Author: Sister Bridget Corfield

RITUALISTIC COOKING 

Ritualistic cooking is an extremely ancient form of spell casting.  Food has been linked with love, nurturing, and caring for centuries.   Many people cook to show how much they care for their partners, families, friends, etc.   Cooking takes on a ritualistic twist when any kind of magick ritual is added to boost the spiritual energy that cooking already has!   In Reverend Samantha Corfield's cook book  Cajun Voodoo Love Cookin', her Cajun family recipes for food and  magick are shared with you.  Detailed explanations of the rituals and the recipes are outlined for you.  Here is a sample recipe from the book!

HAPPY HOUSE OMELETTE
by Mambo Sam

Usage:  To smooth out problems after a fight

Ingredients:

1 dozen eggs

1 dozen raw, fresh oysters, drained

1 cup cooked crabmeat

1/8 pound unencased hot sausage, fried and drained (reserve drippings)

6 tablespoons cream

1 very finely chopped onion

1/4 cup minced fresh parsley

1/4 cup minced celery

Tabasco® sauce

Salt and pepper

Butter

Rum for flaming (optional)

Spiritual Gifts:

2 white tapers (candle)

1 glass (8 oz.) of water

1 serving of grits (or oatmeal, etc.)

1 paper bowl

2 small paper plates

1 pair women’s inexpensive sunglasses

1/2 cup of regular (plain) water

 

Before beginning your cooking:

1. Line up your candles one before the other (in a vertical line) anywhere in the kitchen.

Put one candle in the rear, and the other in front of it, about 6 inches apart.

Put the grits in the paper bowl.

Put the grits and glass of water between the candles.

Set the sunglasses up around the grits and water

(The candles, sunglasses, grits and water are to remain in place overnight.)

2. Go to any corner of the kitchen with the 1/2-cup of water.

Sprinkle some water from your fingertips in the corner three times.

3. Go to the candles. Stamp the floor three times. Light the rear candle and say:

“Hey, Legba. Open the gate and let my words carry to the other side.”

Pause a moment, then light the front candle, clap your hands three times and say:

“Mademoiselle Florida. Florida. Florida, I am upset. You, my dear, truly the queen of luxury, may be of service to me. Listen to this. My man and I have had a fight. I want to smooth out the problems, Florida. And I want all women to have a soft life with their men. Mademoiselle, I ask this of you: Give me some of that luxury. Make my man and I relate to each other in a fashion smooth as silk, soft as satin, sweet as sugar. Do this for me, Florida, do it now.”

4. Begin to make your omelet with your desire in mind.

Keep that desire in mind and honor Mademoiselle Florida during the preparation.

 

Start cooking:

In a large, nonstick frying pan melt 3 tablespoons of butter; add in sausage drippings, onion, parsley and celery. Cook about ten minutes or until tender. In a large bowl, lightly beat the eggs adding in the cream, a couple of dashes of Tabasco®, salt and pepper. Beat until frothy. Fold in the crabmeat, sausage and oysters. Pour into pan with the onion mixture. Fold from one side to the other, letting uncooked egg fall to the sides, then folding in. Do not overcook.

Slide out of pan onto warmed platter. If desired, pour a small amount of rum over the omelet and flame briefly. 

Serves 10-12.

Serve for Sunday or holiday brunch with hash browns, buttered grits, and hot biscuits.

After cooking:

1. Put out the front candle and say:

“Thank you, Florida, for hearing my cry and making my desire come true. If it pleases you, you may now depart.”

Pause a moment. Put the rear candle out and say:

“Thank you, Papa Alegba. If it pleases you, you may close the gate.”

2. Cut out 2 small pieces of omelet and put each one onto a paper plate.

Before you eat (if not possible, then afterwards):

1. Take the 2 paper plates with the omelet pieces outside and go to the base of a tree, telephone pole, lamppost or fence post.
2. Stamp the ground three times with your foot. Put one plate down and say:

“Papa Alegba, this is for you.”

Put down the other plate and say:

“Blessings and thanks to you, Mademoiselle Florida.”

3. Turn your back and walk away, leaving the omelet servings there overnight.

The next day:

1. If the omelet is still by the tree or pole, place it on the ground and trash the plates.
2. Take the candles, sunglasses, grits and glass of water and set them out on a street corner.

Do not be noticed doing so. Leave quickly.