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Janet

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> On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 11:40:03 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
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> > I agree. I've done that many many times and *only once* ever been
> > refused because it was a secret.
> > The refusal was a restaurant's family secret recipe for scrambled
> > eggs, handed down from grandmother.
> >
> > I had seen "scrambled eggs" on the lunch menu and commented that this
> > was rather unusual in that kind of restaurant (high class food and
> > service ) Who on earth would go to such a restaurant then order
> > scrambled eggs? The owner replied " These are not ordinary scrambled
> > eggs, not like any you've ever tasted. People come hundreds of miles to
> > eat this very secret recipe from my grandmother.It has never been shared
> > outside the family and never will be."
> >
> > Naturally I thought he was joking or boasting but I reckon my
> > scrambled eggs are pretty damn good so of course I had to order his to
> > compare.
> >
> > Well, they were the best most delicious scrambled eggs I have ever
> > eaten. The magic ingredient was indefinable, half way between a scent
> > and a flavour, with a specially creamy texture, and he would never tell
> > me how they did it. Countless guess-experiments at home with truffles,
> > herbs, spices, different creams, buttermilk, sourcream, yoghurt etc but
> > I have never managed to replicate it.
>
>
> Was this restaurant in the UK? Wherever it is, I'd love to know the name of it.

it was Braeval Old Mill restaurant, near Aberfoyle in Scotland . That
owner has gone now and afaik it's a tearoom now. You've missed the
worlds best scrambled eggs :-)

Janet UK