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Table Etiquette

A crash course on fine dining/ being invited to dinner at someone’s place. Even if you don’t fine dine, I’d recommend you start practicing these habits in any establishment so that they come to you naturally.

Remember : A typical four-course meal consists of a soup, an appetizer, an entrée, and dessert.

If you’re standing at some sort of a networking session/ mixer:

Keep at least one hand free. If you are standing, have only a drink or food in one hand, never both.  Hold a drink in your left hand so that you have a clean hand for a handshake. You can eat and drink while sitting, but it is always better to stand and greet.

Sitting/ dining out/ invited to dinner:

1. Wait to be seated by the staff/ host.

2. Napkin on your lap the minute you sit down at the table.

3. if you're looking at the menu, make sure to have the bottom, or at least one part of it, still touching the table, even if your impulse is to bring it closer to your face. Don’t lift the menu off the table to your nose.

4. Once you sip from a glass, you must sip from the exact same place on that glass for the rest of the evening.

5. If there’s a breadbasket and butter on your table - don’t dip the bread in the communal butter plate. Take a piece of the butter with your butter knife, put it on the side plate, then spread that butter on your bread. Don’t double dip! Your bread plate is the one on your left, by the way. And your glass will be on your right.

6. If your table has a lot of silverware - start from the outside and work your way in.

7. Dishes should be passed in a counter-clockwise flow. Don’t reach across the table.

8. Lay you fork and knife diagonally across the plate, side by side, pointing at 10:00 and 4:00 on a clock face. This signifies to the wait staff that you have finished.

9. Keep the rim of your plates as clean as possible, as a sign of respect to the staff.

Cultural differences:

1. Whilst eating Indian food/ in India, always eat with your right hand. The left hand should never touch the food. This is also seen in the Arab world - use only the thumb, index finger and middle finger to pick up food.

2. In Korea, one waits for the senior most person in the room to sit and eat, and is followed suit. Sharing is caring - food is often ordered to share with each other rather than individual plates.

3. Chopsticks etiquette (general): don’t stick and leave your chopsticks in your food perpendicular to the table, it signifies death. Don't set your chopsticks down pointed at another person at the table. Don't point your chopsticks at other people around the table.

4. France: bread on the table is meant to accompany the main dish, not as an appetiser.

What are some table manners that one should keep in mind if they’re eating food/ eating with someone of your culture?

✨Soft witchy words🌼:

Nefelibata - a cloud walker, A creative person who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams.

Lotus eater - a person who lives a dreamy life of ease, indifferent to the busy world.

Burble - to speak in a excited manner.

Floromancy - divination using flowers.

Floresta - woodland, greenwood, dell, glen, forest a dense collection of trees.

Hederate - to decorate with ivy.

Bumble Bee bliss - joyful and care free.

Tryst - a secret meeting between people who are romantically in love.

Honey hearted - extremely sweet/kind hearted.

Aita - a garden

Bluebell hearted - good natured and hyper empathetic to a fault.

Wonderment - a puzzle or curiosity

Mouse heart - shy and easily scared.

Vim - lively or energetic spirit/enthusiasm.

Kindliness - friendliness evidence by a kindly or helpful disposition.

Wanderlust - a strong desire for adventure.

Bonhomie - good natured cheerful friendliness; geniality.

Resplendent -  shining brilliantly, characterized by a glowing splendor.

Rosarium - a garden specifically for roses.

Florentis - blooming/in bloom, flowering; flourishing, prosperous; flowery, bright/shining.

Lambent - glowing with soft radiance.

Woolgathering - indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagination.

Moonstruck - dreamily romantic or bemused.

Stardusted - naive romantic qualities.

Peach hearted - extremely sweet/soft hearted and extremely emotionally sensitive.

Forget-me-dots - someone who's innocently/harmlessly forgetful and naive.

Daisydew - a innocent person.

Honey hymns - a beautiful voice.

Twitterpated - extremely love struck.

Redamancy - the act of loving one who loves you, fully that loves you back.

Phosphenese - the colors or " stars " you see when you rub your eyes.

Strawberry mooned - deeply in entranced by another person.

Balter - to dance aimlessly without grace or skill but usually for enjoyment.

Sun speckled - having kind and warm natured qualities.

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💸I am grateful for all the abundance coming to me now

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💸I am open to receiving unlimited wealth

💸I am receiving all of my hearts desires

💸I am filled with joy and gratitude

💸I love abundance and prosperity and I attract it naturally always.

💸The divine is always manifesting abundance for me

💸I am surrounded by wealth and people of prosperity

💸I release all worry surrounding money

💸I release all negative energy around money

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💸I am successful at all that I do

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💸I am powerful attracting prosperity

💸I am receive large amounts of money everyday

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❄️🍲Soothing Winter Stew❄️🍲

This is a classic dish, some of you may better know as Labskovs but there's heaps of variations of it! It's a winter favorite for me and always cook tons of it; it's better shared and honestly is one of those recipes that's always better the next day! 🤎 It can be easily adjusted to whatever leftovers you have around(meat, veggies, portions, etc.). For my own practice, I often take the act of making it and make that an offering to Hel and when the stew is done it's an offer to Loki's family, landvættir, and make it a community meal. Do what you please with it and I do hope you enjoy my take on the recipe, please share any photos if you make it!

You'll Need:

5lbs of potatoes - russet is preferred, anything that's flowery

2lbs of chuck steak

4 1/2 cups of water

1 large onion or 1 1/2 medium sized ones

1lbs of baby bellas sliced(I often change this out with whatever we have leftover, sometimes carrots, leeks, or cabbage)

6 bay leaves

5 thyme sprigs or 3/4 tsp of dried thyme

whole garlic clove

4tbsp of butter

2tbsp of pepper

1tbsp of coarse salt

a dutch oven or large sauce pan

To garnish:

6tbsp of chopped chives

Sauerkraut or pickled beets

loaf of bread on the side - we tend to favor potato or rye

To cook:

Heat 2tbsp of the butter in your pan at medium heat. While the pan is warming cut the steak into one inch cubes.

Add the steak to the butter and and brown slightly. Then immediately add the water and gradually bring the water to a boil. [Skim all the froth off the service].

Add the onions, mushrooms, whatever vegetables you chose, bay, thyme, cloves, pepper + salt into the pot. Let it simmer for an hour.[Do not let it boil!]

While the stew is simmering, cut(and peel if you want) your potatoes into 1inch cubes. Add them to the pot and let it simmer for another hour or until the meat falls apart easily and is tender.

Drain off the excess water and add the remaining butter to the pot. Stir clockwise until mixed and mashed, but keep the potatoes a little lumpy.

Serve with your garnishes and enjoy! Let it cool before storing in the fridge.

Correspondences:

baby bellas - longevity, intuition, safety, good health + healing(this is a correspondence i use based on the actual healing effect of mushrooms)

bay leaf - purification, clairvoyance + divination, prosperity + strength(the last two I tend to use w/the intention of the whole household or families I'm sharing with)

cabbage(sauerkraut) - ancestral magic + old wisdom(cabbage is supposedly one the oldest vegetables known to man), protection, moon oriented magic

garlic - courage + strength, healing, spell breaking + shielding

pepper - banishing negativity + cleansing(I like to use intent for the hearth because the whole home is smelling like stew in the end), protection

salt - security + protection, healing, purifying

thyme - good fortune + health, courage, happiness, healing

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Decided to make a caramel custard pudding for my stepfather’s birthday. Hope it turns out okay.

Edit: I’m finally done and I think I did pretty good for my first time making it.

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