Secret Recipes
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 […]
Happy August! Today is the start of Family Fun Month, as well as American Family Day Eve; and, starting tomorrow, it’s National Farmers Market Week. In honor of all of this, here’s a fun craft I learned from Mom when I was young and did with my own kids and their Campfire group almost 35 […]
In honor of July, being National Ice Cream Month AND National Peach Month, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalIceCreamMonth #NationalPeachMonth Basket & Ribbons Peach Ice Cream [Like Baskin-Robbins] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Yup! That’s the Flavor! (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; May 1998, 1st Printing; p. 12). As always, asking only for proper credit […]
As always, thank God it’s Monday, again, because I look forward to all Mondays. 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 #NationalLoveIsKindDay Today is, among other things, National Love is Kind Day. According to […]
In honor of TODAY, being National Lollipop Day, and tomorrow, being National Junk Food Day, here’s Mom’s copycat recipe for… #NationalLollipopDay #NationalJunkFoodDay LOLLIPOPS [Or Candy Ornaments] 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. 199). As always, […]
Happy Monday, again. As always, I LOVE Mondays. They’re my 52 Chances a year, in which I get to share Memories of My Mom with you. #TheRecipeDetective #NationalJunkFoodDay Tomorrow is… National Junk Food Day. Mom carved out a unique niche in the food industry, in the early 1970s, when she dared to embrace the fast […]