Perhaps I'm just a biggie, but l'd love to see your takes when it comes to Angel and Demon food culture!
Do they like to share meals in groups? What's dieting culture like?? How would you even discern between 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' food in these realms? Demon food is all strange stuff like brains and poisonous creatures.
Perhaps even the brothers adjusting to the food after the fall ๐
Have a good day and stay healthy!๐
Oh, I LOVE this ask!
I actually had to research a lot for this, so my thoughts might be a bit scrambled. (Plus, I'm writing this while hungry lol)
Also, some of this is relevant to some of the writing I'm doing!
I hope it makes sense!
Now, I know you didn't come here for this, but quick sidebar because It's important.
Okay so, the Celestial Realm is very hot!
Everyone says that The Devildom has to be hot because it's hell, but the Devildom has no sun.
The Celestial Realm has eternal sun, though.
Plus, they're in the sky. It's going to be hot.
The Devildom has no sun, so they're pretty much cold all the time.
Okay, sidebar over.
So, there's an issue here. Angels are Lacto-Ovo-vegetarians. (I did have to look this up)
Basically, they aren't allowed to kill things, so they can't eat meat. They can eat the things that animals produce (Milk, eggs,)
On top of this, their food is very light because it is so hot.
So even when they make soups, they're light soups. (If that makes sense?)
Even then, it's rare for them to do so. It only happens when someone's sick.
They also do not make spicy food. It just doesn't happen.
As for their culture, families will sit at the table, pray, and eat their food. Pretty average for a religious family.
The problem is that there's too many factors to consider.
For example, the brothers took turns setting the table, but that is not normal for angels.
Typically, Lilith would be the one who cooks, cleans, sets the table, but Lucifer never liked that, so they share the responsibilities.
(They just can't tell Michael, because he will say it's not right)
Most of the food is healthy in the Celestial Realm. The angels need to "maintain their image" so they're pretty much ALWAYS on diets.
The thing is, they bake a lot.
Most of them do it, this isn't exclusive to Simeon and Luke.
These foods are probably the only unhealthy things in the Celestial Realm.
They do moderate how much they eat (Most of the time, it's a slice of cake after dinner, a cookie, etc.)
But It's become tradition because Celestial food really isn't all that good.
Except for their fruit. The idea of eating a mango from heaven genuinely has me drooling.
Demons do eat meat! Unlike in the Celestial Realm, demons are allowed to kill animals to eat them. (There are animal cruelty laws in place. The King is Diavolo, guys.)
Also, as stated before, the Devildom is cold.
This means that a lot of their food is very heavy.
They make a lot of stews, red meat, potatoes, pasta.
Demons also cook with a lot of spice because they tend to have a high tolerance for it.
A demon with a low spice tolerance is actually rare. (I don't care what canon says. All the brothers can handle spicy food.)
Culture varies here, too.
They typically eat at the table, they do not pray (or in this case, they would be thanking the current King[s]/Queen[s])
This is because they only thank them in person. (it's a waste of breath to thank someone who can't hear you)
Demons have a lot of freedom when it comes to culture.
They might do the exact same thing that angels do, where the women cook and clean.
Others might split the responsibilities; some might make the kids do it.
One thing that is constant though, demons have a LOT of get togethers.
They really like potlucks and things of that nature.
This is part of the reason that the food exchange was a thing during Diavolo's retreat [OM:SWD]
The Devildom is a bit harder to understand when it comes to healthy and unhealthy foods.
There are basic things, like fruit and vegetables that are healthy, but then there's things that you are assuming are healthy because the resemble healthy foods in the human world.
You can ask the brothers, and they will explain it to you. Most of the time, you can guess.
Things that look like kombucha, salads, kimchi, etc.
Most of the time you're right, that doesn't mean that you can eat all of it though.
Demons can eat eucalyptus leaves, fun fact. It's really good for them.
Another side bar/fun fact:
Demon royalty is nearly impossible to poison.
They can produce fire though their mouth, but they have to have some kind of fuel in order to do so. If their body rejects something that they've eaten, or there's bones that they can't digest, it becomes fuel.
This means that they have to burn everything out of their system regularly, but most things that will make them sick, don't get the chance.
(They can still get very sick from the Celestial Realm's Forbidden Fruit.)
The shift between Devildom and Celestial food is definitely an interesting one.
When Diavolo and Barbatos were taking care of them originally, they had tried giving them soup/stew because they likely needed something warm and comforting after going through what they did.
This worked, but they all felt pretty gross after because it was a really big meal, which isn't something that they're used to.
Most of them didn't even finish it.
The first time they had actual spicy food from the Devildom it was BAD.
It was a bit funny, but only because none of them were seriously sick.
Mammon was the only one who seemed to like it from the beginning! They called him a freak for this for a good while.
Lucifer got so red, that Diavolo still gives him a worried look when he orders something a bit too spicy. (Lucifer hates it. He can handle it now.)
They were a bit weird about eating with what was essentially strangers to them.
Eating is really something that only families do together in the Celestial Realm. If friends are there, it's because something is wrong, or they're celebrating.
Demons don't care. They'll get together with their only reason being that they wanted to.
Definitely and adjustment.
