s/o do you have a recipe you won't share?

My husband's mother would not share recipes.

So I would just sit in the kitchen and wait. Her secret beef recipe: Lipton onion soup
Mike high apple pie: she used flour instead of cornstarch.
I have her rhubarb bar recipe
All I need it the pecan log recipe.

I did hide a secret from her. Mile high meringue. I use extra whites.

 

No. I think it's stupid and petty, especially since 99% of these recipes aren't even something the secret keeper came up with on their own.

No, I would share any recipe with anyone.

No, I'm fine with sharing all my recipes. I got most of them from somewhere else anyway. I'll even share my tips and modifications.

But an ex of mine's grandmother kept her recipes secret. She made this orange spiced iced tea that everyone in their family loved, and she claimed it was passed down to her from her aunt with the promise that she'd never share it outside of the family.

It was mother-effing Constant Comment boxed teabags.

I recognized it from the first sip.

I'm pretty good at backwards engineering recipes anyway. If someone won't share, I can usually figure it out on my own if I want.

I love these stories. So did you say anything? Lol[/quote]


Not to her, she was a nasty piece of work. But I told my ex, and bought a box of the tea and made it for him. He thought it was funny, but never said a word either.

No. I think it's silly, it's only food.

Around here is a story, it is maybe 25-30 years ago, at a very popular radio-quiz show with a very popular host, he chatted with people before the quiz about everyday stuff and this woman was so excited she told him her very secret cookie-receipe she wouldn't even share with the closest family 😂

I have one. This dish my grandmother made, that a relative of hers created. Nana made me swear to keep it in the family because that's what her relative did before passing it on. I promised and have kept that promise (I only make the dish for family so I dont have to worry about being asked to share).

I give out recipes freely. A lot of times (as has been mentioned above) I think when people keep their recipe a secret, it's because they don't want to admit it's a box mix or pre-prepared item.

Once when my kids were very young (toddler/preschool), their little mom's day out program had a Thanksgiving luncheon for kids and parents. I signed up to bring homemade mac and cheese, which is something I normally make well from scratch. Well, being a mom of young kids, I got busy and forgot all about the luncheon. So the day of, I bought a huge pan of Stouffer's mac and cheese, heated it through, and put it in a casserole dish from home. People raved about this dang mac and cheese from the freezer section at the store. I was too embarrassed to admit what I had done, so I just smiled and said, "Family recipe."

My MIL wouldn't share a lot of her cookie recipes until she died. Everyone of the kids received recipe cards in an envelope after her death.  Her reasoning was that these were "favorites" and the kids wouldn't feel they were as special if they were able to make them.

Her oldest son does the same. He has his "secret" binder with recipes he won't share. Whatever.....

I will share if asked.  A few, I've told nieces that now that they now how to make their favorite recipe, they can be responsible for making them for the family gatherings.  They've found how expensive or time consuming a couple are and have said they can't make them as good as I can.  

Well, not in that case, but in general, why not? It seems ridiculous to me not to share. Look at how many times someone on here has said that someone passed away without writing down or passing along a recipe and now the family cannot have that treasured item.

I usually tweak most recipes until the resulting dish is the way I like it. Many times I'll read a bunch of reviews for a new to me recipe, make it once as written and then adjust to my taste. For example, as a result of the recent chocolate chip cookie thread, I found a new recipe for soft chocolate chip cookies to try at Sally's Baking Addiction blog. Made it as written and they were good. DH raved about them. After I'd had a couple myself, I thought they would be even better with some pecans added, so next time I'll probably try adding a cup of chopped nuts to the dough at the end to see if I like them better that way.

I also usually have no problem sharing recipes with anyone. But if someone is looking to steal my thunder, I just might let them do their own research! 

Nope, not at all. My recipe box is your recipe box.