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??

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:01:12 -0400, 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.

So? Assert yourself and take it back!

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??
>
>


Burn the original recipe as well as your wife's copy, and never
enjoy the mushrooms again.

If you aren't a troll, you are at least ridiculous. Why would anyone
want a good recipe to disappear at their death? That's an immoral
request. (And maybe Mom left out an ingredient when she gave YOU the
recipe! Ever think of that?)

gloria p

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:05:45 -0400, Nina >
wrote:

>Yes, but people do ALL sorts of weird things, really. My mother has
>this eggnog recipe that she was like this about. I think she might
>seriously have wanted it to disappear with her death.
>
>No, I have no reasonable explanation about this, and it was really
>annoying, and I kind of think that it wasn't exactly an original
>recipe anyway.
>
><shrug>
>
>Nina

People sure can be weird with recipes. My grandmother made these
gawd-awful sweet pickles that were served at least once a week. As
kids we loved them because they were so sweet. By the time I left the
nest I couldn't stand them. She's 95 now and 10-12 years ago there
was a big deal made of her turning the recipe and pickle duty over to
my SIL. SIL isn't supposed to share the recipe until she passes it
on. Luckily SIL is a drunk and could never follow a recipe long
enough to ever make them. The weirdness stopped with me as I'll share
and help with any recipe I have, but my mom had the weirdo disease. I
stopped asking her for recipes of childhood favorites because she'd
change things. A 1/4 cup became 1/3. Things like that. Just enough
to make her's a little better than anyone else who made it. When I
developed a desire to learn how to cook it took me a few failures to
figure out what she was doing.

Family.....gurrrrrrrrr

Lou

On Aug 16, 11:01*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??

Get the federal government to classify the recipe as secret, get your
wife to sign the Official Secrets Act and get a security clearance and
then let her have the recipe.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

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??
>
>

Shoot the wench and then troll back about how to hide the body.

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??
====================
Keep your mouth shut.
Lynn in Fargo
who knows that, in marriage, total disclosure is highly overrated

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.

Jill

"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.

"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!

So, Mexican Joe, are you from Lake Titicaca?

I am the Great Cornholio!

"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.
>

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 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:31 -0400, Mocassin Joe wrote:

> "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.

mom is dead. i promise she won't find out.

your pal,
blake

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.

Nathalie in Switzerland

"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 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.

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:01:12 -0400, "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??

Post the correct recipe here.

Lou

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:01:12 -0400, "Mocassin Joe"
> wrote:

>Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>
>What should I do??

Tell us the secret ingredient and none of the other ingredients in
Mom's recipe. We will never be able to duplicate it...and no one here
will tell you wife since we don't know you or her. This will turn
into a Mexican standoff of worldly proportions.

"Billy" <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom> wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:01:12 -0400, "Mocassin Joe"
> > wrote:
>
>>Naturally the dish doesn't come out as expected.
>>
>>What should I do??
>
> Tell us the secret ingredient and none of the other ingredients in
> Mom's recipe. We will never be able to duplicate it...and no one here
> will tell you wife since we don't know you or her. This will turn
> into a Mexican standoff of worldly proportions.
>

Cannabis.

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??
>
>

You're married to the woman. Tell her the truth.

Serene

--
"I am an agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at
the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins

"Serene Vannoy" > 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??
> >
> >
>
> You're married to the woman. Tell her the truth.
>
> Serene
>
==============
I agree, tell her the truth and then forget about it. Give her the secret
ingredient and keep the recipe in your family.

"Serene Vannoy" > 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??
>>
>>
>
> You're married to the woman. Tell her the truth.

What about my affair with the next door neighbor?

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.

By saying out, I would presume that she meant out of the family. So far,
so good.

> Now my wife has decided, that she is in charge of making this recipe.

Would she pass it on to friends? If that is the case then you, via your
wife have passed the recipe on. Or out.

> 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??

It all depends on my comment above. You are between a rock and a hard
place here. Who do you have the most loyalty to? If it is your mother,
then you don't pass on the secret ingredient until your wife agrees to
keep it secret. If she doesn't then don't pass on the secret ingredient.
If she does agree (this is something the best chefs do) then let her
know what it was and tell her to keep it a secret for your mothers memory.

Dave

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??

Murder?

-sw

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??

IMO, the immoral part is attempting to take a recipe to the grave for no
apparent reason aside from selfishness. Slightly lesser is leaving out a
"secret ingredient" so no one can copy it. Unless it has commercial value
that you want to keep from the competition, it is just plain silly. Just as
silly as having to prepare them yourself just so your wife won't find out
the secret.

There is another reason, but I'm not going to tell anyone what it is. My
secret.

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

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 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.

--
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*******************************************
Countdown till Labor Day
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saddles on their backs, nor a favored
few booted and spurred, ready to ride
them legitimately, by the grace of God.
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"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.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:07:18 -0400, "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.
>

Obviously you don't think much of her, so it's better that you make
them.... and make the rest of the meal while you're at it. Be a manly
man, tell her you're taking over cooking duties because she's so lousy
at following a simple recipe.

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.


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

Mae West

<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.

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

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

On Sun 17 Aug 2008 07:07:18a, Mocassin Joe told us...

>
> "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.
>
>

<plonk>

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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
......

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

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??

Who do you feel more obligated to, your deceased mom or your living
wife?

"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??

Divorce the bitch and start a company making frozen stuffed mushrooms. Then
find a shrink to help you understand how a twisted woman like your mother
could be so petty as to want a recipe to be buried with her. Your wife just
wants the recipe for herself so she can make a fortune after her stud
boyfriend kills you and dumps your body in a mulcher.

Paul

Paul M. Cook said...


>> What should I do??
>
> Divorce the bitch and start a company making frozen stuffed mushrooms.
> Then find a shrink to help you understand how a twisted woman like your
> mother could be so petty as to want a recipe to be buried with her. Your
> wife just wants the recipe for herself so she can make a fortune after
> her stud boyfriend kills you and dumps your body in a mulcher.
>
> Paul


ROFLMAO!

First laugh of the day.

Thanks,

Andy