Synopsis Part humor, part cookbook, BEING DEAD IS NO EXCUSE, by society matron Gayden Metcalfe and "recovering" gossip columnist Charlotte Hays, shares more than a heaping dollop of Southern funeral style with gossipy stories, canned-soup-laden recipes, and quips about the local customs Greenville, Mississippi. The cozy camaraderie of the local cemetery, the elaborate after-funeral wakes, and even a sassy comparison between the Methodist Ladies and the Episcopalian Ladies can be found tucked in-between everything else. Recipes for Beer-Cheese Pimiento, Can't-Die-Without-It Caramel Cake, and Reincarnation Shrimp Dip are just a few of the delicious concoctions that are found at any respectable Southern funeral.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-03-16 |
| Size | | Length: | 243 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note A Southern hostess shares the secrets of throwing the proper Southern funeral in a hilarious compilation of recipes and humor that answers such essential questions as: Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? and Who prepares better funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies?
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