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[darchildre]

One of the things that's not great about being a pagan is the lack of established food traditions for holidays. I like having special food to mark special occasions. So this year, I decided that, okay, I am a solitary practitioner, time to invent my own food traditions.

I like baking, and a lot of my family's holiday food traditions revolve around baked goods, so I'm picking some baking recipes I like that are a little more work than I'd usually do (so I don't make them often), and assigning them to holiday. There's also some recipes that I haven't made before that I'm going to try this year, and keep them if they work.

Disting is this week, so today, I made saffron buns. (Because Disting is the beginning of the end of winter, so it feels appropriate to eat something that's yellow and smells like citrus, for the sun.) I haven't made these before but they smell amazing and I'm very much looking forward to eating them.

Comments

[james]

I have much the same problem, because if you do any research all you get is Irish or English pagan traditions. Which, fine, but that doesn't reflect my living area, food culture, or beliefs.

I think "local, seasonal foods" are the best I can get when I actually make the effort, but it's hard to make the effort because I don't have a community in my area to help motivate me. Bah.

Sometimes I think I need to make more effort, but then right now I am really super tired and Done With It All so maybe not this year. ;-)

[silveradept]

That sounds like a good tradition to begin. Good and comforting and significant food.

[frenchroast]

My aunt makes those every December! They're delicious, and an excellent choice for any holiday tradition.

I also just love the idea of creating your own holiday traditions for foods that you like but that are more work to make than usual.