Secret Recipes
LINDY’S-STYLE STRAWBERRY PIE As imitated by Gloria Pitzer, in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 29) INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar 3 TB cornstarch 10-oz 7-Up or lemon-lime soda 2 TB strawberry Jell-O powder 1-qt whole strawberries, hulled 9-inch baked pie shell 1 cup […]
MILWAUKEE CHEESE SOUP, Like Sanders’ By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Joy Of NOT Cooking – Any More Than You Have To (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1983, p. 71) When I last tried this at Sanders’, where the hot fudge topping was originally made famous as an ice cream accompaniment, I was […]
SKILLET PIZZA By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, 76). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] In the supermarket, there is a boxed mix for making pizza in a skillet […]
BIG BOY-STYLE CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 118). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] If you like Big Boy’s Broccoli Soup, this should […]
BEAUMONT INN CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 118). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] THE BEAUMONT INN (Harrodsburg, KY) has, for 4 generations […]
CHEESE BREAD, Like Hudson’s By Gloria Pitzer As pictured above, seen in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; June 1997, p. 17). As printed below, seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 154). [A revised reprint […]
HOT BUTTERED RUM By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 278). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] Serve a cup of this brew with my Strawberry Nut Bread (see […]
BUDDY’S-STYLE PIZZA By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 82). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] [Buddy’s is] a Detroit-based operation that has, for years, enjoyed a singular […]
BUDDY’S-STYLE PIZZA SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 82). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] [Buddy’s is] a Detroit-based operation that has, for years, enjoyed a singular […]
BIG BOY-STYLE SPAGHETTI By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Second Helping Of Secret Recipes (National Homemakers Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; July 1977, p. 9) INGREDIENTS: 1½-lbs ground beef ½ cup water 2-lb jar Ragu [Traditional] Spaghetti Sauce 1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix (or the Beef & Mushroom Mix) 1 TB dehydrated green peppers […]