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Dead Food Cookbook
"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message news:... > A couple of weeks ago in the NYT Food Section there was a blip about a > cookbook for Death Food. It was a fundraiser for a historic cemetary in > Virginia and the whole basis, besides good food recipes, was to shed light > on food related death rituals. This popped into mind when only Wayne knew > about raisin pie at a funeral. I was raised thinking that they couldn't > bury someone unless there was a 'funeral pie' at the bereaved's home. > (Strange what people put in kids heads). > > Is there anything particular to your area of the world/country that you > relate to a funeral? When my hub's relatives started passing a few years > ago, the family was feted at a buffet at a local establishment (caterer at > the firehall sort of thing). Growing up down South (NC), everyone started > cooking at the advent of the death and dropped food off at the home of the > immediate family who opened the doors to the rest of the friends/family > after the funeral. There was ALWAYS more than enough food. Now, I make a > refridgerated tuna/noodle salad and drop off at the home, somes it is met > with surprise, so the immediate family will have something to nosh in the > middle of the night when they finally realize they must eat. > > Your thoughts? > -ginny > > http://www.gravegarden.org/cookbookreviews.htm |
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