Florida Water- An edible take on a classic and magic staple.
Crushed clove, dried lavender, and a light lemon flavor work in harmony to mimic the notes of Murray & Lanman Florida Water. Say a psalm and enjoy on these summer days.
Swamp Water- Growing up in Florida, Florida water is anything but cleansing. A playful take on swamps and the flavors of summers near the equator. Spirulina, also known as blue-green algae, permeates this pop giving it it’s swampy appearance. Coconut envelopes a preserved lemon slice which strikes a perfect balance between sweet coconut and sour lemon. Like a refreshing dip on a hot humid day.
Now offering sample packs of all current 6 flavors on the menu, as well.
[If you ordered in the last batch you’ll be receiving a sample of the new flavors :)]
I hope you enjoy them. I really enjoyed creating these flavors and have a lot of things continuously coming! Look out for a giveaway soon~
Rosemary, pepper, lavender skillet bread.
2 cups lukewarm water
2 ¼ tsp yeast
4 1/3 cups flour
1 tbsp herb mix
Rock salt
Olive oil
Herb mix: grind black pepper corns, lavender rosemary and salt in a mortar using equal parts (maybe a smudge less lavender than everything else)
In a bowl, add water and yeast, stir to dissolve and let set for 5 minutes.
Add in 1 cup flour and herb mix, stirring with a wooden spoon.
Continue adding in flour until fully mixed.
Cover and Let proof in a warm spot for an hour.
Coat your cast iron skillet with olive oil and sprinkle flour on the dough and your hands to help minimize stickiness.
Fold “ugly parts” under and place in oiled pan.
Cover and let sit another 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 400 F
Pour more olive oil on top to make sure the entire top is coated.
Sprinkle salt and extra herbs on top, cut an X and bake for approximately 30 minutes depending on size of pan.
Top will be a nice brown, transfer to a cooling rack, or serve in the skillet after letting it cool down.
Pepper for invigorating energies, rosemary for peace, salt for cleansing, lavender for calming, and yeast for growth.
I grew up in what I call a cast iron family. All the pans were cast iron, we had a few enamel pots for pasta, and one beat up copper bottomed pan for boxed mac and cheese. My mom cooked most days and when she didn’t, it was mac and cheese or pasta because we weren’t allowed to cook with her pans unless she was there.
Cast iron has some mixed reviews, some (me), swear by it and some, think it’s difficult and impossible to cook with…and they’re right to a degree (get it, degree, cooking, farenheit, celcius…sorry), if you don’t know how to care for cast iron, it’s a hassle and a mess. That’s what this post is for though!
Seasoning
Seasoning is the term used to treat and clean cast iron. Even when you buy a new “pre-seasoned” pan, you’re going to want to season it yourself. A major benefit of cooking with cast iron is that it retains flavor, and makes its own seasoning for your food…like magic!
Step 1: Clean your pan with HOT water and a scouring brush, rough side of a sponge, or steel wool. Nothing else…just water and something rough.
Step 2: Dry it completely with paper towels, and then place it on a lit stovetop burner for a minute or so to make sure it’s completely dry.
Step 3: While the pan is warm, probably 10-20 minutes after you remove from stove, (because it retains heat like no one’s business, and I don’t want you to burn yourself) pour some oil* into the pan and spread it around, completely coating the inside. Wipe off excess.
Step 4: Place in the oven set to 200º F, Upside Down for 2 hours
BOOM! Your pan is seasoned and ready to cook with.
*But Barber, what kind of oil? That’s mostly up to you, but canola is the classic standard (vegetable oil) but I use olive oil or canola, depending on what I used last. You can use any vegetable oil you want, whether that’s grapeseed, sunflower or flax seed, but there’s no reason to go crazy and buy a “Cast Iron Care Oil” because that’s literally just a marked up bottle of canola…No Lies.
NEVER USE SOAP WHEN CLEANING YOUR CAST IRON,and here’s why…**
Soap is great for clothes, and your body, and even your car, but not for Cast Iron. Cast iron is a porous metal, so when you put something in, it absorbs. When you cook with it regularly, and oil it regularly, it creates its own nonstick surface! It’ll absorb the taste of herbs and spices you cook with regularly, and everything gets a mild flavor boost from whatever you cooked in it previously. When you use soap, it removes that surface and flavor; soap can absorb and flavor your food, and no one wants soapy fritatas.
Now, the seasoning steps above are used when you get a new pan, or need to re-season a rusted pan. It’ll restore it like new. But what about cleaning after cooking something tastey?
Cleaning and Upkeep
Step 1: While the pan is still warm, take rock salt and/or a non-metal brush (like the one above that I use) and go crazy scrubbing it.***
Step 2: Rinse with warm water, and dry with a paper towel (I say paper towel, because it’ll actually raise up some iron, and turn your towel black…better use a disposable towel, or risk staining your nice linens) after that, feel free to put on the stove top for a minute to make sure it’s all dry
Step 3: Coat with a little oil, wipe up excess, and store in your oven or broiler.
Special notes: The heat, salt you use to scrub, and iron itself all equal one great big anti-bacterial surface, so no worries about not using soap and feeling like you’ll get salmonella. Because it’s a porous surface, air drying is a no-no. It’ll lead to rust, and then you’ll have to scrub it off and completely re-season it (refer to first seasoning process).
**The soap thing. You can use soap. I never do. Most soaps these days aren’t as damaging and stripping as the old ones. Again, you can use soap, but I never will because like I said, that’s how i grew up, my tradition, this is a part of my witchcraft practice, and it works for me. Updated 10/27/18 p.s. idk about y’all, but I use dish soap to get rid of oil, so while tons of people message me about using soap on it, I still am not going to break tradition of not using soap on a pan older than me. 11/27/18
***When you scrub with salt, it starts picking up iron particles and oil. It’ll start turning black and you can keep it in a jar until you’ve got a good amount, bake it on a sheet to dry it, and there you have classic Black Salt! For more banishing oomph, I scald pepper in a fry pan, and add incense ash to the mix.
Soothing cough syrup made of lemons, rosemary, honey, and ginger. Stir into hot water or take by the spoonful to quiet and comfort an aching chest and sore throat.
So I just got a text; apparently my father just dropped by the house, handed my husband a large box full of slightly under-ripe peaches, said “For the love of god take these I was picking up windfalls and I have another bushel at home” and left.
The joys of having parents with a fruit orchard.
In a couple days once they ripen, I’m thinking peach pie :)
It has been a short but very interesting journey to find my deity. I will start with the beginning…
I never thought I would ever work with a deity. I knew people who did and that was great for them, but it just wasn’t for me. I knew that with such certainty. But as the years have gone by, the idea has found fertile ground. I became more interested in the prospect of working with a deity. I started to watch Youtube videos of people talking about how they came to work with their deity, and I was fascinated. I started to think what would myself working with a deity look like? I had no idea. No thought or picture was forming in my mind. Then it occurred to me that I can’t get a picture because I’m not meant to. I told myself that when the time was right, something would happen and I would just know.
A few months ago I started to get this feeling. If you know me at all you will know I get “feelings” a lot. Being an empath, I filter things through and nothing stays for long unless I want it to. Well, I got a “feeling.” It was a feeling of something just on the outer edges of my mind. At first, I didn’t pay it very much attention, but the longer I went without acknowledging it, the more incessant it became. Then one day I just knew: that “something” was a someone. I didn’t know who, but I was curious about the idea.
So, my first step was to just open myself and let it be known that I was ready for “whatever” or “whoever” wanted to get in contact with me. I burned mugwort and sage before bed to try and receive messages in dreams; I looked for signs in my everyday life. Things came to me but they weren’t anything I could point to and say, “Yes, this is who is reaching out.” I thought I could have been one goddess, but the more I thought the more wrong it seemed. I let it be.
Fast forward a few weeks: Salt and I were working on our podcast, Craft and Cast. We were recording an episode about our personal magic and what we worked with. I happen to say that I could never practice death magic and it just wasn’t for me. From that day on, this feeling of disappointment was being thrown at me. It was like they were almost fed up with how I just wasn’t getting it. Salt made the joke that what if it was death goddess that was reaching out and I said it couldn’t be.
Then, on a day where I was going to meet up with Salt, I was outside my house and vultures were flying around above me. Now, vultures around my house isn’t an abnormal thing. I live out in the middle of nowhere, so there are always dead animals somewhere around. I watched them and started to notice that they were flying right above my head. One flew down and came uncomfortably close to my face and showed me his belly with legs extended. (That is not normal!) I have never had a vulture act in that way before. Dreams started happening and then more vultures.
So, I cast a tarot spread to try and figure out who it might be. The card for who was trying to contact me was the Queen of Swords. Salt immediately said the Morrigan (then she cackled as Salt usually does…because she knew how I felt about death magic.) The more I think about it, the more it seems possible.
I am now beginning my journey with working with The Morrigan.
A few things I can say about this journey so far:
It was unexpected and not the way I thought it would happen.
Every situation and sign is going to be different for every person. Some people search out and choose a deity for themselves and say I want to work with this one. That’s great and I applaud anyone who has the initiative to do that. Because I didn’t.
This is completely new to me and I will see how it goes, but for someone who went from even the idea of working with a deity being out of the question to working with a death goddess, it is going to be wild ride.
I can already feel she is going to push me in ways I may not want and will not be expecting. Salt is excited to see what happens and, I won’t lie. I am pretty excited too. So, don’t be afraid to reach out and see what’s out there. If you want to work with a deity, you don’t have to wait until someone reaches out to you. You can do the reaching. Find what works best for you. You might be surprised.
*This list is a work in progress and I will be creating more in my future free time!*
Feel free to message me requests, just know I won’t necessarily get to them immediately.