Cornbread is a common thing in both southern “soul food” and indigenous American cooking. Before there was baking soda or powder, it was sort of like an edible brick with the tackiness of the cornmeal and the fat making it soft enough to eat as a bread. I’m going to…
Yum Categories: African Diaspora Maizeland, Bread, Food Offerings, New Birth Food, Offering Recipes, Prosperity, Wedding Food Tags: bread, corn, corn bread, corn cake, corn meal, cornbread, cornmeal Courses: Blessings, Bread, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Offerings Cuisines: African Diaspora, Food Offerings, Indigenous Maizeland Cornbread is a common thing in both southern “soul…
For the born-and-bred Southerner, few culinary experiences rival the intense satisfaction of biting into perfectly fried okra.“Whether it was at Sunday dinner, in a cafeteria or in a restaurant, a meal simply wasn’t complete without fried okra,” said Marcus Davis, who owns Kulture, a Southern restaurant in his native Houston,…
There are times when one has a lot of Oshun work to do. In order to make sure everybody’s concerns are given due attention, I may have to combine ceremony, but I do not skimp on offerings. So when part of the offering is a cocktail, I make a lot…
Yum Categories: ADTS Holiday Foods, Libations, Oshun Tags: love, money, ochun, oshun, osun, oxum, prosperity, romance, sex Courses: Cocktails, Offerings Cuisines: African Diaspora, Beverage Offerings, Easy Seasons: Spring, Summer There are times when one has a lot of Oshun work to do. In order to make sure everybody’s concerns are…
It’s a starch on a starch with lentils and onions. Mixed grain dishes were a good offering to agricultural fertility deities such as Dagon, as well as good ways to use up leftovers that wouldn’t make a full meal by themselves. It also comes out pretty tasty. This is a…
Yum Categories: Grains and Pulses, Ilhm, Nubian Kemetic Tags: ashera, asherah, ashurah, astar, astareth, astarte, baal, dagon, el, elohim, ester, esther, fall, fertility, harvest, ilhm, iluhim, istar, spring, virility, yhwh Courses: Dinner, Lunch, Offerings Cuisines: Levantine, North African Seasons: All, Fall, Spring It’s a starch on a starch with lentils…
This is a beef dish commonly served at funerals in Israel. It seems to be the standard regardless of religion, and upon deeper examination, makes sense. Aside of the fact that people need sustenance even while grieving, the spirits that would be attracted to it are protective and nurturing angels….
When we dispatch offerings outdoors, we try not to do undue damage to the environment. Paper and cardboard as well as bamboo and large leaves are often used as offering plates. A big flatbread is another option. This recipe is for a dough that once grilled in a frying pan,…
Yum Categories: ADTS Holiday Foods, Bread, Deities Honored Spirits and Ancestors Courses: Bread, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Offerings Cuisines: African, African Diaspora Season: All When we dispatch offerings outdoors, we try not to do undue damage to the environment. Paper and cardboard as well as bamboo and large leaves are often…