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What is it about death that wets the appetite? It was the custom amongst the primitive and

ancient peoples that sacrifices, even of human beings, were offered upon the grave

or on the funeral pyre. Now these days, we've mostly traded human sacrifice for the incredible,

crunchy and cheesy deliciousness, Mormon funeral potatoes, or a big old slab of chocolate frost it, nut stud it, Texas funeral cake.

Funeral feasts are intimately connected with the sacrifices of the dead, in which mourners

sealed communion with the spirits of the departed, a great feast to which kinfolks, friends, and retainers of the

honored dead were invited. Originally, the feast took place at the grave. Today, funeral

feasts tend to take place in church halls, or restaurants or private homes, not at grave sites

or mausoleums, whatever the location.

Grieving is hard, hungry work, and folks who show up for a funeral expect to be fed.

It has been said, dispense with the dinner at a country funeral, and there will be a small attendance at the funeral.

Whether it's a full buffet spread or a bowlful of nuts in the church basement,

just be glad that what you're nibbling on is sitting on a plate and not on the chest of the

corpse. Be glad that it's food in your mouth, real food,

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