Sharing my recipe - am I being weird about this?

[Anonymous]

Can you post the recipe here for us?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do people really get recipes from back of soup cans? I was talking about fresh ingredients. Yuck!

Evaporated milk isn't soup. I take it you don't bake. Or perhaps you grind your own "fresh" flour and press your own sugar cane.

[Anonymous]

You said the recipe is not a secret. So why are you not just flattered that your MIL is acknowledging that something you make is worthy of being shared with others and contributed to a cookbook. Why does it bother you that she never asked for the recipe before? Maybe she was concerned about your reaction. Perhaps this is her way of sharing something important to her, her church, with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

give her the recipe, but tweak it a little (e.g. double the marshmallows, halve the tobasco) so it isn't quite "your" recipe.

this is psychotic.

are you all so self-centered and delusional to think that your hypothetical thunder and sentimental value would be diluted by sharing it?

You know who else they called "psychotic" and "delusional"?

Jesus Christ.

[Anonymous]

oh maaaan OP is the messiah? how come I missed the signals?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oh maaaan OP is the messiah? how come I missed the signals?????

12.13 here: not OP.
And I never claimed to be the messiah.

I am not comparing my agonies to those of the Son of God, but to the extent that, yes, I offered some selfless suggestions for resolving the situation peacefully, and was pilloried and mocked for my good deeds, analogies could indeed be drawn. I make no apologies for this, and it saddens me that 2000 years after the events in Gethsemane we find ourselves in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do people really get recipes from back of soup cans? I was talking about fresh ingredients. Yuck!

Are you kidding me? The recipes from soup cans are often the same as other recipes, except you get to skip the part where you have to prepare the soup from scrathc.

And on that note --

1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup [I like the kind in the red and white can]
1 "can"/cup of milk [Skim is fine]
1 large yellow onion
1 lb of ground beef [You need some fat for tast, so don't use "extra lean" ground sirloin. But "lean" ground chuck or round is fine]
1 tlb of Sour Cream [I also use fat free greek yogurt]
Salt & Pepper
Optional - Additional mushrooms.

1. Dice the onion and saute in oilve oil until the onions are soft/tranlucent. (add mushrooms at this point if you are using fresh)
2. Add the ground beef to the pan and brown. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper.
3. Combine the milk and soup in a bowl and then add to the pot. (add additional mushroom at this point if you are using canned).
4. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Uncover and simmer for 5-8 minutes more, so that some more of the water evaporates.
6. Taste and add more salt& peper to taste.
7. Remove from heat and stir in 1 tlb of sour cream.

Serve over rice or noddles.

This is a modified version of a recipe originally found on the back of a soup can back in the 70s. It is a favorite comfort food and takes no more than 30 minutes to make.
Could I make the soup from scratch? Sure, but it would add a few hours to the recipe.


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[Anonymous]

I don't think you are being unreasonable. Unfortunately I don't have a great suggestion as to how to get out of it. Maybe search online for a similar recipe and give her that one?

[Anonymous]

I bet it's for green bean casserole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:oh maaaan OP is the messiah? how come I missed the signals?????

12.13 here: not OP.
And I never claimed to be the messiah.

I am not comparing my agonies to those of the Son of God, but to the extent that, yes, I offered some selfless suggestions for resolving the situation peacefully, and was pilloried and mocked for my good deeds, analogies could indeed be drawn. I make no apologies for this, and it saddens me that 2000 years after the events in Gethsemane we find ourselves in this situation.

Your analogy is faulty. I doubt Jesus would lie to MIL. Again, my suggestion remains to show your MIL kindness and save yourself this ridiculousness by just giving her the recipe.

[Anonymous]

OMG then EVERYONE will be able to make it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I completely understand you not wanting her to submit your recipe. What she wants to do is almost like putting your byline on something you didn't write or signing someone else's artwork.

Totally agree. It is one thing if she wanted to make it for a dinner party--of course you should share it. It is another for her to submit it as her own recipe. So I am with you on this, OP.

I agree with both of these posters - there are certain recipes I associate with particular people, and while I love my mother-in-law's fruit pizza and might ask her for the recipe so I could serve it at home, I'd never dream of submitting it to a cookbook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I completely understand you not wanting her to submit your recipe. What she wants to do is almost like putting your byline on something you didn't write or signing someone else's artwork.

It's not "her" recipe anyway. She didn't create it, she just found it elsewhere and started using it. Same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based solely on your title, I was fully prepared to jump down your throat. However, now that I realize that the person who wants it wants to pass it off as her own for a cookbook, I'm on your side. I would either tell her no, politely and confidently, or just give her a slightly faked recipe so it's not the same.

!?!?! It's not her's, either. Or do you think OP is a chef who created it from nothing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG then EVERYONE will be able to make it!

HORRORS!!1
Crucify! Crucify!