re: Bombarded with food after a family death

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this custom definitely predates baby boomers, by decades if not centuries

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Indeed. Also consider the wake was usually held in the house, and people would be traveling to pay their last respects.

Restaurants and lodging weren’t as widely available so it wasn’t uncommon to be feeding people for a week or more.

This is a cultural holdover of earlier times that may not prove quite as practical nowadays, but is fueled by a genuine sentiment.