On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:13:11 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-03-18 6:59 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> Alas, my favorite store, where you could see the smoke house if you
>> drove around the block, closed down. I think the owner's very elderly
>> father was keeper of the recipes and master smoker and when he went,
>> the place just did not last long.
>>
>
>I had when that happens. There was a called Judy' Bakery that had the
>best butter tarts I have ever tasted. I used to ride my bicycle down
>there, 4 km round trip, and figured I could reward myself by buying a
>package of them to bring home. Judy got sick and the place closed down.
>After a couple weeks he daughter daughter took over running it. She had
>most of the the products that Judy have made, but not the butter tarts.
>Her mother would not give her the recipe. Judy recovered a bit and they
>had butter tarts again. It didn't last long. She relapsed and died,
>taking her recipe with her. Since they were one of the biggest sellers
>in the bakery it just didn't survive without them.
>

I do not understand why the mother would not tell her daughter the
recipe. Must be a backstory there.