Secret Recipes
In honor of TODAY, being National Peach Pie Day, here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… #NationalPeachPieDay PEACH PIE (Fresh) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Knock-Off Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov 1996, p. 18). Per usual, I’m asking only for proper credit if you care to re-share it. INGREDIENTS: 2 recipes [prepared] Crisco No-Rolling […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Peach Pie Day, here’s Mom’s secret recipe for… #NationalPeachPieDay Crisco No-Rolling Pin Pie Crust By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret Knock-Off Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov 1996, p. 16). Per usual, I’m asking only for proper credit if you care to re-share it. INGREDIENTS: 6 TB Crisco […]
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, I hope this brings you a happy Monday. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalBeachDay #FamilyFunMonth Next Sunday is National Beach Day and it’s still Family Fun Month, too. […]
In honor of this coming Saturday, being Never Bean Better Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NeverBeanBetterDay Baked Beans, Like Boston Market By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret RecipesTM Bulletin© #102 – Imitations of Boston Market Dishes (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; 1998, p. 1). As always, asking only for proper credit if you care […]
Thank God it’s Monday, once again. As always, I 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, I hope this brings you a happy Monday, too. #TheRecipeDetective #FamilyFunMonth #HappinessHappensMonth We’re in the middle of Family Fun Month and Happiness […]
Happy National S’mores Day! In honor, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalSmoresDay GRAHAM CRACKERS – Homemade By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Great Imitator’s Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; October 1999, p. 20). As always, asking only for proper credit if you care to re-share this recipe. INGREDIENTS: 2/3 cup packed brown sugar […]
As always, thank God it’s Monday! I look forward to every Monday because they’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalBargainHuntingWeek I also look forward to National Bargain Hunting Week, which officially started yesterday but the “pre-party” trifecta to the celebration was on […]
Happy National Grab Some Nuts Day! In honor, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalGrabSomeNutsDay PEAS AND PEANUTS SALAD [Like The Voyageur (St. Clair, MI)] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 47). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook […]
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 #DogDaysOfSummer #PureMichigan Happy August! It’s the middle of summer, now, and it’s still considered The Dog Days of Summer, […]
INTRODUCTION In the 1960s and 1970s, Mom designed a few different editorial columns, satirically geared toward working homemakers like herself (or those who just want to laugh at life), mailing out samples to over 300 newspapers. Within a year, she was steadily writing two different columns (“No Laughing Matter” and “Minding the Hearth”) for 60 […]