Been off a couple of weeks.... the wife's mom passed away (91 yrs old) last week and had fallen ill a few weeks before. She lives an hour away so we were driving quite a bit and consuming mostly fast food and snack (junk) food.
I don't know about other areas, but one tradition in the south (one that is dying out with each generation) is taking food to a family's home after a death so the family can meet and eat at a central location. Many churches also feed the family after the funeral as well, so we had quite a bit of 'funeral food' also.....fried chicken, bbq, ham, casseroles etc.
I was ready for some fried gizzards for lunch after church yesterday.
We took two weeks off from our Wednesday night supper at church and we'll get back on the horse this week with poppy seed chicken casserole, corn and green beans.