Superstition of the Week - Happy New Years Food

Lucky Food for the New Year (adapted from myrecipes.com)

Japanese tradition calls for eating soba noodles on New Year's Eve to ensure a long life.

It is customary in Spain to eat twelve grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.

Juicy pork is the lucky food of choice for Germans.

Brazilians associate red lentils with wealth, so it's common to feast on these satisfying seeds at New Year's celebrations in Brazil.

In China, Chinese potstickers or fried dumplings symbolize wealth since they resemble coins.

Happy Holidays

Wishing you a Ravenous Holiday!

Superstition of the Week - Mistletoe

Mistletoe, also known as Celtic-All-Heal was popular by the 19th century. Since the times of druids, it was associated with fertility and kissing.

Luck favors those who kiss under the mistletoe but turn against those who avoid it.

Unmarried girls used to steal sprigs of mistletoe from church decorations and hid them under their pillows as a charm to dream of their future husbands.

Burning old mistletoe was said to predict marriage prospects of an unmarried girl. Steady flames ensured happy marital life while the spluttering flames predicted bad tempered and cross husbands.

The Bean Plant Studio Holiday Art Sale

For those you live in Northern Colorado we would love for you to stop by and take part in a festival of eye candy created by local artist this Friday from 5-8pm and Saturday from 10-4pm.

Cool Stuff We Found With Ravens On It - More Ravenous Music

The Darkest Pieces of Classical Music, MP3 Download from Amazon $1.99