Simply Savory: Magical & Medieval Recipes

Lady Passion, 3° (Dixie Deerman, R.N.)

Published by Coven Oldenwilde.

Copyright © Lady Passion (Dixie Deerman), 2010. All rights reserved.

Cover woodcut tinted by Lady Passion.

Oldenworks Edition 1.0, January 2010

License Notes This woodcut-illustrated e-Book is for your personal enjoyment only, and may not be re-sold, given, or share with another. Thank you for respecting the author’s hard work.

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Lady Passion has been a public Witch since 1976, a Registered Nurse since 1988, is a crack herbalist, and a grand-ma thrice over. She has been High Priestess of Coven Oldenwilde in Asheville, NC since 1994. She’s the co-author of The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells For Modern Problems, and the author of the e-Books Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells From a Real Witch and Magic Mentor: Witch Ways to Counsel Anyone. See her Smashwords Profile at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LadyPassion

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CONTENTS

Introduction Awesome Additions

Monster ‘Taters

Cracked Corn

Veggie, Seed & Nut Blend

Bread Basket

Pecan Stuffing Extraordinaire

Nut Bread Basket Centerpiece

Herbed Bacon Dippin’ Bread

Cauldron Cooking

Full-Meal-In-A-Cauldron

‘Beggar’s Benison’ Meat ‘n Veggie Pie

Nourishing Medieval Beef Tea

Hot Raja Sauce Chilled Meals

Margarita Gazpacho

Pepper-Ranch Chilled Pasta

Zesty Sunflower Shell Pasta

Creative Casseroles

Beef tips & Mushroom Stroganoff

Potatoes Au Gratin With Ham

Meatball Rigatoni Italiano

Tortilla Mexi-Melt Bake

Strega Lasagna Spicy Shallot Scalloped Potatoes

Absolute Magic Meatloaf

“Porcupine” Balls Crock-pot Creations

Mushroom Venison Roast

Spiked Shepherd’s Pie

Bomb-diddy Chili

Supernatural Stew

Decadent Desserts

Chocolate Pecan Honeydew Crumble

Spectacular Strawberry Shortcake

Dark Moon Brownies

Blueberry Hazelnut Puff

Yuletide Eggnog Custard Elegant Entrées

Maple Syrup & Pecan-Glazed Pork Chops

Pine-nut Pesto Chicken Kiev

Italian Harlequin Kabobs Spicy Herbed Crab Cakes Strega Italiano Stuffed Chicken

Enchiladas Apassionata

Garden Veggie & Beef-tip Kabobs Dutch Baby Trifecta Pottage Food Gifts

Chocolate-Dipt Spoons & Stirrers

Herb-Spice Marinades & Oils

Mason Jar S’more Bars Game Galore

Sizzlin’ Venison Fajitas

Citrus Salsa Game Hens

Venison & BBQ Bean Bake Luscious Drinks

Raspberry Damiana Liqueur

Flaming Glogg

“Champagne” Sauvignon Blanc

Shining Punch

Wondrous Wassail

Medieval Mulled Wine

1732 Punch

Dragon’s Blood Cocktail

Super Schnapps

Hot Dr. Pepper With Lemon Nuts

Fruit, Berries & Nuts Kabobs

Pecan Candy Roll

Fried Mahi-Mahi Almondine

Pizzas

Strega Pizza Pies

Holy Stromboli

Cupcake Pizzas

Sabbat Menus

Samhain

Yule

Imbolc

Ostara

Beltane

Litha

Lammas

Mabon Salad Suppers

All Elements Salad

Sweet Pea Salad

Hot Ham Linguine Salad Scrumptious Soups

Minestrone Stone Soup

Hearty Potato Veggie Soup

Noodles Galore Wonton Soup Other Books By Lady Passion More About Lady Passion

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Introduction

Pagan frolics featuring communal forest feasts, enticing aromas wafting from bubbling cauldrons luring folks from afar… food was and remains an integral part of the Art Magical.

Food is a malleable art form that affords infinite means of creative expression. It’s a spoke in the Wheel of the Year: Each Sabbat celebration has cuisine correspondences that emphasize each season’s unique bounty. The promise of edible delights motivates us to persevere through difficult days, to land softly amongst loved ones at dusk, and heals us when we’re sick, bone-cold, or weary.

Science and society often play catch-up to what Pagans have known for millennia — most recently, the “proof” that family bonding is cemented in those who cook and eat together (reference America frozen food company Stouffer’s® advertising campaign implying that eating their processed products could reduce drug abuse).

The ability to cook from scratch, for oneself or others, is an important survival skill. Many take pride in being able to make something luscious out of nothing, such as ‘stone soup’. Yet, modernity challenges every cook’s repertoire: Rising food costs, scarcity, irradiation, genetic modification, and ever-changing packaging, preservation, and ways to prepare food keep us

off-balance. Stores offer seeming dazzling arrays of choices, but a cursory glance reveals all as full of harmful salt and sugar.

Television shows further frustrate, offering only two extremes — slap-dash personalization of processed foods, or pressuring viewers to use exotic, expensive ingredients. It’s enough to sap all magic from mealtimes!

Wholesome food slow-cooked to comfort, fill, and heal is the way to go. From cooking complete meals in a cauldron, to making your own flavored schnapps, this e-cookbook shows how anyone can make hearty and scrumptious meals that will get rave reviews.

Illustrated with evocative woodcuts, these recipes range from centuries old, to modern takes on perennial favorites — all sure to delight all. No salt recipes and low to no-sugar treats promote goodly digestion and their herb and spice-rich goodliness tastes great!

Cauldron cookery, herbal aphrodisiacs, decadent desserts (blueberry hazelnut puff), croissant centerpieces, chilled meals (margarita gazpacho), elegant entrées (maple syrup pecan pork chops), luscious drinks (flaming glogg), crock-pot creations (mushroom venison roast) — the best of the past to serve as a present repast!

Witches see the practical and spiritual aspects of sustenance: We depend on a wide variety of life forms to thrive, and our bodies, in turn, host small life forms. Ultimately, we’re symbiotic with, and stewards of, everything from mighty marlin to escargot.

In the folkways worldview, all life is holy, so everyone’s food choices are accorded equal respect, from omnivores to vegans. After all, a grain of rice may be sentient, has its soul.

Oh Queen most secret, Bless this food unto the nourishment of our bodies — Bestowing Health, Wealth, Peace, Strength, and Joy,

And that perfection of Love, which is eternal Happiness.

Such is the prayer Pagans intone prior to ingesting or imbibing, for we revere the sacrifice required to sustain us. We acknowledge our reliance on the beneficence of the Gods, and then put drink and morsels into a libation bowl and leave our offering outside in humble thanks.

Magical cooking ranges from stirring clock or counter-clockwise to affect a specific mystic goal, to planting, harvesting, drying, and using particular herbs to lure love, luck, health, or plenty, and using natural ingredients to achieve an altered state, promote fertility, or heal wounds

and ailments. For full treatments on these skills, read Kitchen Witchery: Stir Up Something Goodly and many spells involving herbs, edible flowers, and foods in The Goodly.

For now, revel in the compliments you’ll receive from making these recipes, and use the Food Gifts section to share your newfound food secrets with others!

May you never hunger. May you never thirst.

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