Secret Recipes
Happy National Day of Giving Eve (for 2025). In honor, here’s Mom’s recipe for… SOFT SOAP (Homemade) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published newsletter… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipe Report (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; December 1980, p. 9). INGREDIENTS/ITEM NEEDS: 1 bar (4.75-oz) Dial soap 1-qt (4 cups) hot tap water 4-oz cologne […]
Happy… National Pie Day and National Eat a Red Apple Day! In honor, here’s Mom’s recipe for… APPLE PIE THAT’S APPLE-SOLUTELY PERFECT! By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 241). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. […]
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: […]
Thank God it’s Monday, again. I always look forward to every Monday. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. Therefore, have a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalDayOfGiving Happy National Day of Giving Eve (for 2025). Also known as “Giving Tuesday”, this is more-or-less a 13-year-old […]