I was with them until this part:
while in the Balkan peninsula a small bread image of the deceased is made and eaten by the survivors of the family.
That crosses over into ‘what the fuck is wrong with you people’ territory.
I dunno, adding gingerbread yous as a party favor to your funeral sounds absolutely fantastic. Every funeral I’ve been to would have been improved by gingerbread people of whoever died.
I was thinking more “Dave’s face made out of bread” than “gingerbread Dave.” I guess the latter doesn’t seem bad.
Like a photorealistic bread mould. Of a screaming face.
In Master and Commander, the first book in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian, a former sin eater is abused by his shipmates out of prejudice. It’s an interesting subplot in an excellent book.
The Royal Navy hated pirates, but I count them among my shipmates.
