Secret Recipes
Thursday will be National Hard Candy Day and National Gingerbread House Day was just celebrated last Thursday. Thus, here’s Mom’s “Christmas Candy House” instructions, which she originally shared with her readers 50 years ago. CHRISTMAS CANDY HOUSE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published newsletter, Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Recipes Newsletter (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, […]
LIFE SLIVERS (The Candy Without The Hole) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 19). INGREDIENTS: 3¾ cups sugar 1 ½ cup light corn syrup 1 cup water 1 tsp flavoring oil of your choice 5 to 6 drops food color INSTRUCTIONS: Mix […]
Once again, happy Monday. Mondays are what you make them. I look forward to all Mondays, as they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you! #TheRecipeDetective HOW POP CULTURE AND COMMERCIALISM HAVE IMPACTED THE WAYS WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH… The clock is winding down. […]