What is Sunday Dinner to you?

For most people, Pot Roast come to mind, but for me Pot Roast doesn't do it for me, I'm not a Pot Roast kind of girl, sorry. Furthermore, whatever comfort is to you or your family tradition is correct. For me even though I'm from the mid west my roots are southern on both sides and fried chicken, collards, mac and cheese, yams, and cornbread is on the top for me, also meatloaf, mashed potatoes and corn but sometimes I don't want a heavy meal so pasta works for me and bring me comfort, also seafood work for me as well, but whatever bring the family to the table and create lifetime memories is Sunday dinner to me as stated in Smithsonian, "Sunday dinner is rooted in the agrarian mid-afternoon meal tradition, with a Sunday meal focusing on family in a post-urbanized society since this was the only day in which many families could gather," explains Smithsonian Magazine.

Even with different culture background Sunday dinner still is a huge part in family gatherings,

In the Black community, Sunday gatherings was a tradition rooted in U.S slavery, "Provisions were passed out to slaves on Saturday evening, meaning Sunday's meal could be larger than normal. She writes, "Sunday arose as that sole day of the week where [slaves] could pretend they were free." (Okona, Greco 2022).

The Tradition still stay strong even after they were emancipated, rooted in many Black church-going traditions in the south, which where both sides of my family are from, where parishes would play host to the post-worship meal, So not only serving dinner kept people there for the service, but also helped build the community, where people can gather for a meal without worrying about segregation,

The Black culinary influence blossom during these times with midday meals, which we affection call soul foods like pound cake, fried green tomatoes, deviled eggs, sweet potato pie and fried chicken part of the menu that church members brought to the communal table.

So please and comment your family history and tradition when it comes to Sunday Dinners/Gathering I would love to know about them!

Greco, K (2022), The Reason Sunday Dinner Used To Be So Important In The US, https://www.tastingtable.com/924852/the-reason-sunday-dinner-used-to-be-so-important-in-the-us/#:~:text=Sunday%20dinner%20is%20rooted%20in,could%20gather%2C%20explains%20Smithsonian%20Magazine.

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