On 2019-03-19 12:45 a.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:13:11 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:

>> 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.
>>
> That's awful that the recipe and method is lost forever. Signature
> items just aren't easy to replicate.

The especially bad bad part in this case was that the tarts were
exceptional. There are lots of places that claim to make the best butter
tarts, but none of them compared to Judy's. One friend was raving about
a place she knows and brought some for us to try. They were about three
times the price and they were nowhere near as good.