What do ghosts like to eat

However they believed that most spirits would wander asphodel meadows in the afterlife. Asphodel is a flowering plant which grew in abundance and it's said the poor ate parts of the plant as it was free and readily available.

Therefore the Greeks believed that the spirits roaming the meadows of asphodel would eat the plant for eternity. The ancient Greeks would also feed ghosts with sheep's blood, it's believed this sacrifice summoned spirits who would drink the blood in order to give them the energy required to speak. In Mexico it seems many people believe that ghosts enjoy a snack, in November each year they celebrate the Day Of The Dead, a day to honour the memory of friends and family members who have died and help support their spiritual journey.

Part of the celebrations involve leaving the deceased gifts of their favourite foods and drinks. The gifts are left on graves or in home-made alters. Asians have a similar celebration, the Ghost Festival.

It takes places during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, the 15th day is known as Ghost Day and as in Mexico, part of the celebration involve preparing ritualistic food offerings. As ghosts are invisible, or semi-transparent at best and their bodies are made out of air, what would happened to any food they ingest?

Wouldn't it just fall out the bottom? Which brings us on to the next half of this question, do ghosts ever need to use the bathroom? You can guarantee that if ghosts did have transparent bowel movements that it would result in a supernatural substance which could only be called "rectalplasm.

One guy, Daniel Johns, a couple of years back claimed that his house was being haunted by a phantom shitter, a ghost which appeared in the dead of night and left number twos everywhere. At first he thought it was racoons but set up a camera and spotted an orb which led him to the conclusion that it must be ghosts. Johns said, "I can't continue to live this way. The smell often makes me vomit. For instance, in China, Thailand , and other countries, the midsummer month is called Ghost Month, and people make a special point of feeding wandering hungry ghosts during this period.

On the 15th night of Ghost Month, people celebrate a special Ghost Festival. On this day, people set up little household shrines to their dead loved ones; they also visit cemeteries and partake of skull-shaped candies and other cakes and confections designed to remind them of their own mortality.

In the United States and other Western countries, some people watch horror movies featuring flesh-eating, cannibalistic zombies—which are really just revenant-type ghosts that remain trapped inside their own dead and decaying bodies.

This site rocks the Classic Responsive Skin for Thesis. You had a lot of very aromatic foods. When crows peck at the food provided for them, it is believed to indicate that ancestors are fulfilled and at last at peace. Ramachandran is second-generation Indian American and grew up in Colorado.

Natasha Cheng, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, has been leaving food out for family members for as long as she can remember. And, of course, food completes the ritual. Throughout the world, this arrangement—the feeding of ghosts and spirits—is one that helps both the living and the dead.

If the living have guilt or longing for their deceased loved ones, they have space to memorialize and honor them. Skip to main content Eat. Image by Maitane Romagosa for Thrillist. Kat Thompson is a staff writer at Thrillist. Follow her on Twitter katthompsonn. Make Fun.