Am Dienstag, 19. März 2019 05:45:35 UTC+1 schrieb U.S. Janet B.:
> 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.
> >
> That's awful that the recipe and method is lost forever. Signature
> items just aren't easy to replicate.
> Janet US

I'm so lucky that my late MiL told me her recipes a long time before she
passed away - and even complimented me when I made them for her.