tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post3395405079437765636..comments2024-01-18T11:06:45.301-05:00Comments on Baba Who? Babalú!: Working with Substances: AtaréMichael Atwood Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676854950587305554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post-5939102799091017542010-03-19T09:17:48.132-04:002010-03-19T09:17:48.132-04:00Obatalá does take guinea pepper in various context...Obatalá does take guinea pepper in various contexts, and to my knowledge, all the orichas use it. <br /><br />In the religion, we add guinea pepper to foods cooked for the orichas, but I have never seen it used for food for humans. I know in other places in the Caribbean it is used to season people food.Michael Atwood Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676854950587305554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post-85005325634585851512010-03-19T08:27:35.305-04:002010-03-19T08:27:35.305-04:00I'm curious as to the culinary uses, if any, f...I'm curious as to the culinary uses, if any, for guinea pepper in Orisha communities? I recently saw the little seeds being sold as a spice but had never thought of it as such--after all, my only introduction to guinea pepper has been through my ile, for overtly religious purposes.<br /><br />And are there any Orisha (for example cooler ones like Obatala) for whom guinea pepper is proscribed?Shorteznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post-45631005839057424252010-03-18T12:35:49.169-04:002010-03-18T12:35:49.169-04:00GREAT POST MICHAEL. LOVING YOUR BLOG. ERIKGREAT POST MICHAEL. LOVING YOUR BLOG. ERIKCoachingHypnosisCenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586955038197162283noreply@blogger.com