Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is when you can't bring a casserole to someone
Speaker 1: going through a tough time, take out can convey your
Speaker 1: caring just as well. I was born in North Carolina
Speaker 1: and spent some years of my childhood in Indiana, and
Speaker 1: I know that in the South and Midwest, casseroles are
Speaker 1: often a love language. A new family moved into the neighborhood,
Speaker 1: welcome them with a hot dish. Your colleague's grandmother died,
Speaker 1: Take him a castrole. Your friends had a baby. Yep,
Speaker 1: it's some meal in a square baking pan. Cooking for
Speaker 1: other people is a powerful way to show love and connection,
Speaker 1: and providing a meal takes one thing off their to
Speaker 1: do list during a busy season. If cooking a casserole
Speaker 1: is a way you like to support those you love
Speaker 1: and your schedule makes it possible, by all means, do it.
Speaker 1: But if you would like to take food to loved
Speaker 1: ones but find that stressful or impossible in this season
Speaker 1: of life, or you just don't like cooking, or you
Speaker 1: don't like castroles, you do have other options. There is
Speaker 1: the obvious solution to pick up a take and bake
Speaker 1: option from a grocery store or a caterer, but takeout
Speaker 1: is also a completely reasonable choice as well. Text the
Speaker 1: family in the afternoon to ask what they would like,
Speaker 1: place the order, pick it up, and drop it off
Speaker 1: on your way home from work. If asking what they
Speaker 1: would like feels awkward or you worry that they won't
Speaker 1: know what price point or neighborhood you had in mind,
Speaker 1: you can offer a few options for them to choose
Speaker 1: from headed your way with takeout. What are your favorite
Speaker 1: meals from Panera, Bangkok Alley or the Salad Chap if
Speaker 1: there is a meal train or take them ameal dot
Speaker 1: com you can sign up even if you don't plan
Speaker 1: to cook yourself. Just enter your name for a particular
Speaker 1: date and in the field where you are asked what
Speaker 1: you are going to bring. Instead of typing meat loaf
Speaker 1: for lasagna, you can type your favorite takeout I will
Speaker 1: text to get your order. If you don't live near
Speaker 1: the people you'd like to take food to, or your
Speaker 1: evening schedule doesn't leave time for a drop off, a
Speaker 1: door dash or Uber Eats gift card does the trick
Speaker 1: as well, or you could order for them if you
Speaker 1: know what they like and set their address as the
Speaker 1: delivery spot. In this day and age, it is actually
Speaker 1: quite easy to get food without cooking it, something that
Speaker 1: was not the case when the casserole tradition started. Cooking
Speaker 1: for others is a loving and often delicious way to
Speaker 1: show that you care, but it is not the only way.
Speaker 1: Sometimes taking a hot dish isn't convenient or appealing. If
Speaker 1: we are honest, people receiving a string of cast roles
Speaker 1: every night might actually like a little variety too. Getting
Speaker 1: them food from the local sandwich shop or Italian restaurant
Speaker 1: is also a way to help out, and is perfectly
Speaker 1: fine as an option in the meantime. This is Laura.
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've
Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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