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Friday, November 18, 2005

Rue on KFNX

I received quite a bit of mail from people who didn't get to listen to Annee Jawor interview me on her call-in radio show, A Scent of an Angel, on 1100 KFNX AM out of Phoenix, Arizona.

Here is just my segment for your listening pleasure. Thank you all who left comments here and emailed me directly asking if I was going to post this. Feel free to leave comments. I can take it. smile

Rue's Interview

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Food Fetish: Somewhat of a Masala Omelet

I go through phases where I get hooked on a food for several weeks at a time. Very much like a toddler does. tongue rolleye

Here's my latest bastardized concoction. It's based on a masala omelet.

You'll need:

2 extra-large eggs
2 green onions
1 red chile (or flakes)
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp turmeric
salt and black pepper to taste
1 large wheat flour tortilla

Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste and set aside.

In a 12 inch non-stick skillet on medium heat just warm up the tortilla and put it aside. Drizzle about a tablespoon of canola oil and sauté the onions (chopped), cumin, coriander, chile, and turmeric for a few minutes and be careful not to let it burn!

Pour the egg mixture over the onion, chile and spices and swirl it around to cover the base. While the top is still 'wet' place the tortilla onto to it. Turn the heat off and place a lid on it for about a minute.

To pop it out, place a dinner plate serving side down onto the tortilla and with your hand on the back of the plate, turn the frying pan upside down and the omelet should some right out.

I like to add some HP sauce or mango chutney onto the egg and then roll it up!

On its own, its a yummy and satisfying snack. Add a bowl of soup and a salad, you have a a really nice meal. smile


UPDATE

Ith posted her variation in the comments section and it looks really yummy too. Why don't you?

Monday, October 31, 2005

Ognissanti e La Festa dei Morti!

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This is Rasputin. He was our first Jack o' Lantern carved by Ray three days before Boo Boo was born four years ago. I was humongous pregnant and kept myself busy by baking Devil's Food cupcakes and icing them with my sweet Jennipoo who I miss terribly.

Ray made pizza... He makes the best unconventional pizza I've ever eaten. Hm, maybe I'll ask him to make some next weekend.....

Blessed Samhain to You and Yours

&

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!




Don't forget to take some time to honour your ancestors and your loved ones who have crossed over.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Saint Michael’s Feast Day

Happy Onomastico (name day) to all of you named Michael and all variations thereof!

Buon Festa di San Michele!

Blessings to all who celebrate Michaelmas!

Notice my devotion to St. Michael Archangel as evidenced by the presence of his image on both my blog (look to your right) and my website.

Due to my practice/interest in the occult for over two decades, I can tell you that I get up close and personal with San Michele on a regular basis.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Chris: On intolerance

Chris is an esteemed member of my cheese our online stregoneria community.

In the past 20+ years I've been into everything and if I haven't seen it 'all', at least I have seen most of it. I've been in and have associated with: several wicca covens, satanic covens, Temple of Set, feminist (w/ token males) circles; "native american" powwows, etc. I can vouch for their being completely out of their minds, wholly intollerant to anything Christian. It's just the spirit of the age, and a lot of "alternative " folks are contaminated.


Here, is his response to having been accused of prejudice against another person based on that other person's beliefs.

It wasn't her beliefs per se that I've protested -- despite the fact that she was wholly off base with the Blessed Mother as "Goddess" thing (typical of the "doing your own thing" religious shopping cart phenomenon). I've known plenty of NPs, wiccans, etc in the last two decades. They're all nice folks until, like Dracula, they see a crucifix and then they show their ugly sides. I've also made the mistake of piping up on forums such as the Witches Voice, and the list for the Odinic Rite -- not as an evangelist, but just as a normal reader -- as the witch that I am. Then, invariably, someone writes something tacky about Christianity, with the Catholic Church as a favorite punching bag, and then I chime in. That's when the gang-bang happens: and I then realize what some guys in prison feel like after they've accidentally dropped a bar of soap in the shower.

My apologies for being a prick, but I really, truly have no more tolerance for the "Catholicism was just a cover" bullshit. This is the only forum, aside from the Mexican curanderismo group, where I feel 'safe' being who I am, because it just isn't elsewhere. It's only in a forum such as this that truthful statements regarding traditional folk magical practices and Catholicism's role in these can be aired without the nasty attacks from anti-Christians (be their prejudice "soft", "hard" or otherwise). It's also a safe haven for people like me from other Catholics who would otherwise not understand this subject due to unfamiliarity with it. Unless one is brought up around practices such as these, then it's all considered demon worship anyway. In my predominanty Irish Catholic section of Pennsylvania, Italian Catholics are still sort of seen as "heathens" by some.

What a mess.


I agree whole-heartedly.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Scungilli

I was all set to blog and podcast and my site was down. oh oh So, podcasts will have to resume this week.

In the meantime, I wish to bring your attention to the

Scungilli Shortage of 2005. (audio file is in the upper-left-hand corner of the page)

Thank you, Solitario for bringing our attention to such an important issue.

Rue needs scungilli. tongue laugh ♥ ♥ ♥



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Scungilli. Say it with me: "scoon-geellee".

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Spiritual Sky

I received my first order from Spiritual Sky Incense this morning.

WOW.

I mentioned earlier that they offer free shipping WORLDWIDE.

They are located in New Zealand. For those of you with limited geography knowledge, it's where Peter Jackson filmed The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Still no idea? Fire up Google Earth. It's worth it! (I'm being facetious, smile )

Anyway, in addition to my favourite Spiritual Sky, they carry a wonderful variety of products. However, the customer service is by far above and beyond anyone's expectations. I received my order quickly, it included a free sample (this was because I encountered a glitch when placing my order) and a handwrittern thank you. How cool is that?

Go place your order and tell them Rue sent ya.

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Please take a couple of seconds to become a member so you can post a comment. Following the 'denial of service' attack my captchas disappeared. No captchas, EE won't let you comment.

So please click HERE, and talk to me baby! cheese

UPDATE:

My sexy and brilliant husband has restored the captcha feature, so, you don't have to register to comment.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Under Siege

Well, well... there apparently was a "denial of service" attack either on the server that houses our websites, or a site that shares the same hosting company as we do. I'm happy to see my husband's and my blog and website back, however, I finally post something, and it wasn't backed up.

But fear not gentle reader. Google cached it! I will be reposting the lost post and 3 comments that got wiped out as well.

Maybe I'll even manage a blog entry today. I did record a PocusCast last night, but we were unable to upload it due to our sites being down. It will be uploaded this evening.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Spiritual Sky Incense

My new favourite online store for incense is: Spiritual Sky. They are located in New Zealand, check it out with Google Earth, -and they have a great selection of one of my favourite brands of incense and get this: FREE SHIPPING. With a minimum of a $20.00 purchase. FREE SHIPPING, all over the world!

What a treat it was for me, living in Canada, normally places don't even ship here, or if they do the shipping charge is cost prohibitive, actually getting FREE SHIPPING. Wow.

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