{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Genuinely Southern","title":"Genuinely Southern, Ep.#6: Funeral Foods","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1583,"description":"In the South, when somebody dies, you don't just send condolences—you send food.\nMark Ballard looks back at the wonderfully Southern tradition of funeral food, when church ladies descended on a grieving household armed with fried chicken, casseroles, homemade cakes and serving dishes carefully labeled with masking tape.\nFrom the feast surrounding his mother's funeral to the decidedly different reception when his father died, Mark shares some of his funniest memories of food and bereavement. Then a funeral in Soperton introduces him to a towering pink coconut cake—and a recipe good enough to end up in one of his cookbooks.  \nIt's a story about food, family, changing traditions and the recipes that keep our memories alive.\nIn This Episode:\nThe Southern tradition of funeral food\n Why everything used to be made from scratch \n Church ladies, Tupperware and masking-tape name tags \n Why Mark expects flowers—and plenty of them \n A grandmother who fried chicken \"just in case\" \n What happened when Mark asked, \"Where are the cakes?\"\n Discovering Willie Mae's unforgettable pink Cherry Crumb Cake \n Southern etiquette when someone asks for your recipe \n How food and recipes preserve memories as traditions change \nChapters\n00:00  Welcome to Genuinely Southern\n00:45  The Southern Tradition of Funeral Food\n01:40  From Scratch or Store-Bought?\n02:43  Tupperware, Masking Tape & Southern Manners\n03:53  Funeral Food for Mark's Mother\n05:03  Church Ladies Take Over the House\n06:10  Fried Chicken—Just in Case\n08:17  Cake Gets You Through Grief\n09:13  “Where Are the Cakes?”\n10:03  Funeral Food in the Country\n11:31  The Mysterious Pink Cake\n12:55  Willie Mae's Cherry Crumb Cake\n14:06  The Rules of Sharing Recipes\n15:07  From Funeral Table to Mark's Cookbook\n16:15  “Laying a Corpse” & Other Southern Expressions\n23:55  Traditions Change, Memories Remain","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IxLv7U5lW_465VL4PWOitrc9qliSGwcQxWa-f_d9osA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNWZk/YzNmM2FkN2M5YWRl/OGY4NzY2NmRjYWJk/MDMwOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}