perhaps one of the most famous,
is Spike Milligan's, 'Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite' Gaelic
(Irish), translated "I told you I was ill", a typical Spike joke as most people cannot read Gaelic, which brings me onto other messages on gravestones, recipes,
photograph Rosie Grant, “Cooking these recipes has shown me an alternative side to death,” 33-year-old Rosie Grant said. “It is a way to memorialize someone and celebrate their life.” Grant started searching for recipes and managed to
find a few all over the United States, She has spent the past year finding more
gravestone recipes and she has stumbled upon a few gems. In a Utah cemetery,
Rosie discovered the final resting place of Kay Andrews, which has her fudge
recipe engraved on the gravestone, this time with some simple but clear
instructions. The fudge turned out great, but the real treat was learning Kay’s
story, hearing her family talk about what made her special, and learning that
the woman had always liked to share things with people, other recipes include
the nut rolls etched into the gravestone of one Ida Kleinman, in Israel, or
another American woman who has the recipe to a savoury cheese dip etched into
her gravestone. So far she has cooked 12 or 13 such gravestone recipes and she
is already looking for more to share with her TikTok followers,
“When we’re in mourning, food is very comforting to us,” Rosie
told TODAY, “These recipes feel like a more tactile,
all-senses-included way to remember someone rather than only using your memory.
But when you’re eating grandma’s special cake or cookie or whatever it is, you
feel a little bit more connected to her.” Rosie Grant told The Washington Post that she would love to visit all
the gravestones whose etched recipes she has used so far, as a form of respect
to the people buried there. “My goal is to go to all of them,” she
said. “I would love to cook the recipe and taste it at their graveside as a
cheers to this person who gave this gift to me and to everybody else.” I wonder if this is an American thing, or are there any UK gravestone recipes out there?
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