How do you make offerings to the gods? Do you set the food out, pray, let it stay there and then it eat? Or do you pray and eat it? Do you do both at once? Ahh sorry…

helvetica12point:

starsandepithets:

Hey!

So I personally set the food out, pray and then when I feel it’s time start eating.

When I’m at home, I have two white offering cups where food and drink go. I then do a ritual, and when all the candles are done burning and the incense has gone out, then I go back and eat what I left.

If I’m out, or on my lunch break. I will divide my food into two, and say this half is for me and the other for the gods. But because I have short lunch breaks, there may only be a few seconds after I finish my side and move onto theirs.

So you could say both! It depends on the situation, how much time you have and if it would be appropriate to leave the food.

Some things that I don’t leave too long;

☀️ Tea/coffee – I drink it when it stops steaming
☀️ Alcholic drinks – don’t leave them overnight as oxidisation turns them vinegary which is just unpleasant to drink
☀️ Bread – leaving too long and it will go hard

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If you do leave things out and forget about them you can always bin, burn or bury them as is appropriate for the offering.

Hope this was helpful and that I answered your question! Please let me know if you have any follow ups! 😀

“When I feel it’s time I start eating” is exactly what I usually do! Sometimes if I have multiple food items, one will be okay to eat sooner than the other. Not sure if it’s because the gods are done with that one, or they prefer the other item that particular day.