MORMONS REJOICE…Smith’s Selling Classic LDS Recipe in Utah

A silver lining to any funeral is the casserole.

Dishes usually reserved for days of mourning can now be enjoyed seven nights a week courtesy of your local grocer.

Yes, Smith's Marketplace sells "funeral potatoes."

I'm sure they're terrible, but I thought it was funny to see on Reddit the other day.

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I love funeral potatoes and I always thought they were strictly a Utah thing but according to some they're a dish from Iowa?

According to the Deseret News: (link to full article)

"Conventional wisdom holds that nobody really knows who created this dish. The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is given credit for serving funeral potatoes at luncheons, and the dish turned into a phenomenon. Early Relief Society cookbooks include funeral potatoes recipes, leading people to conclude that the Relief Society might have created the dish. While the New York Post calls these potatoes “disturbing,” food journalist Jenn Rice has proclaimed them “one of the most oddly satisfying dishes in America.”

I would agree with that.

I fear that the newer generations aren't making enough funeral potatoes though. Do people 35 and under make funeral potatoes or is it strictly Door Dash?

There are many things that need to be passed on in the Beehive State and I would put funeral potatoes up there with fry sauce and JELL-O with carrots or whatever.

Good luck to you all and thanks for reading.