The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for December 08, 2022

Isn’t that what Joy serves every night?

They serve food at wakes? You go for the eats? NOT a wake or funeral person!

Yeah but…how was the Jameson’s??

A friend asked, “You are coming to my funeral, aren’t you?”

I said, “It depends on what your mother is serving for lunch afterward!”

It took a moment, but he figured it out…

JOY _ " and we didn’t know the person that died and none of the relatives either….!" BURl – “It was so boring, we left right after eating”

They were cleaning out the fridge when the Pennys showed up. Nothing went to waste.

They are so cheap that is the only reason they go to wakes is for the food never heard of food at wakes

Around here, you get an avalanche of food. It begins within hours of death. Endless casseroles, buckets of fried chicken, etc. Actually, an embarrassment of food. It only intensifies the day of the funeral when people gather at the house. (For convenience, all casserole pans have the owner’s name on a piece of tape on the bottom.) Maybe it’s an extension of the old Texas ranch tradition that no wandering cowboy “riding the line” leaves without being fed a meal, and since we’re all really wanderers, when we leave, someone’s going to get fed.

They only went to the food table three times. The horror! Still they managed to stuff the Tota bag, er purse, with sandwiches by then. They’re not stupid enough to try and stash a few servings of Jell-O. Or, are they… ?

Wake of the Walking Dead.

They say planning a funeral is as much work as planning a wedding – except you only have 2 or 3 days to put it together!

When my dad died, neighbors and friends brought lots of food! I got a couple new recipes that way!

I remember an episode of The Nanny where Fran dropped her sandwich into the coffin.

In Baltimore, a “Dead Spread” is customary. Sometimes it’s in the church hall, and other times at a restaurant or a private home. Maybe it’s because we have a large German and Italian population, but from the funerals I have attended, it’s pretty much universal.

“The food was horribly inedible. And the servings were too small.”

I hate it when people die at the last minute. So inconsiderate.