Funeral potatoes are not as grim as they sound…

Walmart has been advertising to my friend Terry in his Facebook feed. He showed me screenshots of the ads. They were all strange (octopus, anyone?) but the first one was particularly odd, one neither one of us had ever heard of before: funeral potatoes. The name made me curious, of course. I needed to learn more. The first thing I discovered is that they’re are a Utah thing, usually served after Mormon funerals (hence the name). But what are they exactly? Well, Food & Wine describes them as “one of the greatest American triumphs” and offers this description of their ingredients: …the cheesy potato casserole is made with hash browns, cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soup, lots of cheese, lots of butter, lots of sour cream and … cornflakes. (Or crushed potato chips instead of cornflakes, I also learned.) Read more