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" > wrote:
>kilikini wrote:
>> My husband loves kim-chee, so I called my friend, Yon Hui, up to get her
>> recipe so I might try to make it. She wouldn't budge. Darn it!
>
>Why the big secret? Do her relatives own restaurants or manufacture
>this product commercially?

Geez, mate, how naive can you get? *All* family cooks with an
intergenerational reputation as "good cooks" (or perhaps more commonly
known for their skill in the preparation of particular dishes)
*invariably* omit the key ingredient or quantity or process when
induced to "reluctantly" part with that special recipe at the behest
of their closest friends and favourite relatives. ;-)

Cheers, Phred.

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LID