Secret Recipes
ONE-DISH MEAL PASTY By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 108). (Pronounced: pass-tea.) Adapted from ‘I Got A Cook In Kalamazoo’ (Junior League of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI). INGREDIENTS: THE PASTRY: 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 1 tsp salt 1 cup lard ½ cup […]
MICHIGAN U.P. PASTY By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Secret Sugar-Free Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Nov. 1987, p. 108). (Pronounced: pass-tea) Cornish Meat Pies… brought to this country by Welsh miners who worked in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This was their meal, in a pocket pie […]
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 173). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] BRISK-QUICK MIX: INGREDIENTS: 6 cups flour 3 TB baking powder 3 TB sugar, or equivalent in […]
BELGIAN WAFFLE SAUCE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Top Secret Recipes a la Carte (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Sept. 1979, p. 6) INGREDIENTS: ¼ cup strawberry jam ½ cup light corn syrup ½ tsp lemon juice 2 drops red food coloring ¼ tsp vanilla ¼ tsp almond extract INSTRUCTIONS: Mix together [as listed]. […]
BISCUIT MIX, LIKE BISQUICK By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 5) INGREDIENTS: 8 cups flour 3 TB baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp salt ¾ cup dry, milk powder 1 cup solid Crisco INSTRUCTIONS: Combine all […]
It’s another spectacular Monday! Happy Monday and happy Labor Day to one and all! I always look forward to each and every Monday, as they are my 52 Chances per year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with all of you! #TheRecipeDetective #LearnSomethingNewEveryDay 127 years ago (in June 1894), Labor Day […]