Thread: Would anyone be willing to contribute to a "Witch's Cookbook"?

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I am working on a Witch's Cookbook / spell book prop for my kitchen. I've been unable to find what I want and as my Mom says,"If you want something done right you have to do it yourself!" So here I am. Frying my brain.

Would any of you care to contribute to this prop? Think about how the old ladies at the churches used to get together and submit recipes [for a cookbook] that were then compiled into sections, ie, appetizers, drinks, main dishes, etc.

I recently purchased a book called "How To Cook Children", but it's not quite in the format I want. I'd like these "recipes" to look like, well, recipes! Be creative. Be funny. Or be serious. Make them up or use a real spell. Whatever you choose. Play with names and ingredients. For example:


Hagatha's Hearty Stew


Ingredients:

1 20 - 25 lb child
1 Dozen Eggs
5 Night Crawlers
6 Dragon Eyes
20 Gallons of Water

blah, blah, blah


Directions:

Thoroughly wash child and remove all hair. Place child in large cauldron. Add eggs, night crawlers, dragon eyes, 20 gallons of water and bring to a boil. So forth and so on . . . .



Making sense? I'd like these to be submitted on an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper via e-mail. You can add your own clip art, boarders, etc. whatever you choose to decorate your page. And you may submit as many recipes as you wish. I've got a few things up my sleeve as well, but will elaborate more when I have the bugs worked out.


Any takers?

I would be willing to help with this!!! sounds fun actually. great idea!!
and where did you find the "children's " recipe book?

YAY! *jumps up and down*


I actually did a Google Image search for witch cookbook and a pic popped up. After reading a few lines about the book I went to Amazon to see if I could find it. Got it second hand (and in all actuality it looks BRAND NEW) for $1.63

I'll see what I can come up with too. Here is a couple I came up with last Halloween.

Feline Form


5 hairs from a cat
2 drops elf blood
3 dried spiders
10 pieces dry cat food(any kind)
Finely ground



Mix cat food and spiders in a wooden
Bowl, mix well. Add the elf blood. Heat in small pan
For 5 minutes, remove from heat.
Add the cat hair cook for another 2 minutes.
Immediately remove from heat and pour into vile.

Keeps for 2 years


To use

Select victim and add
3 drops to his/her drink and stir clockwise
5 times while saying:
Cats’ whiskers and cat tails you shall grow
Fur and fangs you will get
A cat you will be until next full moon.


To reverse the vampire curse


10 dried fly's
2 spider egg sacks
1 vile fairy blood
2 lizards
4 bat wings
2 cups swamp water


Grind up the dried fly's into a powder
Heat the swamp water to boil add the
Lizards head first into the swamp water,
Then add the bat wings. Bring back to boil.
Then add the spider egg sacks. Bring back to boil
And stir in the fairy blood and repeat
The following 3 times:

Alive you where, dead you now are,
Cursed you now are to room the night
Until the end of time.

Drink of this
Potion 6 times (Once a day) while saying, I revoke the curse
Of the undead. To the living I will return.

After this potion has been drunk from 6 times
Wait 24 hrs and the sun you shall be able to be in again.

Not to crowd this thread with ideas of my own, but have you considered making an actually "Witch's cookbook"? Something that can be ordered online, or in a store.

The outside cover would look old and tattered titled "Witch Spells and Recipes" but the inside would be full of legitimate recipes (only with a humorous Halloween slant)
The creativity would then be developed into the recipes, so they resemble "witchy" potions, but they'd actually make descent meals and snacks!

All you would need to do is:

Make the cookbook cover (photoshop, hand painted etc) Find popular recipes online or from forum members. Create an "index of ingredients" that correspond to actual store bought stuffs.
For example (eye of newt = olive, spider silk = angel hair pasta, blood = tomato paste, etc)

That way, for persons not aware of the actual ingredients list, they'll just think your following a true witch's recipe.
Just an idea, maybe it can be an official Halloween Forum cookbook!?

Now Eyegore, did you not see my initial post - the part where I say " I've got a few things up my sleeve as well, but will elaborate more when I have the bugs worked out." ?????

Get out of my head!

Y'all just remember now where this came from! I want some campy cheesy stuff too!

Originally Posted by GiggleFairy

Now Eyegore, did you not see my initial post - the part where I say " I've got a few things up my sleeve as well, but will elaborate more when I have the bugs worked out." ?????

Get out of my head!

LOL. sorry!
it sounds like a fun project!

Just giving the thread a shameless bump. Since I'm immobile I figured I can work away on this project since my fingers still work. Any fresh meat (or not so fresh) to add to the pot?

I'll have to see what I can come up with.