Oh the Sunday lunch! I love reading about how different families do it, and how it has changed. My family did not have this, but I quickly found out how important it is to my partner’s family. We do our own version, just us two, when we can. When we’re back in Brazil with his family Sunday lunch is sacred - his grandma makes about 5x too much food and often an enormous cake that could send a dozen people into a food coma. Everybody takes home food to start the week. There are few good reasons not to go - I’ve gone with vicious hangovers and food poisoning alike. I wish my family had this tradition, and it’s so awesome to participate. You have a wealth of cool and delicious memories to look back on - thank you so much for sharing with us!
My immediate family, which is Scottish (my parents, me, half of my daughter) and Italian (the other half of my daughter, her partner, their daughter) living in Italy, has family lunch every winter weekend and dinner in the summer, the day depending on what the youth has planned. We eat in their house, and my 91 year old father normally cooks (my parents live in the flat below my daughter's house, I live nearby). This encompases any of the London family when they are over. Who cooks is up for grabs, the important thing is to be together.
"Who cooks is up for grabs, the important thing is to be together." That! Cooking for that many people is such hard work (and expensive). My paternal nonna has even consented to potlucks lately. When we're all together, we're 16 now. It's a lot for someone in their 80s. Sharing the load is an important adaptation if we want to keep the family lunch going. Thanks for reading and sharing!
Oh the Sunday lunch! I love reading about how different families do it, and how it has changed. My family did not have this, but I quickly found out how important it is to my partner’s family. We do our own version, just us two, when we can. When we’re back in Brazil with his family Sunday lunch is sacred - his grandma makes about 5x too much food and often an enormous cake that could send a dozen people into a food coma. Everybody takes home food to start the week. There are few good reasons not to go - I’ve gone with vicious hangovers and food poisoning alike. I wish my family had this tradition, and it’s so awesome to participate. You have a wealth of cool and delicious memories to look back on - thank you so much for sharing with us!
I can't imagine being faced with all that food while having food poisoning 😂 You're brave. Thank you for reading and sharing your own stories!
My immediate family, which is Scottish (my parents, me, half of my daughter) and Italian (the other half of my daughter, her partner, their daughter) living in Italy, has family lunch every winter weekend and dinner in the summer, the day depending on what the youth has planned. We eat in their house, and my 91 year old father normally cooks (my parents live in the flat below my daughter's house, I live nearby). This encompases any of the London family when they are over. Who cooks is up for grabs, the important thing is to be together.
"Who cooks is up for grabs, the important thing is to be together." That! Cooking for that many people is such hard work (and expensive). My paternal nonna has even consented to potlucks lately. When we're all together, we're 16 now. It's a lot for someone in their 80s. Sharing the load is an important adaptation if we want to keep the family lunch going. Thanks for reading and sharing!