In our series on food and funeral more from Indiana. Hoosiers practiced a funeral tradition they call Pitch-In Dinner. As always I have attempted to produce the content in a paraphrased format when necessary to make them legible and direct quotes as often as possible. Widow Mary next turned to “the cabbage relish and how many hot peppers to put in a 5-pound crock of it, and then corn relish and the pepper function of horseradish in pickling. After everyone finished eating and the bustle of getting dishes and silver together to take home began. One by one the women in the men to slip up to Aunt Mary for goodbyes and offers of help, ‘anytime I can do anything just let me know,’ and finally they were all gone.
