Mocassin Joe > wrote:
>
>> Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed
>> mushroom
>> recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never give my
>> recipe
>> out". I agreed.
>>
>> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe.
>> She
>> looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is that I
>> left
>> out a "secret" ingredient.
>>
>> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>>
>> What should I do??

IMO, the immoral part is attempting to take a recipe to the grave for no
apparent reason aside from selfishness. Slightly lesser is leaving out a
"secret ingredient" so no one can copy it. Unless it has commercial value
that you want to keep from the competition, it is just plain silly. Just as
silly as having to prepare them yourself just so your wife won't find out
the secret.

There is another reason, but I'm not going to tell anyone what it is. My
secret.