No you are wrong. Most people do think how God would "feel", but they have no answers. Heebelow are some of my thoughts:
1. You might be knowing about Dhanur mAsa pooja, which is approx from 16th Dec to 14th Jan in India. The pooja is supposed to be completed before or at dawn break. This is one of the coldest times in India. While doing abhishekam with Suddha jalam, I too wonder how God would be feeling to be bathed in ice cold water and how Siva would be feeling in Amarnath caves in Himalayas.
2. How would the God be consuming the naivedyam which consists of plaiin rice with just Dal and some ghee poured thereon without any gravy like substance like rasam, sambhar and most importantly without any salt and without any vegetables.
3. What combination am I exactly offerring as naivedyam. Plain rice alongwith coconuts and plantains
4. How does the God consume the thAmboolam and supAri without any lime (chunA)
5. Does the God really feel pleased with abhishekham consisting of substances such as sugarcane juice, honey, panchAmritam, curd etc. One cannot find any satisfactory answers in any of the scriptures or satisfactory answers from the elders or ShishtAs..
To Zebra,
1. Have you read about Narayahan Jwara (the coldest) and Siva Jwara (hotttest), both of them discharged on themselves while fighting BAnAsura? So, The gods must be made of different types of matter to overcome the heat, frost-bite or radiation etc. Acc. to Vainavam, Sriman Narayana's thirumeni is of SuddhaSattva (purely spiriutal Satva substance, unaffected by anything karmical). As, the diety out of His own will exists in the vigraha, the care-taker will be blessed according to his dedication, love, sincerity, compassion etc.
2. The infant, while starting to eat first, loves mashed rice with dhal. It tastes wonderful and Kuzhambu sAdham is more palatable . But, both God and humans will be blessed, if you feed them more dhAl, veggies and less rice like grains. All foods contain salt in itself. All foods, sAttivaka (As said in the scriptures), made with pure mind, body and source, ONLY can be offered as naivEdhyam. Else, there would be no benefit, sometimes would incur offense (negative effect)! Thus, rasam, kozhambu, rice, kariamathu, thogaiyal, pachhadi, pickle and yogurt made that day, appalam made at home, tualsi theertham, should all be offered to deities before consumption.
3. For fasting days (vrata), either we dont consume anything or eat very little. In such days, steamed food - like avial,dhal, pongal, adai etc. are suggested. Like dwadasi , after going nir-jala on ekadasi, our ancestors suggested nelli-pachhadi, aAthik-kirai etc for being easy on stomach.
During winter months (mArghazhi) and on vrata days of less activity, one cannot digest oil, butter, ghee, else would clog our arteries, hence such items are to be avoided. Prasadam should also be healthy and subjective to climatic conditions and availability.
4. Though vetrilai -beetle leaves may be healthy being leafy-green, I dont know, beetle-nut makes your mouth dry. But, chunNa may keep the mouth germ-free or has more calcium. I would prefer milk and apples instead!
5. Tiru-ArAdhanam (argyam, pAdhyam etc. doing service to the Lord) has to be done, to get us more closer to the God. We cook, offer naivedhyam and sing slokas etc. are all different means to attain Bhakti. Only, if we get ourselves closer to the deity, We can direct our mind towards dhyAna/ meditating on the nature of the Lord. These acts are accepted willingly by the God, and will also lead us to better UpAsanA.