As originally written by Paula (MYRINA_SAVANT)
MABON 20st-24th September
Also known as: Autumnal Equinox, Fall Equinox, September Equinox, Harvest Tide, Harvest Home, Harvest Festival.
Mabon is the second harvest and a busy time for all farmers as they gather in the crops.
A season of plenty with fruits, grains and vegetables in abundance.
A Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving is a wonderful way to honour the Season.
Creating a menu for this Sabbat is extra special for me as it is my Birthday on the 21st September.
Each year I make a new menu and enjoy trying new recipes.
Mabon Foods include:
Fruits:Apples, Blackberries, Raspberries, Peaches, Pears, Plums
Vegetables: Eggplant, Beetroot, Potatoes and Sweet potatoes, Butternut Squash, Sweetcorn and various root crops.
Nuts and Seeds
Bread
Meat and Fish: Roasted meats, Fish of various types
Share your Mabon Menu and add pictures if you want to.
Spiritual Focus
Abundance
Accomplishment
Balance
Gratitude
Symbols and Tools
Cornucopias
Baskets
Scarecrows
Garlands
Colours
Brown
Gold
Green
Orange
Red
Yellow
IDEAS TO PLAY WITH
Many of us live in urban settings making it harder to celebrate the seasons as many do who live in rural areas. However we can still enjoy the celebration of this season.
Walking in a park we appreciate the wonders of Autumn and we can pick up leaves to add to our altars.
Being creative with our altar decorations we can make jars with leaves stuck to them using Mod podge.
sparkandchemistry.com/blog/leaf-maso
Have some fun with food make your own edible Cornucopia with an ice-cream cone and fill it with fruits
Make an apple pie or crumble
Individual pies are nice and you can add cinnamon to them as well, add some soft caramel chopped up small and you will have an extra treat to your apple pie. If your sure about the caramel melting use Fudge it is softer and works just as well.
octoberfarm.blogspot.com/2014/09/lit
e-mabon-caramelapple-pies.html
Bake some bread.
Okay breadmaking is time consuming some may have a bread maker many do not have one. You can get bread mixes that can be made by hand, all you need is water, a little kneading, resting and proving before baking and you have fresh homemade bread.
You can get all sorts of bread types on the supermarket shelves. Try some out and find your favourite.
Still not your thing, how about part baked bread, you can get rolls and baguettes that are part baked and in 8 minutes you have fresh baked bread.
Don't forget depending on what you decide to have for your Mabon meal you can get part baked Garlic bread as well.
What ever you do have fun and please share how you celebrate Mabo
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