Midsummer Recipies

In season fresh fruits and vegetables and foods made with them are a staple of midsummer.

Lemon Chess Pie

Mix the sugar, flour, cornstarch, and cornmeal, then add the eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice, and lemon peel. Beat until smooth. Pour into pie shell and bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Top with orange slices.

From "The Sabbats" By Edain McCoy

Ambrosia

For luck, halve a fresh pineapple, cut the meat into chunks, and empty into
a large bowl (or use 1 can drained pineapple chunks). Next, peel an orange
and drop the peeled, seeded meat of the orange into the bowl for love (or
use 1 small can of drained mandarin oranges). Pluck 1/5 cups seedless green
grapes from their vine for fertility and drop them into the bowl with the
pineapple and oranges. Mix in 1/2 cup of fresh pecans for wealthy and
employment. For purification, add 1 cup flaked coconut to the bowl. Combine
1 tablespoon sugar, 3/4 cup vanilla yogurt, and 1 cup miniature
marshmallows--with the other ingredients and mix gently. Serve promptly or,
for best results, let the dish chill in your refrigerator while you prepare
the rest of your meal.

Makes 8 servings for the gods and goddesses at your table.

>From Gifts for the Goddess on a Hot Summer's Night
C2000 by Lorna Tedder and Shannon Bailey

Midsummer Chicken

Light and sweet, Midsummer Chicken is great for warm weather!

Skin and de-bone 4 chicken breast halves and wrap them in thick plastic or
wax paper. Using the edge of a saucer (not your best china, please!) or a
mallet, beat the chicken until somewhat flatter. Take a rolling pin and
press and roll the chicken even flatter, about 1/4 of an inch. Pour 4
tablespoons of soy sauce into a dish. Remove the wrapping and dip each
chicken breast in the sauce. Save what's left for later.

Next, heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a large skillet. Cook the chicken in the
oil over medium to high heat on each side until done. Remove the chicken

from the skillet. Leave the drippings in the skillet.

Add 2 teaspoons of oil to the drippings, then the left-over soy sauce. Mince
2 tablespoons of purple onion for lust; add to the skillet. Mince 1 clove of
garlic, if desired for lust; add to skillet. Mince 2 teaspoons of fresh
ginger for success and power; add to skillet. Sauté.

Add 4 tablespoons of orange marmalade. Stir the mixture in the skillet as
the marmalade melts. For love and luck, peel 2 large oranges, separate the
sections and remove pulp. Lightly chop. Stir into the skillet. Sprinkle 1
tablespoon of fresh cilantro over the mixture; stir in. To finish the sauce,
warm thoroughly. When ready, pour or spoon over the chicken breasts.

Makes 4 servings.

>From Gifts for the Goddess on a Hot Summer's Night
C2000 by Lorna Tedder and Shannon Bailey

Braided Circle Bread Recipe

I love braids and circles. I loved them even before I understood the
symbolism of intertwined lives and unending circles. Here's the perfect
combination of two powerful, magickal symbols.

Start by greasing a cookie sheet, lightly. Turn on the oven to 375 degrees.
Now turn on some Celtic music or some music representing your preferred pantheon.

In small bowl (not plastic), empty a 3.5 tube of almond paste for prosperity
and wisdom. Add 1/4 cup sugar and 3 Tablespoons of soft margarine. Mix the
contents of the bowl with a fork, wooden if you have one. Put the bowl aside
for now.

Next, open 1 8-oz can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls. Tear the dough

into 2 rectangles. Place one side over the other to fomr a big rectangle.

Press to seal the edges. Roll out the dough to make one long rectangle, then
cut the flat dough lengthwise into 3 equal strips.

Spread the almond paste mix down the center of each strip. Using a spoon,
press the filling down into a shallow trench. Lift the dough on either side
and fold it over to cover the filling. Seal the edges.

Grease a cookie sheet, lightly. Take the 3 strips of filled dough and braid
them. Bring the ends together into a circle and seal it. Beat one egg and
then brush it over the dough circle. Finish it off by sprinkling sugar and
almond slivers over the dough.

Let the braided dough circle bake at 375 for around 20 minutes or until
golden brown. Let cool. Remove from cookie sheet and place on a special
round serving dish, such as a cake plate.

Makes 8 servings.

>From Gifts for the Goddess on a Hot Summer's Night
C2000 by Lorna Tedder and Shannon Bailey