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| Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide To Hosting the Perfect Funeral | 
 enlarge | Author: Gayden Metcalfe
Publisher: Miramax
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 7033
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 1
ISBN: 1401359345
Dewey Decimal Number: 395.230207
EAN: 9781401359348
ASIN: 1401359345
Publication Date: March 16, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good reading, good laughs, great characters March 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A Mississippi Delta classic. If you have any friends there or live or have lived in the Delta this is "must reading".
 Buy for the humor, but NOT for the recipes! January 28, 2008
A fairly enjoyable read, particularly if you are from the south or now live in the south.
However, the recipes just do not work. Tried 3 different recipes. No substitutions and they were very simple. The dishes either did not taste good or they didn't come together correctly.
I guess I should have expected this, given the title and format of the book. However, many of these recipes are favorites from my past and I would have enjoyed a good resource.
Being Dead Is No Excuse January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brought on the belly laughs then took off to the kitchen to try out the recipes!
Brilliant! December 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Another brilliant book by these two fabulous southern ladies. Now, I read the wedding book first, and this second. I couldn't put either of them down. They're great reads of real southern style. If I should ever need to host or even go to the perfect southern funeral, this book will by my guide. Absolutely loved it!
 It's Your funeral December 23, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book is extremely funny but don't try the recipes.I just did the Southern Sideboard Rich Bourbon Dessert.I tried it for a Christmas party. I did everything the recipe said &, yes, I know how to cook.The ingredients cost upwards to $100 and I am left with a sticky, gooey mess.Not to mention that the party is tomorrow and it is 9 p.m.A pox on southern cooking!It is now the next morning and I have the world's
largest Clark Bar on the top of my refrigerator shelf. Dave and I tried to break it with a spoon (didn't work)and I suggested one of those balls they pound against buildings to knock them down. We finally got enough for each guest who tasted it & gave it back to me saying that it was wonderful and I said, Oh, you're just being Southern. It ruined my party!
From Dave's wife
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