I've decided to start posting about some of my forays into Kitchen Witchery. Outside of making a spaghetti dinner with garlic bread (every boy knows how to do those things), I'm not very skilled in culinary magick. But that's going to change.
I thought that transforming ice cubes into boiling water would make a good first entry, but the photographs didn't turn out very well. So I chose a ritual that transforms ordinary eggs into hard-boiled eggs. After all, Ostara arrived a week ago and we haven't colored a single egg at my house. Let's get started!
Step 1: Concoct a Hot Beverage
I like to start any kitchen magick ritual by invoking the spirit of the sacred Bean, along with cream, brown sugar, cinnamon and whipped cream if we have it. Thank the Goddess for Coffee!!
Step 2: Choose the right color eggs!
The top box is full of "Cage Free" eggs that are delicious. And the good news is... they're already pre-colored for you. The bad news is... they're brown. I don't know about you, but I prefer my Ostara eggs to be yellow, pink and blue, so I chose the bottom box full of white eggs. I look at that white eggshell and I see a canvas just waiting to be painted.
Step 3: Everybody in the Tub!
The ritual begins with the magick Pot O' Eggs. This is where the transformation will occur. I was able to fit 10 white eggs in my pot. I filled the Pot O' Eggs up with cold water until there was about an inch of water above the eggs. I used cold water so that the transformation from normal egg to boiled egg is gradual and not too taxing on the egg. (They're delicate, you know!) I placed the Pot O' Eggs on the burner and fired it up to 10.
Step 4: It's getting hot in here!
When the water starts to boil, remove the Pot O' Eggs from the burner, then turn off the burner. (Remember, only you can prevent electrical fires!) Set the bubbling Pot O' Eggs on another burner and let the eggs simmer for about a minute.
Step 5: Cover It Up!
After a minute, you'll want to place a lid on the Pot O' Eggs and leave it for about ten minutes. This is a very important time in the transformation of these eggs. You will probably be tempted to take a few eggs out to juggle, but trust me when I say that is a very bad idea.
Step 6: Sacrifice
Any ritual worth doing involves sacrifice, and egg transformation happens to be one of those rituals. The sacrifice is necessary here to determine whether or not the transformation of all the eggs is complete. I plucked the unlucky egg from the pot, and in the process burned my fingers a little bit. (WARNING: sometimes you end up sacrificing a part of yourself to complete these rituals.)
I removed the shell and sliced the egg in half. Visually, the transformation appeared to be complete. I quickly assembled the pieces so that they looked like a mutant bug with big yellow eyes.
My 5-year old daughter, the wonderful Witchieloo, volunteered to be the official taste tester for the ritual, and she confirmed two things:
1) The egg transformation was complete; and,
2) The egg was yummy.
So yummy, in fact, that an additional sacrifice had to be made as payment to the taste tester.
Step 7: And Then There Were Eight....
With a hungry Witchieloo lurking about, I knew I had to close out this ritual. First, I poured out all the hot water remaining in the Pot O' Eggs and replaced it with cold water. I let the eggs sit for a few minutes, then dumped out the cold water.
Step 8: Chilling Out
The final step was to transfer the transformed eggs into a bowl, which I placed into the refrigerator to await tomorrow's CraftWitchBoy project: Egg Colorization.
Bright Blessings to you all!
