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 Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:08 am
In my house, I like to experiment with recipes I find. My family has a tendency to turn up their nose at my cooking, so I'm usually the only one eating it.
I don't like to waste food, but sometimes, I can't possibly eat all of it. Also, I usually have leftover unused ingredients that I won't be able to use before they expire.
I was wondering if it's okay to use either cooked food or unused ingredients as offerings. For example, at this very moment, I have some garlic cloves, whole green beans, and chopped parsley that I know won't be used if I don't find a use for them. I thought that I might bury them or spread them out near the garden. Otherwise, I'll have to just throw them away.
(P.S.: I'm not looking to offer to any particular God or Goddess. I was thinking of an offering more to nature in general.
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:25 pm
Well this is a kind of inversion of what did happen in many ancient cultures of giving the first bite or sip to the gods. In the Odyssey it has a reference to the people before the feast pouring out a bit of their wine before the meal for the gods. This is probably considered that the best bit was the first sip or bite, ergo you would offer the best to the gods, especially in a heavily volitive religion.
However I don't feel that this would necessarily be a problem. Nature spirits, as I understand them, would appreciate the offering. If you identify more with a "Mother Earth" divinity then it would go with "From her all proceeds and unto her all must return". another case could be if you have the bones from meat it could even be considered honoring the spirit of the animal who you consumed. by returning them to the earth. That's how I would look at it anyway
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