His Sister Keeps Begging For His Special Cheesecake Recipe And Claiming They’re Family, But He Won’t Share It Because they Simply Aren’t Close
Some people consider recipes extremely sacred and refuse to pass them to even their nearest and dearest.
One man, who had a rough childhood and isn’t close to his siblings, has been refusing to give one of his sisters his special cheesecake recipe, and now she’s extremely mad at him.
He’s 58 years old and is the youngest member of a large family that he describes as dysfunctional. He does not have fond childhood memories, and after everything that has gone down, he prefers to maintain little to no contact with his siblings.
He did have one sister, Beth, whom he was particularly close to. Unfortunately, she passed away.
“My late sister and I used to get together for Christmas at her place,” he explained.
“One of my contributions to the dinner was a cheesecake I made from a recipe I found on the internet. The first time I tried it, I thought it was decent, but I also felt I could improve it. Over the years, I’ve experimented with the recipe, adding new ingredients [and] changing the amounts of other ingredients. I eventually perfected the recipe, and I think I’ve made sufficient modifications to make it officially my cheesecake recipe.”
After Beth passed away, he continued making the cheesecake for family gatherings and would pass his recipe on to close friends in her memory. So many people have told him it’s the best cheesecake they’ve ever had, and he takes great pride in it.
However, there are some people he doesn’t want to share the recipe with.
Recently, his sister Jean insisted on visiting him during a recent trip, which he wasn’t thrilled about. He and Jean don’t have much of a relationship as she’s very religious and conservative and bashes certain groups of people.
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While Jean was in town, she asked him to make her the cheesecake he would make for him and Beth. He did, and she loved it, eventually asking him for the recipe. He decided to give Jean the original online recipe he found, but not his special modified recipe.
“However, upon making it herself when she returned home, she quickly picked up on the fact that it wasn’t the version I made for her,” he said.
“So, I conceded that I ‘may have changed one or two things’ and suggested she experiment with it and make it her own. But she wanted to know the exact recipe I used. I refused, saying it was my recipe and I’m not giving it out.”
Jean became upset and started protesting, telling him he should give it to her because they’re family. But he told her they’re not family. Jean has been begging him for the recipe for days, even getting her kids to ask him for it.
“I have nothing against her kids or any of my other siblings’ kids,” he added.
“It’s just my siblings themselves that I would prefer to have nothing to do with. Even two of our other siblings have joined in demanding my recipe. This isn’t persuading me; it’s only making me angry.”
Should he give his siblings his recipe or stand his ground?
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