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yezida's "Cooking Up Possibility" ritual from the Powers Below portion of Evolutionary Witchcraft. Working this way feels very much getting down into my roots; my craft identification is far more "kitchen witch" than anything else, and this is the sort of working that makes deep, visceral sense to me.
And I have no earthly idea how it will come out.
The "Cooking Up Possibility" ritual includes having various ingredients each represent the nourishment needed at this time. So everything I put in has a reason, in addition to me figuring 'Okay, this will probably taste okay together'.
The logic behind it is very personal, but I also tried to put in things that would nourish more generally in concept, according to my understanding of the needs of the people around me.
Most of the herbal folkloric/magical resonances are pulled fromarawen's copy of Beyerl, though probably abstracted and skewed a bit in the process of transcribing my notes.
I cooked the onion and garlic in some olive oil to start out with, because their flavors are oil-soluble. Then I seared the meat in that pan before putting it in the pot. Everything else went in deliberately, meditatively, and completely haphazardly.
In other news, I like adverbs.
yezida's "Cooking Up Possibility" ritual from the Powers Below portion of Evolutionary Witchcraft. Working this way feels very much getting down into my roots; my craft identification is far more "kitchen witch" than anything else, and this is the sort of working that makes deep, visceral sense to me.And I have no earthly idea how it will come out.
The "Cooking Up Possibility" ritual includes having various ingredients each represent the nourishment needed at this time. So everything I put in has a reason, in addition to me figuring 'Okay, this will probably taste okay together'.
The logic behind it is very personal, but I also tried to put in things that would nourish more generally in concept, according to my understanding of the needs of the people around me.
Most of the herbal folkloric/magical resonances are pulled from
arawen's copy of Beyerl, though probably abstracted and skewed a bit in the process of transcribing my notes.- Meat: substantive sustenance. I was kind of hoping to find some lamb, just for variety's sake, but the farm we went to thwarted us by not being actually open even though they said they were. So got some stew beef from Whole Foods.
Onion: dealing with complexity, and the layers of things.
Celery: flexibility, adaptability (this is actually pulled further out of Beyerl than many, as that was his entry for celery seed, more or less)
Potato: delving deep
Apple: wisdom, also good luck for eating on Hallowe'en, and I'm not going to turn down good luck here
Garlic: purification, protection
Soy-ginger soup stock: utilisation of handy resources
Olive oil: general sanctity and offering
Ginger: good health
Basil: courage in the face of change/spiritual growth. (Apparently also useful for people who spend a lot of time with dragons, for those who care about that sort of thing.)
Cinnamon: energy
Fennel: strength in the face of adversity, protection of home and kin
Parsley: Nurturing strength. Also said to promote surefootedness and speed in racehorses, which may come in handy in a metaphorical sense (though I'm four days off being a Horse;
arawen and whispercricket can benefit more fully ;) )Rosemary: memory
Thyme: extremely multipurpose; Beyerl has courage, ambition, valiance, wonderment, gift of the fey, and blessings for the dead
Savory: joy
Salt: wealth
Pepper: because the broth really needed it, and a good symbolic representation of adapting the plan to address actual needs in practice is worth having, hey?
I cooked the onion and garlic in some olive oil to start out with, because their flavors are oil-soluble. Then I seared the meat in that pan before putting it in the pot. Everything else went in deliberately, meditatively, and completely haphazardly.
In other news, I like adverbs.
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Want some lamb or want some stew? :)
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I wonder why Ishtar's kids thought it was important, then. Maybe it's the local breed, or something.
Anyhow, both, please. I'm working till one am, tonight, and it's gonna be cold and full of dead people.
Besides, good goddamn, I miss ritual cooking.
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I [heart] thyme. *)
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And now I'm hungry.
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On lamb: The River Rock Farm people (who don't list their lamb on their website) say that they only do autumn lambs, because the spring ones don't get enough grass for their liking, or something like that.
(...they don't charge delivery for orders over $50...that's very very tempting)
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I need more freezer space.
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Thanks for the properties and seasonings!
Your dish sounds yummy!
Mmmmm. Beef.
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