on… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 93). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Another of the leading fried chicken chains to give KFC […]
CHEESE WISH By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 273). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition)]. Part of the fun of writing my recipes is coming up with the […]