It all began from requests by her readers, in the early 1970s; people who wanted to know how to IMITATE famous food products at home! Sad to say, as I searched for links to some of the names below, I found that many of them, like Mom, have passed on as well. We were bogged down with an unexpected response. (Nor did she return to the Phil Donahue show for another twelve years. This is taken from a "Classic Donahue" rerun in 1996. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Ive collected many of Gloria Pitzer recipe books and bulletins since 1977. The persona she projects in her writing is not that of detective-avenger but of willing victim, the romantic heroine who refuses to let go the illusions that lead, over and over again, to the threat of seduction and betrayal. The offer would have been good for us, if it had only been shown that one time the day on which we appeared on the show but for nearly a year afterward, the requests still came, as did the complaints and the threats to report us to postal authorities for not having sent those free recipes, tore us apart emotionally and physically! Youre so right about the insidious aggression of vulgar TV and now with cinema- (everything has to be super-) sized wide digital screens it is a horrendous assault. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. This is a day for respectful solace, set aside to remember and honor all of our veterans who have died, serving in our military. In fact, one of the lines of Wikipedias various examples of copycat says, reference to a recipe that tastes like a restaurant recipe or famous product purchased in a store, just as Mom had started developing in the early 1970s. Phil Donahue Show Transcripts JDW/2/8/2/12, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Arrange the coated pieces, skin-side up on prepared pan. I laid my head on my desk many a time, in tears of anguish and fatigue. It opened many doors that would have otherwise been closed in her field, allowing her to let her light shine; and inspiring her light to keep shining. Mondays & Memories of My Mom Hi, Neighbor! Commercialism has disguised the holiday! ), she ups the lemon juice and vinegar to a third of a cup each and the salt to four teaspoons. This may be why, when Pitzer and Colonel Sanders chatted together once on a radio program, he genially hinted that she look around the grocery store for a packaged mix that might contain eleven secret herbs and spices. The whole world is a profane nail and it is the big psychic hammer. The simple majority after that was not able to override the 241 Republican filibusters used to stall out proposed legislation. Since I began these blogs to honor Moms legacy, Ive been hearing more and more from people, through social media and emails, who remember her expressing their own fond memories of Mom. I felt that more than ever, when I collaborated with Mom to rewrite her favorite cookbook, Gloria Pitzers Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1983), which consumed a couple years of my own life; let alone, the couple of years it took Mom to write the original version. Bake crustat 375F for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. (Now called Gloria Pitzers Secret Recipes Quarterly, it may well be the longest-lived food letter ever.) Such encounters have their flavor, but that comes from a willed confusion of fantasy and reality, of appearance and substance, reinforced by the ambience of the bar and smooth talk that is at once sincere and empty. He has always been a fraud, charlatan, whatever, as a politician, and history will (and already has) proven he might be the worse president to date. Her final recipe for three pounds of fryer parts mixes two packets of the salad seasoning into a blend of butter, corn oil, Crisco, milk, lemon juice, and sage-and-paprika-seasoned pancake mix. ), Melt pound butter NOT margarine in a small sauce pan on medium heat until its frothy, but dont let it change color or become the least-bit brown. As much as they loved being near their family members, out there, that they rarely got to see, Mom couldnt work or create in California! Phil Donahue, host of the "The Phil Donahue Show" later known as "Donahue" had a nearly thirty year run on American television that along the way garnered him twenty Emmy Awards. Please watch this interview with Cornel West: https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/black-prophetic-fire-cornel-west-on-the-revolutionary-legacy-of-leading-african-american-voices/. NO LONGER IN PRINT this cookbook, having 60 pages and an 8.5 x 11 format, includes Our Story & information about our family, The Donahue Show phenomena (pgs. As always, #TGIM I continually look forward to Mondays because they are my #52Chances each year, in which I have to share my memories of Mom! It worked out so well that we have, since that experience, included the oven-fried version on our sheet of sample recipes, which we have probably sent without charge, just for a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to over a few million people! Return to oven to bake for another 20-30 minutes or until toppings are bubbly, the cheese is melted, and the crust appears golden brown around its rim. My husband still enjoys them, on my behalf, while I now make low-carb dishes for myself. The 60th Senator, Al Franken, wasnt sworn in until July 8th, 2009 after 8 months of delays due to voter recounts. However, it unofficially originated, in the spring following the end of the Civil War. I think Im more fluent at writing than speaking, because I have more time to think about what I want to say and how I want to say it. Some people did not include their self-addressed-stamped envelope. You really are a detective after all, Colonel Sanders told me on the air that next week, by telephone from his home in Kentucky. The recipes in Moms Book 1 had originated from her self-published newsletter, the National Homemakers Newsletter; which began in January of 1974, AFTER Mom had started developing a following of readers, in the early 1970s, from her syndicated newspaper columns, in which she first developed and printed some of her ORIGINAL copycat, make-at-home recipes for things like McDonalds Special Sauce and Sara Lees Cheesecake. Id love to hear from you as well! Psychologist Robert Williams discusses whether intelligence tests are culturally biased. I wanted to establish the fact that I was very much in business and willing to protect my copyrighted property with the same enthusiasm and sincerity as the major food companies had exhibited in protecting theirs from my imitations. Be the first one to, The Phil Donahue Show with John Wayne (1976), Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). The method is quite unorthodox and the original idea for developing it in this manner, came from a conversation I had with Col. I think it was because I had just tangled with Grit, the weekly newspaper in Pennsylvania, over giving credit to the Food editors teenage daughter for having developed a fish batter like Arthur Treachers, using club soda and pancake mix and received an apology on the back page of one of their issues, placing the item between an ad for corn and callous remover and waste cinchers. I cant find it in me, today, to say, Happy Monday! as I usually do in my blog openings. I had to learn to cook by defaultthe way I saw it, as long as my husband could get marvelous fried chicken at home, why should he take me to Colonel Sanders? Through all of the years that his show was on I was a faithful watcher and could always gain information and comfort from his calm, caring demeanor. I am a 68 year old grandma who had the same enlightenment regarding politics as he has and almost completely agree with him. Here is Moms favorite recipe experience from that show, as it appears in her last book, Gloria Pitzers Cookbook The Best of the Recipe Detective [published by Balboa Press (January 2018, 1st Printing, p. 89) a re-write of her famous, self-published book, Gloria Pitzers Better Cookery Cookbook (May 1983, 3rd Printing)]: THIS RECIPE was created on-the-spot when I discovered that my usual ingredients andmost familiar utensils were not readyto use on The Donahue Show ( July 7, 1981) I had to adlib the experience, calling upon every possible thing I could remember about good cooking. He was previously married to Marge Cooney. Now, this blogging venture has kind of fallen into my lap and steered me in this direction However, Im not making a living at it Not yet! Just about the time we planned our move, the Phil Donahue Show called and invited us to appear on their . Topic: battered wives who have killed their husbands. As far back as I can remember, my mom taught me that the best things in life arent necessarily tangible things! Gloria Pitzer], Toby Goldof WSAY-Radio, Rochester, NY , Toni [Antoinette T.] Harblin of WTNY, Watertown, NY, Bunny Morse of WCMY-Radio, Ottawa, IL (The Morning Mix,currently hosted by Maggie Frost), Pat Rogersof WOAI-Radio, San Antonio, TX host of the show, Cover Story, [Thank you, all, for all of your past support! Beyond Vietnam A Time to Break Silence, by Martin Luther King, Jr. + MLK: Why I Am Opposed to the War inVietnam, Ralph Nader and Lawrence Wilkerson: The Institutional Insanity (of)Defense, Chris Hedges and Boyah J. Farah: America Made Me a BlackMan, I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision, by MichaelParenti. Some people wrote threatening letters that they hadnt received their orders and were turning us over to the postmaster general as frauds! Ive written many times about my moms inherited love affair with writing and the unexpected journey on which it took her, starting in high school from working for small town, local newspapers (doing almost every conceivable job) to syndicating her own hot topic-style columns and cartoon panels to writing and publishing her own newsletters and cookbooks when her original, girlhood dream was to write the great American novel. During her 2nd appearance, The Phil Donahue Show was not allowed to give out her contact information. Of all the wire services and all of the hundreds of newspaper stories about us across the country in the past 14 years [1975-1989], since our fast food recipes have become popular, I can still honestly say that I prefer radio to it all. Besides being a compulsive liar he thinks hes also a warlord and wants to rule the world. Lo, Thanks for the link to the 2008 article by Reza Fiyouzat. 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Ive been searching for a history on the copycat recipes movement, using various different terms and search engines; but, I have yet to find anything! Today, July 15th, is National Give Something Away Day! Still, the article contained enough information, that a large amount of mail and orders arrived anyway for Mom and Dad at the St. Clair Post Office, during that spring/summer season; just not quite as massive an amount as the bombardment that followed after the first Donahue episode. Considered views on world affairs -- from children. The Lie: We remember the Presidents own party had a super majority in both houses for his first 2 years-Mitt Romney But a person should also be grown-up enough and have the courage to speak up when it sees that things are going wrong. I cant eat them now, but I always loved her homemade fudge brownies, chocolate chip cookies, coleslaw, potato salad and, of course, fried chicken (which is always great, hot or cold)! The man of caliber, Phil, is often seen in a well-tailored suit. 1970-02-00, SYND, 57 min. The show had a 26-year run on U.S. national TV, preceded by three years of local broadcast in Dayton, Ohio . ELSEWHERE including William Daniels, Howie Mandel, SNL 15TH ANNIVERSARY. Paul Jay , T he R eal N ews N etwork. Secret RecipesTM was JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR! From the Collection: I may have inherited her loves for writing, art and creativity in general; but I think Im lacking in her many marketing talents! 1970-1996 Phil Donahue began hosting a local talk show in Dayton Ohio in 1967. Any time I actually do see TV, its the very rare occasion, like when my car needs work and the waiting room has a TV set on. on the Internet. My inspiration for this weeks blog (titled after one of Moms old syndicated columns) came from an email solicitation I recently received, to pay this company to market Moms last cookbook, Gloria Pitzers Cookbook The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press; Jan. 2018), which is mine now. Then shake the mixture well to combine. I ended that 1st blog with a promised continuation of the story of her experience with being on The Phil Donahue Show, and here it is! When I did pay attention to programmed stuff it was virtually all PBS type content, or Donahue and his calibre of public affairs broadcasting, occasional satire and humorous material, Saturday Night Live and so on. The Colonel was fascinated by the publicity I had received for my Big Bucket in the Sky fried chicken recipe and agreed that I was on the right track if Id add more pepper. In honor of June being National Country Cooking Month, here are TWO of Moms copycat recipes one for Betsy Ross Custardy Cornbread! There are recordings of that 1993, hour-long episode on YouTube, in a series of 5 staticky segments. As she puts if forthrightly: I do not know, nor do I WANT to know what these companies put into their recipes. What she wants to replicate is less it than the experience of eating it. Of these good people, I will speak often and lovingly. While, Mom had appeared on some pretty famous television talk shows, over the years, to discuss and demonstrate her fantastic make-alike recipes for fast food, junk food, fine-dining dishes and grocery products shows such as PM Magazine, The Phil Donahue Show (twice) and The Home Show; plus, some local (Detroit) talk shows she really felt more at home when she was being interviewed on radio talk shows across the country and internationally. Mom was the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM, the trailblazing pioneer who began the copycat recipes movement in the first place. The 1981 episode reran for about six months or so, after the initial airing on July 7th, appearing on television screens, WORLD-WIDE! Posted by Do You Remember? Other than one full-time Administrative Assistant, who was also a family friend, it was just my parents, taking care of the day-to-day operations of their mail-order business, with a little help, now and then, from me and my siblings. Open and available at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives. But it is, and it works at least for a time. Only Dream Whip has so far managed to stymie her, and that probably not for long. That was probably one of the most chaotic times in the lives our family. A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics. So glad you watched this, David. Hes been a hero of mine for 35 years. I am going to share one of those recipes with you each week, here in my blog, as they also appear in her last book, Gloria Pitzers Cookbook The Best of the Recipe Detective [published by Balboa Press (January 2018, 1st Printing) a re-write of her famous, self-published book, Gloria Pitzers Better Cookery Cookbook (May 1983, 3rd Printing)], asking only for proper credit if you care to share it. Then the post office, in delivering the thousands of books that we DID mail out, lost some, destroyed some, and delayed and even miss-directed other orders. There was a toaster oven on the table the staff had set up for me to use during the livetelecast of the show. Unfortunately, evil is still evil, and Obama proved this himself with his actions and non-actions (you mentioned some in your comment) over the past 6 yrs. But even with the extra help, we just never seemed to get totally caught up, as every day the hundreds of trays of mail kept piling up! Whistle Blowers, Dissenters, and Progressives are the Patriots - Phil Donahue on RAI (3/3) Watch on Transcript from the archives: [However,] we outgrew that arrangement in a short time and rented a larger office uptown. Senate Democrats during Obamas first 2 years only had a filibuster-proof majority for about 24 congressional working days. Elton John performs "Little Jeannie" and "Philadelphia Freedom. When she went on national television to teach Phil Donahue how to make Twinkies, she received over a million pieces of mailan event that so traumatized her that she subsequently refused to appear on Good Morning America or in People Magazine. And she succeeded at this beyond her wildest dreams sometimes to corporate fury and sometimes to its amused acquiescence. Another cook might have been dismayed some secret! This week, as Pumpkin Season begins, Id like to share Moms favorite butter pie crust recipe from that free sheet, which is also found in her last book (cited above) on page 243. Works in this archive created by James Watson are available under a CC-BY-NC license. Thus, I cant find it in me to say, Happy Monday as I usually do in my blog openings. The Home Show, however, in February 1988, were wonderful to us [Paul and me]. What is it that you believe in Obama? Here, suddenly, reality was replicating fantasy, her fantasy. Scheduled: Author Deborah Laake discusses her book "Secret Ceremonies.". They flew him in from Hawaii to taste-test my version of HIS product. Happy Monday! [email protected]. Most of the letters requested a sheet of free recipes that were included with the order blank [in exchange] for a self-addressed stamped envelope The offer would have been good for us, if it had only been shown that one time the day on which we appeared on the show but for nearly a year afterward, the requests still came, as did the complaints and the threats to report us to postal authorities for not having sent those free recipes, tore us apart emotionally and physically! Dr. Ira Mintz of the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center discusses treatment of sex offenders. The dough becomes difficult to work with as it cools and, then, it crumbles and breaks apart. And luck of course is when preparation and experience meet opportunity! I laid my head on my desk many a time, in tears of anguish and fatigue. We were receiving about 1,000 letters a day from the radio shows that I took part in and the newspaper stories that I was more-or-less an acting consultant on subjects related to fast food. In honor of National Country Cooking Month in June, which is just around the corner, here is Moms copycat recipe for Oven-Fried Kentucky-Style Chicken! Eventually, however, we did come up with our own version and it was a divine experience, which I called Blessed Cheesecake. She used an 80-year-old wrought iron skillet that had never been washed in soap and water. Remembering Recollections of how we developed our Secret Recipes and the unique circumstances under which this dining room table operation has endured will surely never make the best sellers list, and perhaps not even interest most critics, let alone the skeptics. I used to write poetry when I was younger. Use an egg-wash if you wish (one egg yolk, beaten with 1 tablespoon cold water and brushed lightly lapping it, rather than pressing it, over top of crust), but the butter in this crust should allow it to brown beautifully without the wash. Bake per filling recipe directions. Workers and the labor movement, again this administration has done nothing for those who want jobs and cannot find them. Debbi Fields, Founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies, Dave Thomas of Wendy's & Geoffe Wa, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert, Cast of ST. Keep up the good work, Lo. We were all working from 7 AM until 1 or 2 AM, the next morning, just to open and read the mail. Most people were charmed by this good-looking, educated, incredible orator, especially women. Transcripts: The Phil Donahue Show Television Program, October 1979 Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of a wide variety of materials related to the ministry and history of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in the United States and around the world. Nonetheless, I wish I knew where I could find a recording or transcript from Moms July 7th, 1981 appearance. be impressed! Search the history of over 778 billion With my files and reference materials at the office and me, at home, on the telephone with the radio shows, the arrangement was not satisfactory. A smile or a hug or a strong, loving, family bond (be it by blood or by choice) have always been very important best things! Here is a copy of that Big Bucket In The Sky! Youve been a great friend over the years! Despite his old age, this man's level is infinite, and he has been working hard to imprint his name in the industry. We had just done a PM Magazine show with Detroit and had declined an invitation to appear in New York on Good Morning America, as well as declining an opportunity to have People Magazine interview us. September 30, 2014. And finally I found Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix! Our home, which was both our office and our sanctuary, became like a factory, with people helping us to process the mail, eventually having to return thousands of the orders to the customers with our deepest regrets that we could not, in all fairness to them, delay their order. Obama sold out before he became president. Two of the first things he, Harry Reid, and the treacherous Nancy Pelosi did when the Demons had control of the White House, the Senate and the House, was to take single payer healthcare and the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) off the table, so as not to offend their Republican brethren. It was a time to learn and to grow. Obama has muted the antiwar movement very successfully; let down the African-American community and the new immigrants community (has deported more people than any other president). Its run was preceded by three years of local broadcast on WLWD in Dayton, Ohio, and it was broadcast nationwide between 1970 and 1996. Though, I did get it copied to a DVD, a couple of years ago, before it was no longer playable. What a great interview, a triumph and what an internet benchmark! He said he wanted to see just what kind of a detective I REALLY was, so he told me to go to the supermarket and find one product in a (quote) package that would do the same job as those 11 herbs and spices. currently, the 86-year-old American tv personality is enjoying a healthy life. To prove his point, he told me, in court, he prepared his chicken the right way and passed it out to the jury, the judge and the court along with the bucket of chicken purchased down the street from a KFC unit. Obama never intended to go after those corporations that were responsible for the economic crash, for example. I didnt devote time to television really until I began to study documentary method & content back in the eighties, and then only used the receiving instrument itself as a proscenium device, or would sometimes watch the images with the sound muted, or with my own chosen musical accompaniment. Phil has an estimated net worth of $6 million Is Phil Donahue Still Alive Yes.
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