/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12206510
also forgot to add the anchient Greek and latter Roman tradition of lamb sacrifice (where the lamb again was roasted on a spit), the gods where satisfied by the smell of the roasting lamb and the ppl doing the sacrifice ate the yummy lamb.
>At this point, the sacrificial ritual would become a feast for gods and humans alike. The animal would be cooked over open flames on the altar and the pieces distributed. To the gods went the long bones with some fat and spices (and sometimes wine) -- those would continue to be burned so that the smoke would rise up to the gods and goddesses above. Sometimes the smoke would be "read" for omens. To the humans went the meat and other tastier parts of the animal - indeed, it was normal for the ancient Greeks to only eat meat during a sacrificial ritual.
>Everything had to be eaten there in that area rather than taken home and it had to be eaten within a certain amount of time, usually by evening. This was a communal affair - not only were all of the members of the community there, eating together and bonding socially, but it was believed that the gods were participating directly as well.