As noted by Kiernan [ 1] the use of "secret mixtures", that is- the registered proprietary formulas of poorly detailed components- is a severe limitation to a rigorous scientific approach to fixation, and despite being expensive, may be a straightforward solution, at least in the short term.
To this day, the olive oil she uses at Tanoreen, her delightful small restaurant in Bay Ridge, comes from the West Bank, imported by a Chicago company, and her secret spice mixture, which she calls the foundation of her cooking, is roasted and ground for her back home in Nazareth.
There were also butterfly farms and dealers, trading in specimens and equipment, ranging from muslin nets shaped like kites to special black-enamel pins and "secret" proprietary mixtures for attracting moths.
The foundations are blessed amid secret prayers, a mixture of Koranic verse and local magical incantation.
The "secret" is the mixture of almond butter (or any nut butter you like; peanut works well, and walnut is beautiful, too) and honey (again, maple syrup will work, as will agave nectar).
He disliked the secret world, with its mixture of paranoia, incompetence and furtiveness.
Flightless and not the fastest runners in the insect world, Eleodes have special glands that secret a noxious chemical mixture to deter would-be predators that is variously exuded as a droplet from the anus or forcibly sprayed over distances of up to two feet.
[We cut to a shot of a whole turkey being rubbed in their special mixture of secret spices.
