/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>4861486

Just keep it simple. Make some sandwiches, have a bowl of chips, some coffee and tea and all that. No one's gonna really feel like eating much.

inb4 funeral potatoes

Sandwiches

Me, I'd serve crab legs.

>>4861486

>tfw my ex of 8 years just emailed me (for the first time in a year) to let me know her grandma passed away

Pretty much serve whatever you think they would consider comfort food. Go for things that are easier to eat in small portions and aren't messy; people don't want to worry about getting food on themselves at a funeral, and basically just want something... comforting.

Casserole, cheese cake, tray of fruit or veggies. Usually what they have at funerals anyways to make people feel worse.

IMO rose shaped marzipan and elegant flower shaped candies would be good

>>4861496
Are funerals supposed to celebrate the death of someone

Comfort foods indeed. Some bad ass mac n cheese, casseroles, maybe some pulled pork sliders, corn, and if the deceased had any favorite foods thatd be cool.

Your dick. Bound to cheer em up.

>>4861500

It depends on who you ask (some people want to celebrate their life), just like how "comfort food" varies depending on how/where you were raised.

That said, if someone served crab legs (which I love in any other situation) at the funeral of someone I cared about I would feel a combination of confusion and anger.

>>4861494
>tfw gonna have a serious talk with my ex of 11 years tomorrow

:'(

>>4861500
Biblically, yes.

Ec 7:1A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s being born. 2Better is it to go to the house of mourning than to go to the banquet house, because that is the end of all mankind; and the one alive should take [it] to his heart. 3Better is vexation than laughter, for by the crossness of the face the heart becomes better. 4The heart of the wise ones is in the house of mourning, but the heart of the stupid ones is in the house of rejoicing.
How could anyone believe that the day of death is better than the day of birth? Or that it is better to mourn than to rejoice?

It's always sandwiches and various finger foods around these parts. Alcohol is the generally the more important factor by far unless the person died young/tragically.

>>4861516

>tfw i'm happy about the fact that my ex thought of letting me know
>tfw i would have been happy if she wanted to meet in person, if only to have a familiar shoulder to cry on

I still need to figure out something to respond to her with...

>>4861552
>I still need to figure out something to respond to her with...

Don't Mormons have some funeral specific foods?

In general I'd say simple filling foods that don't draw too much attention to themselves. A lot of potato dishes and casseroles, and sandwiches come to mind. Nothing messy. And no foods associated with happier occasions. Hamburgers are more of a summer grill out occasion, meant for happier gatherings.

Obviously traditions vary by family and culture.

>>4861560

>tfw i have a master's in philosophy and have responded to descartes ~40 times (a few times published, which doesn't mean too much), and currently work as a line cook, but have no idea what to write to the love of my life when her favorite grandma passed away less than 24 hours ago

Here in Borkinavia, tradition calls for a great deal of coffee, as well as voileipäkakku, aka. smörgåstårta.

>>4861578

H-how does one even go about eating something like that?

tomato and cucumber salad, roast chicken, escalopes in creamy white wine and mushroom sauce, quiches, meat skewers or meat balls, steamed zucchini, french fries, tsatsiki

no pasta though, pasta is 'funny' food

>>4861578
Holy shit, I want to eat that.

>>4861595

I'd probably just reach in and grab a handful of as much as I can then slap it between two slices and bread.

>>4861486

is that nathan drake?

>>4861596

I typically like the, "guess where anon is from based on their post" game, but I'm really having difficulty with this one.

I'm going to guess Greece?

>>4861595
>>4861601
>>4861600
Ha-ha! You have already activated my trap card! IT IS A SANDWICH!

What you see is the superficial garnishings. Beneath them is a layer of cream cheese, to which it all sticks, and the core is a cake made of layers of moistened rye and wheat bread slices, with additional fillings in between - most often consisting of a mix of cream cheese, seasonings, and either smoked salmon or smoked reindeer. At least where I live in.

The whole assembly is just boldly cut in and shoveled on a small plate, from which it is eaten with a fork and knife, or in smaller and less formal cases, just the wee spoon provided with your coffee cup and tasses.

Here is a less flashy "tex-mex chicken" voileipäkakku. The contents are chicken breast and salsa with bread, the "frosting" is guacamole and apparently mayo, layered with those snacky corn things. Tortillas?

>>4861616
Actually, I already knew it was a sandwich. I'm familiar with smorgastarta (>>4861600 here.) I still want to eat it. :)

hi /a/, how's those drawthreads going?

>>4861631
Yes, we all should. As heirs to vikings, it is very funeral-appropriate. It is like the people present are assaulting a fortress made of food from the outside, plundering its treasures, and leaving not a piece standing, in the memory of a comrade who has moved on to the endless sandwich and trocadero buffets of Valhalla.

It always depends who is observing what.
Tons of religions and tons of ethnicities have different customs, most do have a bereavement period tough where these customs are observed.
Jews for example like hard boiled eggs an lentils ... anything thats round, meant so symbolize the circle of life or something.
In german speaking region you have the leichenschmaus / funeral feast litteraly corpse feast. This is frequently an event immediately folowing the burial held at a nearby restaurant/venue where there is no specific food although bread in animal/human shapes is sometimes common.
But its also just as common to sit around and talk over coffee and cake.

it can be a weord thing. in thew atlaNTIC SOUTH EAST WE TEND TO COVER WITH FOOD. AS DO MANY BUT MORE IMPORTANT just to listen. time enough gto compare and bring food.. but listen sometimes that is hardesest. now mA turn the caps lock of, and know others are counting on you.. pick and chose. try not to f --um mess it up. and be kind. they were just trying to help you. try to be nice. it is the upteenth iteration of drac or zobies. or the byrds. nothing much scares me any more. hop over grave stones... except... pet semetaery and evil dentists. . and poe .. or maybe victor, who only wanted to do well... and that is the worst... other than that ok.

If I were planning anything, I'd probably want a lot of really pretty pastel-colored candies and any of the deceased's favorite foods. Anything light and easy to digest would be good.

When my grandpa passed away, the family all went to my house and rented out a portable taco stand for a couple of hours. I dunno, but I think that's what he would have wanted. Also, as they were burying him, a band blared this old ranchero song from the 40's. It was just really odd all around. Must've been awkward for the taco stand guy and the band.

In case it wasn't obvious, we're Mexican.

fuck I was already having a mediocre day now I'm thinking about the fucking hat we buried him with and I'm still angry that my mom threw out everything he owned

>>4861486

>>4861486
Don't serve them anything. It's a funeral.
People aren't there to eat, they're there to reflect and pay respects and go home.

If it's something afterwards, then it's just for a few core people related to the deceased then a nice restaurant and maybe for even closer core after that a strip club to get the minds off of the recently deceased.

Seriously, given that it's a funeral, there are probably a lot of people around that one really doesn't want to see. So why feed them and keep them around longer than necessary? For the core family and friends, that's a different story.

>>4863927
>People aren't there to eat
It's like you've never been to an Irish funeral

>>4863941
Never have been to one, but I know some are parties. I know. :-) Tis all in respect for the deceased and whatever works for those attending is fine, fact is feeding everyone can be expensive, and funeral arrangements are expensive enough.

That's why we just take out people that are core to the family and close friends. Standard people that come are appreciated but I'm not paying for them to come to dinner.

As someone that works in a funeral home, if you bring food, I fucking hate you. Your family's little crotch spawns smash crumbs into the carpet and throw brownies at the wall like untrained chimpanzees.

>>4863988
You must get a lot of niggers in that funeral home.
I've never seen a funeral where white people's kids do that.

Do they mug people and ask for 40z?

>>4861515

http://archive.foolz.us/tv/thread/18222736

>>4863997

Our clientele is nearly exclusively white. In fact, the black families are often substantially more respectful of the building.

Gypsies are the worst. Even when the economy was shit, we would turn them away. They have keggers in the parking lot and ask to sleep in the funeral home with the body.

I live in southern KY, pretty much the majority of all church-goers funerals (including some of my family) will involve a big meal and gathering after the funeral and burial. Normally a couple people may say a few words, like the pastor, then everyone will get up and put food on their styrofoam trays and dig in. If you can relate to or imagine most types of "good ol' country cookin" that's normally what is served. There are indeed desserts too.

Now if you're going to serve food AT a funeral, then I think bottles of water, chips, and simple sandwiches sound like a good idea.

>>4864006
So were you born into it? I mean, who honestly chooses to go into the funeral business?

>>4864022

I was, as was my father. I'm not going to mort school. That place is fucking miserable all the time. My dad never wanted to be a mortician either, but it was a lucrative business when the market wasn't down. He's selling it and will be a millionaire when all's said and done, but that shit ruined his life. I'd never wish this shit on my worst enemy. It fucks with your mind.

>>4864032
Hey did you watch Six Feet Under? Does that show relate to you?

>>4864034

90% of it was bullshit, unfortunately. My life is actually incredibly similar to My Girl.

>>4864041
Wait, you're a grill?

>>4864043

Yessir.

>>4864046
Yeah I dunno.. a female undertaker is creepier.. Welp, I hope you find happiness in life! Life really is short. You of all people should know that.

Best wishes,
Anon

>>4864047

I just work in the office. I've never actually touched a body in my life. Not even my own dead relatives. Shit's still terrible. lol

>>4864049
Oh okay. Damn it. I had this cool image of you as an undertaker in my head- something like Morticia from the Addams family.

Do you have a Wake cake yet?

>>4864050

Killin' dreams since '91.

Sorry, bud. Female morts are just sad ladies in power suits, unfortunately.

>>4861578
This. Smörgåstårta has been served at every funeral I've been to so far. Followed by coffee and a variety of cookies.

My great aunt passed about a week ago. The reception was at this nice lakeside hall. We had a breakfast buffet with eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage, muffins, all the good stuff. We were eating, enjoying ourselves. Just kinda enjoying ourselves. A good meal after a funeral helps to heal the hole.

Of course, my great aunt was retarded and spent all 79 years of her life being useless, so it was more of a load off our backs.

I'm a white Australian, I went to a funeral of a good Maori friend a while ago, the wake was held at a big soccer stadium and the food was like traditional New Zealand food like hungi as well as other things like lots of booze, colsaw, baked potato, shit loads of other salads.
Apart from the general feeling of sadness from loosing a great friend the day was really good and went off without a hitch, which is probably more important than the issue of food.
I remember the police doing traffic control and giving our convoy the right of way because Maori tradition.

I had a really close friend die and it took me a long time to get over, I think it was mainly the way we try to brush death under the rug and act like it's nothing that really hurt me , that and I don't have a lot of friends, losing someone so close that I saw every day really put a huge hole in my life and I went into deep depression from it.

>>4861604
I don't know, Greeks have special funeral foods and he might have posted them if he were cool.

Coffee and pan dulce all night, big ass pot of menudo in the morning.
Mexico

>>4861599

>pasta is 'funny' food

Let me guess, you come from a lower middle class white trash family somewhere in the flyover states. Fortified spaghetti with ketchup is 'funny food', real pasta is not.

>>4861486
liquor

My family owns a funeral home in KY.

If you're bringing something to the chapel, then something simple. It's not really a potluck. If there's a family gathering afterwards (often is), then you can go a bit grander. In eastern KY, it's not uncommon to have a big feed out at the family's house after the funeral (with the family expected not to prepare anything, of course) because it's good to have family and friends together. Many people bring food for the dinner AND a seperate dish just for the family.

If someone dies in KY, the family doesn't have to cook for a week usually. At least in the mountains where i'm from.

>>4861572
>but have no idea what to write to the love of my life when her favorite grandma passed away less than 24 hours ago

Better you than me.

>>4864111

You guys always have the best gatherings. Weddings and funerals included.

>>4864142
This. Liquor and cigarettes.