would it be frowned upon to make a common funeral food for a friend, when i am not russian myself?
My friend is from Belarus, and recently lost her dog. She told me a while ago about a tradition her family practiced at funerals, where they would take a few puffs of a cigarette and leave it on the grave of the deceased. I thought it cool, and I wanted to do something nice for her following his passing, which led me down the rabbit hole of reading about common Russian/Slavic funeral traditions.
Food seems to be important in the funeral traditions, but also deeply symbolic. I don’t think her family is having a funeral per se, but I do know she mourns for him as though she lost a family member. I wanted to make a comfort food for her (I was thinking of making Kletski). I didn’t know if it would be frowned upon though, or considered insensitive, to make these foods when these traditions/culture are not my own.