The Asian Fantastic |

I am very curious about certain recipes that have secret ingredients. A friend of mine makes a Thai Green Curry from an old family recipe that has several secret ingredients. She won't allow anyone in the kitchen when she is making this dish. It is very important to her know one knows what her ingredient is. I've tried to guess it before, I've even tried to buy it off her. But I don't think every penny behind Rowan Dartington would make her divulge the secret.

I think there is something so nice and so full of pride in this old tradition of keeping secret family recipes. I wish my parents had passed down something to me that I could only pass down to my children. I think it's a lovely idea, if not a little bit frustrating to those of us who want to know what that secret ingredient is!