AITA for telling a food blogger my daughter-in-law stole my mama's gumbo recipe?

okay y'all i need the real talk. my daughter in law Renee (31F) started a little catering business last year, cute idea, i even helped her get her first few clients through my church people. but last month a local food instagram (like 40k followers) did a feature on her and she called my dead mama's gumbo recipe HER "grandmother's recipe passed down" - never once said Delacroix, never said it came from me, my son Marcus (33M) knows good and well that's the exact recipe i've been making every Sunday for 15 years, roux and all. i sat on it for two weeks stewing. then i DMed the blogger myself and told her the true story, that it's a Delacroix family recipe going back to my grandmother in Lafayette and Renee never asked to use it. blogger posted a correction note on the post!! Renee found out it was me and lost it, called me and said i humiliated her in front of her actual clients and made her look like a liar over GUMBO. Marcus isn't answering my calls, Andre (52M) said i "picked the pettiest hill to die on in the history of hills." our family group chat is a mess, my sister thinks i did right by mama's memory, my daughter thinks i torched Marcus's marriage over a recipe that's basically just a roux everybody in Louisiana makes anyway. Sunday dinner this week is gonna be SO awkward.

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asked by @moniqued_nola · Aug 18, 2026 · 202 votes · 3 comments