About Me  | Most Recent Posts Granny Moon's Bott-Bie RecipePosted Jan-07-07 16:58:37 PST Granny Moon's Bott-Bie Recipe Good Evening! The past few days we have seen weather here in South Central Pennsylvania like we've NEVER seen before. Temps in the high 60's! Not since the 1800's, they say, has it been this warm for as many stretch of days in this area of the country. Indeedy, we often laugh because this week here is locally called Farm Show Week -- when all the farmers from all over the eastern seaboard truck on up to the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex and have a huge trade show. In fact, I would bet you that this type of gathering was the forerunner of yer fancy Trade Shows that they have all over the country for beads, books, and gifty thangs and whot-not! Anyways, Farm Show Week is historically the coldest time of the year for us and we normally have the nastiest weather! Then, tonight, the weather turned sour and the Granny knew it was time to make some good old fashioned Bott-Bie! Here's the recipe! Granny Moon’s Magick BottBie for Cold Winter Nights
Ingredients Needed:
1 cooked de-boned chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
7 large potatoes quartered, with skins (or smaller to your taste)
1 large onion (quartered or cut smaller to taste)
One 16-ounce package of frozen corn
One 16 ounce package of fresh, cut carrots
½ green pepper, diced (you can omit this if you hate peppers)
½ cup of chopped fresh celery Two 48 ounce cans of chicken broth
48 ounces of water (use chicken broth can to measure) ½ teaspoon rosemary
½ teaspoon basil
½ teaspoon sage
½ teaspoon thyme
½ teaspoon parsley
½ cup of Light Cream
2 sixteen ounce boxes of “bow-tie” noodles
2 Tablespoons of whipped butter
3 Tablespoons of white flour
Salt and pepper to taste
Utensils:
Two big pots – one for BottBie mixture and one for cooking the noodles
1 heat resistant measuring cup measuring spoons Good cutting knife Electric hand held beater
Noodle Choice: If you don’t like bow-tie noodles, you might choose the thicker, old fashioned variety – either purchase or make your own
Before we begin this recipe, let me explain about my family – picky eaters, every one. So, this recipe is done a bit differently than most, separating the
BottBie cooking mixture from the noodles, which are boiled in a separate pot
15 to 11 minutes before serving. My family pours the BottBie mixture over their bowl of noodles to taste. This keeps the noodles from absorbing all the BottBie mixture and makes it easy to store or freeze the leftover Bott-Bie mixture. You can always make fresh noodles. Feel free to double the herbs if you like a more full-bodied flavor. I also do not cook with salt (someone in the family isn’t supposed to have it) and add the salt later. If you don’t have this problem, the mixture does taste better if you add salt to taste during the cooking process.
A note on cutting vegetables such as carrots, potatoes and onion. The smaller the pieces, the shorter the cooking time. ½ inch pieces – 1 hour to 45 minutes cook time, 1-to 2 inch pieces – 1.5 hours to two hour cook time; 3 inch pieces – about 3 hour cook time. BottBie mix is finished cooking when vegetables are tender but not mushy. Therefore, keeping an eye on the pot the first time you make it might be a good idea.
To begin: Add the following in a BIG pot:
Chicken
Potatoes
Onion
Corn
Carrots
Green pepper
Celery
Chicken Broth plus 1 can of water
Rosemary Basil
Sage
Thyme
Parsley
Salt and Pepper to taste Bring this mixture to a full boil, then back down to a light boil. Cook until vegetables are tender. When tender, turn to low and scoop out ½ cup
Of steaming broth. Add the light cream to this cup and two to three tablespoons of flour. If you like a really thick stew-type mixture, add one or two more tablespoons of flour than listed. The more flour, the thicker the mixture, but be careful you don’t make it too thick or your Bott-Bie will burn. Whip the ingredients in the cup with the hand held beater. Whipping with a fork the old fashioned way leaves lumps. Add contents of the cup to the steaming BottBie Mixture. Raise Bott-Bie mixture to a boil for 3 minutes, then immediately turn down to low, stirring to ensure mixture does not burn. Turn off when mixture thickens (will only be a few minutes). Let set while you boil the water for the noodles. Make noodles as you normally would, and drain. Toss with the 2 Tablespoons of whipped butter to keep noodles from sticking together. Serve separately.
If you want to serve this as a one dish, then pour drained noodles into Bott-Bie mixture and stir until sauce coats noodles (not too much or your noodles will begin to break – just enough so that everything is lightly blended).
This is a great dish for a coven gathering in the dead of winter filled with hearty vegetables and a sauce that sticks to yer ribs! Also a good choice if you have to feed the football or basketball team, or must bring a generous amount of food to a covered dish. Serve with a salad and corn bread or fresh, hot rolls for a complete meal.
Serves 10 big eaters.
Serves 15 medium to light eaters. Serves 20 light eaters with salad.
For 20 big eaters, add another box or two of noodles.
This is Granny’s recipe from her Grandmother – this recipe did not come from any cookbook. Happy Eating!
Holiday Shopping MagickPosted Nov-27-06 08:45:14 PST Greetings from the Granny! Recently one of my customers asked me for a quick spell for saving money and finding good deals on holiday shopping, as well as increasing yer income over the holiday season. Here's the fixin's for a simple spell to help you over the holidays! Granny's Holiday Spruce Spell Ingredients: Granny's Eggnog Magickal Oil Dress one votive lightly with Granny's Magickal Oil thinking of your desire. Set aside. Mix the white sugar, nutmeg, allspice and brown sugar together, stirring clockwise, and thinking of what you wish to accomplish. Put this mixture in the gold or white bowl. Set the candle on top of the mixture. Carry the bowl to the center of the home; however, it has to be a place that won't be disturbed by children or animals (or visitors) and where the candle can burn safely. Slid your spell tag under the bowl. Arrange live evergreen branches around the bowl or use the small wreath -- just remember to keep this well away from the open candle flame. Place the bottle of empowered water beside the wreath. Take a moment to relax and go to the stillpoint where all is calm. Say your desire aloud three times, then light the candle. Allow the candle to burn completely if you can. Repeat twice more -- once on the next day, and then again on the day after -- giving you a three day spell. When the last candle has burned, remove the candle and place the water bottle on top of the sugar mixture. You can either leave the spell tag under the bowl, carry it with you, or hang on your Yule tree. When you have received your desire, empty the water and the sugar mixture outside, thanking the Spirits of Plenty. -- copyright 2006 Silver RavenWolf. Happy Zapping!
Welcome to Granny's WorldPosted Nov-05-06 21:19:46 PST This here is Granny Moon? And I'd like to welcome ya to this here blog. Granny makes quite a few things like soaps, candles, jewelry (sometimes), wearable art, Book of Shadows pages...I darned near got my old finners in all sorts of things...mixin art and magick is the Granny's main theme! I got me lots of names. There's ma given name, then thars my married name (25 years o that and countin), and o course, my magick name -- Silver RavenWolf. Pick one -- jus don't make it nasty. Granny, of course, is a fictional character, but the magick she knows is real enough! Drawing on her own heritage (West Virginia and Pennsylvania Dutch) along with Silver's various quests on training (Witchcraft, Pow-Wow, Hoodoo, Spiritism, Reiki, and Druid) Granny comes to you with all sorts of down home tidbits of enchantment. Do enjoy! This week Granny listed quite a few of her old-tyme favorites in her store, including her Holy Water, two spell sets with grubby candles, body-safe magickal oils to match the season, and some amazing, unique BOS pages. Granny Moon's Autumn Harvest Spell One Granny Moon’s Grungy Grubby Candle
Granny's Tip for Gittin Those Youngins to Help! Having trouble getting the kids to help rake the leaves? Make sure there's a big pot of warm, tasty soup a boilin on yer stove. Send those kids out to rake and tell them bring in the nicest leaves come lunch time! Once grace is said and the soup is et, during the afternoon have them decorate the leaves with glitter glue, then glue the leaves together in a circle. Hang the leaf wreath outside on a tree. As the wreath naturally breaks apart and the leaves blow away the wishes will be given to Spirit. Here's hoping you have a wonderful harvest season week! Blessings from the Granny! Please note that all entries in this blog are copyright protected. |
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