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[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Wait a minute. Does that say “funeral potatoes” for Utah? WTF?

[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I assumed it was because they appear buried in something and you "dig em up." Which would be cute. But a cursory search reveals it to be just a cheese/hash brown casserole, and

Funeral potatoes get their unique name from being a crowd-pleasing casserole served as a side dish at after-funeral luncheons (particularly in the culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).

So that's a thing people do in the Midwest, I guess.

[-] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Huh. Actually, a cheese and hash brown casserole sounds pretty good.

[-] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As someone raised in the area and grew up Mormon, my understanding is that ham and cheese potato casserole is a typical dish served at funerals in Utah because its easy to prepare and therefore less hassle for grieving women at funerals who often were tasked with not only funeral-specific tasks but the food prep as well. This 2023 article from Deseret News (a pro-Mormon news organization) gives an introductory history.

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