“She pointed out that I’d shared recipes with her before (which is true, but those were random ones I found online, not family recipes).”
“Now things are awkward between us. She’s been short with me ever since and even made a snarky comment at a dinner party about how I “gatekeep sauce.”
Some of their mutual friends wish she didn’t refuse to give Emily the recipe since now there’s drama, but other friends get where she’s coming from and are sympathetic to her wanting to keep this piece of her family private.
She’s left wondering if it was rude of her to decline to give Emily the recipe for her family’s special pasta sauce.
What do you think? Do you have any family recipes you won’t share with anyone?
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