A funeral reception luncheon, or funeral repast, is a gathering for a meal after the funeral service. The person who hosts the luncheon will decide with the family to hold the event at a restaurant, banquet hall, or someone's home.
The gathering after the funeral usually has food known as a repast. Repast food is a type of food that is often served at funerals.
Reception (funeral reception)
A gathering held after a funeral for mourners to informally celebrate the life of the deceased. Food and drink is usually provided. See also wake.
A wake, also known as a funeral reception, is an event where close friends and family of the deceased gather together to pay their respects to their loved one. Traditionally, a wake referred to the viewing held before the funeral, but nowadays it's usually held after the funeral or memorial service.
There are two types of “consolation feast”. Which feast to be served depends on whether the relatives are still in their mourning garments or “sackcloth”. If they are still in mourning garments, the feast will consist of seven dishes and one dessert. Otherwise, it will be eight dishes and one dessert.
Today, although symbolic rituals around food and mourning still exist, food's most important purpose is to comfort the mourners. Across cultures in America, whether it's Jewish or Mormon, Italian or Southern Black, food is often provided by the community for the family of the deceased.
There are many Jewish traditions and rituals involving food following the passing of a loved one, during the seven-day period of mourning called Shiva.
valedictory dinner; farewell dinner.
/ˈpoʊstˌprændiəl/ Anything that's postprandial happens immediately after eating a meal, like the postprandial sleepiness that follows Thanksgiving dinner and leaves your entire family snoozing on the couch.
Supper – light meal eaten in the late evening; as early as 7pm or as late as midnight.
Whether it's a sumptuous feast you're sitting down to or just a simple bite to eat, repast is just another word for "meal." Based on the Latin word repascere, which means "to feed," a repast is any collection of food served and eaten at one time.
A wake, or viewing, usually takes place before the actual funeral. A casket or urn holding the remains of the deceased is usually present. Mourners will usually take this time to pay their respects and offer their condolences to relatives of the departed.
It is customary (but not required) to hold a reception following a funeral or memorial service. This gathering offers friends and family the opportunity to meet in an informal environment.
Among the most thoughtful and popular ways to show sympathy and offer condolences when there is a death is to send the deceased's loved ones a meal. These meals let the family know they are in your thoughts and it relieves them of the burden of shopping for and preparing food.
In days past, a Wake was a common form of saying farewell to our deceased. Today we have gentler titles like Repass (repast) or Celebration of Life. The difference in these events is the actual presence of the loved one who has passed away.
supper. A light or informal evening meal.
Cocktail Reception 101
Usually, cocktail receptions occur before or after dinner, and a large meal is not served. Cocktails include an alcoholic ingredient combined with another liquid, like liqueur, juice or soda. However, a cocktail party might also offer beer, wine or other libations to its guests.
Postprandial means after a meal. This test is done to see how your body responds to sugar and starch after you eat a meal. As you digest the food in your stomach, blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels rise sharply.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English farewell party/dinner/drink etcLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONa party or dinner that you have because someone is leaving a job, city etc 40 of her colleagues gathered for her farewell presentation.
valediction. noun. formal the act of saying goodbye.
Noun. A party celebrating one's departure. sendoff. goodbye party. farewell party.
The term “food funeral” is a slang term used to describe a large meal prior to bariatric surgery in mourning of all the good food you feel you can never have again.
After the funeral Mass, friends and family gather at the cemetery. Here a priest or Catholic deacon will recite more scripture and prayers. The grave is blessed with holy water. Then the family may wish to see a loved one's casket or urn placed in the ground or a mausoleum.