Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

> IMO, the immoral part is attempting to take a recipe to the grave
> for no apparent reason aside from selfishness.

I think such an individual must believe in reincarnation or
an afterlife and does not truly believe their recipe will die
with them. They think it will continue to be their unique
possession, as opposed to it going totally extinct.

Steve

<sf> wrote
> In any case, this thread reminds me of the Everyone Loves Raymond
> episode where his mom finally taught his wife how to make her special
> spaghetti sauce... but changed the label on a jar of some crucial
> herb.

Whenever I see this "secret recipe" crap crop up I suspect we are dealing
with morons.

It's only food, FFS.

Just my 2 cents, as they say.

"Nathalie Chiva" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:39:30 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:31 -0400, Mocassin Joe wrote:
>
>>> I MADE A PROMISE!!!! Don't you understand?
>>>
>>> It's nothing to take lightly.
>>
>>mom is dead. i promise she won't find out.
>
> Right. And I wouldn't hesitate to not hold such a silly promise,
> really.
>
I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never broken
a promise.

Mocassin Joe wrote:

> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> . 247...
>
>>On Sat 16 Aug 2008 08:01:12a, Mocassin Joe told us...
>>
>>
>>>Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed
>>>mushroom recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never
>>>give my recipe out". I agreed.
>>>
>>>Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe.
>>>She looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is that
>>>I left out a "secret" ingredient.
>>>
>>>Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>>>
>>>What should I do??
>>
>>First, stop making a mountain out of a mole hill. Your wife *is* family,
>>isn't she? Logically, I would think your mother meant outside of the
>>family, or to the masses. Fess up to your wife and let her make them if
>>she wants to.
>
>
> Wives are property.
>
>


La proriete, c'est le vol!
--
Joseph
Count de Money

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Sun 17 Aug 2008 07:07:18a, Mocassin Joe told us...
>
>
>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
5.247...
>>
>>>On Sat 16 Aug 2008 08:01:12a, Mocassin Joe told us...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed
>>>>mushroom recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never
>>>>give my recipe out". I agreed.
>>>>
>>>>Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe.
>>>>She looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is
>
> that
>
>>>>I left out a "secret" ingredient.
>>>>
>>>>Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>>>>
>>>>What should I do??
>>>
>>>First, stop making a mountain out of a mole hill. Your wife *is*
>
> family,
>
>>>isn't she? Logically, I would think your mother meant outside of the
>>>family, or to the masses. Fess up to your wife and let her make them if
>>>she wants to.
>>
>>Wives are property.
>>
>>
>
>
> <plonk>
>

Really, if the racist stereotyping wasn't enough to convince every one
......

cybercat wrote:

> "Nathalie Chiva" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:39:30 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:31 -0400, Mocassin Joe wrote:
>>
>>>> I MADE A PROMISE!!!! Don't you understand?
>>>>
>>>>It's nothing to take lightly.
>>>
>>>mom is dead. i promise she won't find out.
>>
>>Right. And I wouldn't hesitate to not hold such a silly promise,
>>really.
>>
>
> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never broken
> a promise.
>
>

Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
fool
--
JL

"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote

>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>> broken a promise.
>
> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
> fool
> --

You think?

"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote

>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>> broken a promise.
>
> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
> fool
> --

Maybe I did and I have forgotten.

I should have said, "I try never to break promises," maybe. But the thing
is, I rarely MAKE promises!

Mocassin Joe wrote:

> "Cornholio" > wrote in message
> om...
> >
> >
> > "Mocassin Joe" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >>
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> >> . ..
> >>> Mocassin Joe > wrote:
> >>>> Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed
> >>>> mushroom recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never
> >>>> give my recipe out". I agreed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe.
> >>>> She looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is
> >>>> that I left out a "secret" ingredient.
> >>>>
> >>>> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
> >>>>
> >>>> What should I do??
> >>>
> >>> Get over it and tell her how to make the damn things. The recipe
isn't
> >>> holding the key to a friggin billion dollar industry.
> >>>
> >>> Jil
> >>
> >> It's not a matter of getting over anything.
> >>
> >> I MADE A PROMISE!!!! Don't you understand?
> >>
> >> It's nothing to take lightly.
> >>
> >
> > I am from Nicaragua. My people have no bungholes. We need TP for our
> > bungholes. That is not to be taken lightly!
>
>
> Am I to take it that there are no barells in your country?
>
> > So, Mexican Joe, are you from Lake Titicaca?
>
> No Senior.
>
> I would be called Wetback Joe if that was the case.
>
> > I am the Great Cornholio!
>
> You are famous. I have heard of you.


Hey Steve, don't you get tired from masturbating with your "personas" all
over the Usenet...clean all that sticky goo off yer keyboard, for cripes
sakes...



--
Best
Greg

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:01:47 -0400, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote
>
>>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>>> broken a promise.
>>
>> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
>> fool
>> --
>
>Maybe I did and I have forgotten.
>
>I should have said, "I try never to break promises," maybe. But the thing
>is, I rarely MAKE promises!
>

How about you try not to make promises you can't keep?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"Mocassin Joe" > wrote in news:UmIpk.10988$XT1.4849
@bignews5.bellsouth.net:

>>> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>>>
>>> What should I do??
>>
>> Get over it and tell her how to make the damn things. The recipe isn't
>> holding the key to a friggin billion dollar industry.
>
> It's not a matter of getting over anything.
>
> I MADE A PROMISE!!!! Don't you understand?
>
> It's nothing to take lightly.

If it's your wife, it's ok, in my opinion. And why did you write out the
recipe and leave out one ingredient?

Consider that she may have asked you to keep a secret as a joke.

Oh, and please don't tell me it's Campbell's canned cream of mushroom soup.

<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:01:47 -0400, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote
>>
>>>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>>>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>>>> broken a promise.
>>>
>>> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
>>> fool
>>> --
>>
>>Maybe I did and I have forgotten.
>>
>>I should have said, "I try never to break promises," maybe. But the thing
>>is, I rarely MAKE promises!
>>
>
> How about you try not to make promises you can't keep?
>
Oh I don't make promises I can't keep! Really, truly, if I say "I promise,"
I mean it and I mean to keep it. This is mostly why I am still married.

8}

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:11:51 -0700, sf fired up random neurons and
synapses to opine:

>In any case, this thread reminds me of the Everyone Loves Raymond
>episode where his mom finally taught his wife how to make her special
>spaghetti sauce... but changed the label on a jar of some crucial
>herb.

My [now] adult kids ragged on me for ages to give them my Secret
Spaghetti Sauce recipe. I milked this until it had lost some of its
humor [to me], as I knew there would be a payoff: I self-printed a
cookbook and gave it to each of them for Christmas a couple of years
ago. They must have gone right to the "meats and poultry" section, b/c
not seconds after they'd unwrapped the cookbook, I heard the screaming
begin, "Ragu??? All this time, your Secret Spaghetti Sauce was
Ragu???" Well, yes and no, my darling kidlets. I used the
*Traditional*, *Original* Ragu, not just *any* stinkin' Ragu. And I
doctor it up a bit. The recipe as it reads in the cookbook:

@@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format

Mama's Ultra Secret Spaghetti Sauce

meats and poultry

1 jar traditional Ragu
1 onion; chopped
3 cloves garlic; chopped
1 jar sliced button mushrooms
1 1/2 pounds ground beef; browned, drained of fat
1 tablespoon dry mustard
3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
chopped fresh or dried parsley; to taste
salt and pepper; to taste

Okay, on this recipe I am so busted. I've used Ragu as a base for
years and just jazzed it up a little. Throw everything together in a
crockpot and let it simmer merrily all day. It's better the second
day, after the flavors have had a chance to meld.

** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.83 **

When you work fulltime and are raising kids, you take the shortcuts
where you find 'em.
--

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch!"

-- W.C. Fields

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:29:05 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
> wrote:

>When you work fulltime and are raising kids, you take the shortcuts
>where you find 'em.


LOL, good story!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

In article >,
"Mocassin Joe" > wrote:

> Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed mushroom
> recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never give my recipe
> out". I agreed.
>
> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe. She
> looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is that I left
> out a "secret" ingredient.
>
> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>
> What should I do??

How much spousal grief can you tolerate? If you promised your mom you
wouldn't give out the recipe, keep the promise. How personal is your
"personal cookbook." Was she in it with your permission?d

We've been over this ground before here ‹ the business of sharing or not
sharing recipes. Some I share, some I do not. I'm in the minority
here, I'm sure. I have no obligation to share everything I have or
create just because someone wants it. Try to guilt me to it? Good luck.

I'd be tempted to tell her that there's a missing ingredient and you're
not going to tell her what it is because you promised your mother you
wouldn't and you're keeping the promise. See first sentence above. :-)
Good luck.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, blahblahblog is back and
most recently updated last night, 8-17-2008. Fair entries are DONE!

Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
:

> We've been over this ground before here < the business of sharing or not
> sharing recipes. Some I share, some I do not. I'm in the minority
> here, I'm sure. I have no obligation to share everything I have or
> create just because someone wants it. Try to guilt me to it? Good
luck.
>
>

So you wouldn't share (shortly before your death) family favorites with
your Kids?...Strangers I can see...but not sharing with family, that I
can't understand.

Sometimes cooking up something the way mom made it is very theraputic. And
brings back memories of 'the good old days'.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:11:51 -0700, sf fired up random neurons and
> synapses to opine:
>
>>In any case, this thread reminds me of the Everyone Loves Raymond
>>episode where his mom finally taught his wife how to make her special
>>spaghetti sauce... but changed the label on a jar of some crucial
>>herb.
>
> My [now] adult kids ragged on me for ages to give them my Secret
> Spaghetti Sauce recipe. I milked this until it had lost some of its
> humor [to me], as I knew there would be a payoff: I self-printed a
> cookbook and gave it to each of them for Christmas a couple of years
> ago. They must have gone right to the "meats and poultry" section, b/c
> not seconds after they'd unwrapped the cookbook, I heard the screaming
> begin, "Ragu??? All this time, your Secret Spaghetti Sauce was
> Ragu???" Well, yes and no, my darling kidlets. I used the
> *Traditional*, *Original* Ragu, not just *any* stinkin' Ragu. And I
> doctor it up a bit. The recipe as it reads in the cookbook:
>
> @@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format
>
> Mama's Ultra Secret Spaghetti Sauce
>
> meats and poultry
>
> 1 jar traditional Ragu
> 1 onion; chopped
> 3 cloves garlic; chopped
> 1 jar sliced button mushrooms
> 1 1/2 pounds ground beef; browned, drained of fat
> 1 tablespoon dry mustard
> 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
> chopped fresh or dried parsley; to taste
> salt and pepper; to taste
>
> Okay, on this recipe I am so busted. I've used Ragu as a base for
> years and just jazzed it up a little. Throw everything together in a
> crockpot and let it simmer merrily all day. It's better the second
> day, after the flavors have had a chance to meld.
>
> ** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.83 **
>
> When you work fulltime and are raising kids, you take the shortcuts
> where you find 'em.
> --
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch!"
>
> -- W.C. Fields
>
> To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"
>

Hey! that's my secret recipe too! Except I use the cheapie store brand
'herbed' sauce.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

hahabogus wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:11:51 -0700, sf fired up random neurons and
>> synapses to opine:
>>
>>> In any case, this thread reminds me of the Everyone Loves Raymond
>>> episode where his mom finally taught his wife how to make her special
>>> spaghetti sauce... but changed the label on a jar of some crucial
>>> herb.
>> My [now] adult kids ragged on me for ages to give them my Secret
>> Spaghetti Sauce recipe. I milked this until it had lost some of its
>> humor [to me], as I knew there would be a payoff: I self-printed a
>> cookbook and gave it to each of them for Christmas a couple of years
>> ago. They must have gone right to the "meats and poultry" section, b/c
>> not seconds after they'd unwrapped the cookbook, I heard the screaming
>> begin, "Ragu??? All this time, your Secret Spaghetti Sauce was
>> Ragu???" Well, yes and no, my darling kidlets. I used the
>> *Traditional*, *Original* Ragu, not just *any* stinkin' Ragu. And I
>> doctor it up a bit. The recipe as it reads in the cookbook:
>>
>> @@@@@ Now You're Cooking! Export Format
>>
>> Mama's Ultra Secret Spaghetti Sauce
>>
>> meats and poultry
>>
>> 1 jar traditional Ragu
>> 1 onion; chopped
>> 3 cloves garlic; chopped
>> 1 jar sliced button mushrooms
>> 1 1/2 pounds ground beef; browned, drained of fat
>> 1 tablespoon dry mustard
>> 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
>> chopped fresh or dried parsley; to taste
>> salt and pepper; to taste
>>
>> Okay, on this recipe I am so busted. I've used Ragu as a base for
>> years and just jazzed it up a little. Throw everything together in a
>> crockpot and let it simmer merrily all day. It's better the second
>> day, after the flavors have had a chance to meld.
>>
>> ** Exported from Now You're Cooking! v5.83 **
>>
>> When you work fulltime and are raising kids, you take the shortcuts
>> where you find 'em.
>> --
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch!"
>>
>> -- W.C. Fields
>>
>> To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"
>>
>
> Hey! that's my secret recipe too! Except I use the cheapie store brand
> 'herbed' sauce.
>

I buy the cheapie sauce too. The stuff in the cans is cheaper than the
ones sold in the glass jars. It's odd that spaghetti sauce tends to be
sold mostly in glass. The only thing I don't like in canned spaghetti
sauce is a starch thickener. Otherwise, they all tend to taste pretty
good.

On Aug 16, 10:01*am, "Mocassin Joe" > wrote:
> Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed mushroom
> recipe. *She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never give my recipe
> out". *I agreed.
>
> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe. *She
> looked it up in my personal cookbook. *What she doesn't know is that I left
> out a "secret" ingredient.
>
> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>
> What should I do??

The whole, "Don't give anyone [my] recipe," is crap. I don't believe
in it, and will never honor it. Someplace, somewhere, someone else
has already "invented" the exact same thing, so who cares?

N.

In article >,
hahabogus > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
> :
>
> > We've been over this ground before here < the business of sharing or not
> > sharing recipes. Some I share, some I do not. I'm in the minority
> > here, I'm sure. I have no obligation to share everything I have or
> > create just because someone wants it. Try to guilt me to it? Good
> luck.

>
> So you wouldn't share (shortly before your death) family favorites with
> your Kids?...Strangers I can see...but not sharing with family, that I
> can't understand.
>
> Sometimes cooking up something the way mom made it is very theraputic. And
> brings back memories of 'the good old days'.

Sure. :-) It's why I take pictures of the steps involved to make a lot
of the stuff I make. My intention is to "someday" print an illustrated
book for them.

I know what many of Chris' favorites are; he's more interested in
cooking, I think, than Beck is. He's been cooking Thanksgiving's turkey
for friends in Tucson for 15 years; the first five years I could expect
(and looked forward to) phone calls on T Day morning that always began,
"MOM! How do I. . . .?" His group of friends does a shared-labor
Thanksgiving Day celebration. I loved to hear, when he was in school
and hosting a bunch, how each participant brought the dish that "meant"
Thanksgiving at Home to her/him.

Beck is married to a finicky eater and she's not so inclined and doesn't
have as much time to put into cooking as I did and do. She prefers to
do something else with her time. That distresses me because of LaTwerp.
She eats way too much highly processed food. She's a skinny kid now but
it's the formed habits that distress me. I'm willing to bet that she
will struggle with weight "issues" by the time she's 35.

The business of the kids' favorites is interesting. I will have both of
them in house this weekend (Chris arrived last night) and will ask so I
am certain the how-to-do-it is recorded.

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, blahblahblog is back and
most recently updated last night, 8-17-2008. Fair entries are DONE!

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:57:05 GMT, hahabogus > wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
:
>
>> We've been over this ground before here < the business of sharing or not
>> sharing recipes. Some I share, some I do not. I'm in the minority
>> here, I'm sure. I have no obligation to share everything I have or
>> create just because someone wants it. Try to guilt me to it? Good
>luck.
>>
>>
>
>So you wouldn't share (shortly before your death) family favorites with
>your Kids?...Strangers I can see...but not sharing with family, that I
>can't understand.
>
Not her problem. She's taking it to the grave.

>Sometimes cooking up something the way mom made it is very theraputic.
>
That's what psychiatrists are paid for.

>And brings back memories of 'the good old days'.
Or not.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

In article >,
hahabogus > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:barbschaller-
> :
>
> > We've been over this ground before here < the business of sharing or not
> > sharing recipes. Some I share, some I do not. I'm in the minority
> > here, I'm sure. I have no obligation to share everything I have or
> > create just because someone wants it. Try to guilt me to it? Good
> luck.
> >
> >
>
> So you wouldn't share (shortly before your death) family favorites with
> your Kids?...Strangers I can see...but not sharing with family, that I
> can't understand.
>
> Sometimes cooking up something the way mom made it is very theraputic. And
> brings back memories of 'the good old days'.

Hell, by the time we get to "(shortly before your death)," even * I *
won't remember how to make them!

My sister and I have very different memories of how my mother made
certain dishes. Alice The Intransigent will not acknowledge the
possibility that Mom changed her ways between the time Sis was around
and the time when I was observing what Mom did and that both of us are
correct.
--
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http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, blahblahblog is back and
most recently updated last night, 8-17-2008. Fair entries are DONE!

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:01:47 -0400, cybercat wrote:

> "Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote
>
>>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>>> broken a promise.
>>
>> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
>> fool
>> --
>
> Maybe I did and I have forgotten.
>
> I should have said, "I try never to break promises," maybe. But the thing
> is, I rarely MAKE promises!

a wise policy in any case. maybe especially in answer to 'you have to
promise to...'

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:40:31 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> IMO, the immoral part is attempting to take a recipe to the grave
>> for no apparent reason aside from selfishness.
>
> I think such an individual must believe in reincarnation or
> an afterlife and does not truly believe their recipe will die
> with them. They think it will continue to be their unique
> possession, as opposed to it going totally extinct.
>
> Steve

think of all the secret recipes your dog must know!

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:38 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>The whole, "Don't give anyone [my] recipe," is crap. I don't believe
>in it, and will never honor it. Someplace, somewhere, someone else
>has already "invented" the exact same thing, so who cares?

ITA. It's just outside of my realm of comprehension. Actually, I'm
*honored* when I get asked for a recipe, it means they loved the
dish!!!

Nathalie in Switzerland

Nathalie Chiva wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:38 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
>> The whole, "Don't give anyone [my] recipe," is crap. I don't believe
>> in it, and will never honor it. Someplace, somewhere, someone else
>> has already "invented" the exact same thing, so who cares?
>
> ITA. It's just outside of my realm of comprehension. Actually, I'm
> *honored* when I get asked for a recipe, it means they loved the
> dish!!!
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
I think that a man's wife *is* family, so don't see what the problem is
in the first place?

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:01:47 -0400, cybercat wrote:
>
>> "Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote
>>
>>>> I am actually not in agreement here. While the issue is silly, e.g. the
>>>> thing the promis was made about, a promise is a promise. I have never
>>>> broken a promise.
>>>
>>> Define 'promise' and 'break' given human nature your either a saint or a
>>> fool
>>> --
>>
>> Maybe I did and I have forgotten.
>>
>> I should have said, "I try never to break promises," maybe. But the thing
>> is, I rarely MAKE promises!
>
> a wise policy in any case. maybe especially in answer to 'you have to
> promise to...'
>

Yesh. The answer is generally, "you know I will do everything I can."

"Mocassin Joe" > wrote in message
.. .
> Before my mother passed away I asked her for her landmark stuffed mushroom
> recipe. She gave it to me on the condition, "you can never give my recipe
> out". I agreed.
>
> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe. She
> looked it up in my personal cookbook. What she doesn't know is that I
> left out a "secret" ingredient.
>
> Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>
> What should I do??
>
>

I'm sure everyone has their "Special Recipe" that is not for sale, trade,
bargain, etc.
Stick to your guns. You can use it as 'your special touch'.
Wife should back down and acknowledge the 'Master' of that dish.

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> My sister and I have very different memories of how my mother made
> certain dishes.

I can readily believe this. Ask your older and wiser sister how your
mother made pirohy and - for once - pay attention!

Bubba

Goomba wrote:
> Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:38 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The whole, "Don't give anyone [my] recipe," is crap. I don't believe
>>> in it, and will never honor it. Someplace, somewhere, someone else
>>> has already "invented" the exact same thing, so who cares?
>>
>> ITA. It's just outside of my realm of comprehension. Actually, I'm
>> *honored* when I get asked for a recipe, it means they loved the
>> dish!!!
>>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>>
> I think that a man's wife *is* family, so don't see what the problem is
> in the first place?


It sounds as though he wants us to convince him it's OK to
break what he regards as a sacred promise.

In my opinion Mom may have been in senile dementia when she
required that promise. In any case, it's a batch of stuffed
mushrooms, fer cripes sake, not a matter of national security.

FWIW my late mother-in-law often mentioned I gave her many more
and much better recipes than she gave me.

gloria p

In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > My sister and I have very different memories of how my mother made
> > certain dishes.
>
> I can readily believe this. Ask your older and wiser sister how your
> mother made pirohy and - for once - pay attention!
>
> Bubba


Bite me, Bubba Vic.
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Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Bite me, Bubba Vic.

As offered previously, I'll gladly bite the famous beet tattoo on your
left buttock.

Bubba Vic

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:38 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>The whole, "Don't give anyone [my] recipe," is crap. I don't believe
>in it, and will never honor it. Someplace, somewhere, someone else
>has already "invented" the exact same thing, so who cares?

The ex's boss had a number of us over for dinner and his wife made
something or other as an hors d'ouevre that was just sensational. I
asked her for the recipe and she told me she'd give it to me if and
when the company transferred us to another city. Never did get the
recipe. Never did lose any sleep over it ;-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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