Anonymous
10/30/2025 20:41
Subject: Day of dead foods
This thread made me think of this hilarious New Yorker comedy piece.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/24/dear-mountain-room-parents
—Ofrenda means “offering.” It’s just a thing we put on the altar. Any random thing. A bottle of Fanta. Unopened, not poisoned. Just a bottle of Fanta.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/24/dear-mountain-room-parents
—Ofrenda means “offering.” It’s just a thing we put on the altar. Any random thing. A bottle of Fanta. Unopened, not poisoned. Just a bottle of Fanta.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 20:40
Subject: Day of dead foods
I thought about doing this — I’m not Mexican but grew up in a Mexican area and had a significant family death this year. Aren’t you supposed to put things the decedent liked on the altar? I was thinking of things like nice cheese, salami and pie. I did grow up with altars and celebrating All Souls’ Day so the day of the dead style celebrations isn’t that much of a cultural leap for me.
Although I think maybe I won’t do it because I’m supposed to be distracting my mom this year and I feel like this would upset her more. So probably just mass for us. Sorry, deceased family member, no salami for you in the afterlife.
Although I think maybe I won’t do it because I’m supposed to be distracting my mom this year and I feel like this would upset her more. So probably just mass for us. Sorry, deceased family member, no salami for you in the afterlife.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 20:14
Subject: Day of dead foods
Pretty much everything I eat that was once alive is technically dead, I think.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 20:12
Subject: Day of dead foods
Anonymous wrote:More interesting would be to have a day of live foods.
Steamed crabs aren’t in season right now.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 19:56
Subject: Day of dead foods
Nothing.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 17:43
Subject: Day of dead foods
Anonymous wrote:More interesting would be to have a day of live foods.
Don't do an internet video search of that in Asian cuisine. Ugh. Poor creatures. Horrific what they do to them, slicing them alive, eating and cooking parts with fire while the animal is tied up and suffering and having to watch.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 14:10
Subject: Day of dead foods
More interesting would be to have a day of live foods.
Anonymous
10/30/2025 11:49
Subject: Day of dead foods
Pan de muerto
Anonymous
10/30/2025 11:25
Subject: Day of dead foods
You first
Anonymous
10/30/2025 11:24
Subject: Day of dead foods
Whatchya putting out this year?