When exactly can you call a recipe your own? Does it have to be one you created or can it be one that you've modified?
For example, I found a recipe on a package of meatballs. The recipe was basically a sauce for the meatballs. One day when I was cooking some pork & beans, I got the idea to use the meatball sauce recipe in the beans. I of course had to modify the recipe in terms of how much ingredients to use but it came out great. My family really likes it and wants the recipe. So, even though I didn't create the (sauce) recipe, do I have the right to call it my own?
Or what about when I take a recipe and really modify it a lot? It's not exactly the same as the original recipe but the foundation is basically the same.
It seems like these are just lawsuits waiting to happen but I know a lot of people who do it.
For example, I found a recipe on a package of meatballs. The recipe was basically a sauce for the meatballs. One day when I was cooking some pork & beans, I got the idea to use the meatball sauce recipe in the beans. I of course had to modify the recipe in terms of how much ingredients to use but it came out great. My family really likes it and wants the recipe. So, even though I didn't create the (sauce) recipe, do I have the right to call it my own?
Or what about when I take a recipe and really modify it a lot? It's not exactly the same as the original recipe but the foundation is basically the same.
It seems like these are just lawsuits waiting to happen but I know a lot of people who do it.