COAL GARDEN - Secret Recipes (2024)

COAL GARDEN By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in her self-published cookbook, The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 44). About this coal garden: Usually, around power plants or [old] factories, you might find the burned remnants of real coal, with which you can make this pretty dish garden. […]

CALIFORNIA FRIJOLES SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, P. 125). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 2 cans (10 ½ ounces each) beef consommé 1 ¼ cups tomato […]

BEEF FEEDER CORNED BEEF HASH (Quick) By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Eating Out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; September 1978, p. 22). INGREDIENTS: 1 can corned beef hash 4 full slices of an onion 4 thin slices of bread, toasted 8-oz can tomato sauce INSTRUCTIONS: Remove corned beef hash from […]

WIN SCHULER’S LEMON CHIFFON PIE By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 57). INGREDIENTS: 2 pkgs. (4-serving size, each) instant lemon pudding 1¾ cups cold milk ¼ cup cold water 1 envelope Knox plain gelatin powder Grated rind of 1 fresh lemon […]

QUICK BEER CHEESE SOUP By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Gloria Pitzer’s Cookbook – Best Of The Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018, p. 117). [A revised reprint of Gloria Pitzer’s Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Edition).] INGREDIENTS: 1 (10-oz) can cream of celery soup 1 (10-oz) can cream […]

STUFFED FLOUNDER, LIKE RED LOBSTER’S [Also like Joe Muer’s restaurant (Detroit, MI).] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Copycat Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; April 1988, p. 35). Two restaurants do this classic dish justice – one is Joe Muer’s in downtown Detroit and the other is Red Lobster Restaurants, a good national […]

GRASSHOPPER PIE, LIKE WIN SCHULER’S By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 57). CRUST INGREDIENTS: 1¼ cups chocolate wafer cookies, crushed into fine crumbs 1/3 cup melted butter CRUST INSTRUCTIONS: Combine crumbs with butter and pat into a greased, 9-inch, pie tin. […]

FIG NEW FUNS BARS By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Make Alike Recipes (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1991, p. 42). The dough is prepared first and, while it is being chilled for an hour, you prepare the filling. DOUGH INGREDIENTS: ½ cup butter ½ cup margarine ½ cup sugar ½ cup honey 2 […]

BIG VOID CHEESE SOUP (like Big Boy’s) 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). If you like the cheese soup served at Big Boy Restaurants, you might like this version, which is reminiscent of theirs.* […]

OATMEAL CRANBERRY MUFFINS (Like Old Country Buffet) [Plus, a raisin variation.] By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… Secret RecipesTM Bulletin© #101 – Old Country Buffet… (Secret Recipes TM, Marysville, MI; 1998, p. 2). INGREDIENTS: 1 cup fresh cranberries* 1 cup milk 2 TB sugar 1/3 cup real mayonnaise 2 cups whole wheat flour ½ tsp […]