Astrological Cookery
• General Forecast for
July
• Cancer in the kitchen - Home is
where the Crab is.
General Forecast
for July
2007
This month is a time ripe for
beginnings. While the summer is often a time for relaxation and travel,
you’ll do well to relax and let yourself dream of your ideal life, and how
you can create it. Plan to travel to places that inspire you, and advance you
into the scene you want to be in. The powers that be conspire to help you. Think
of fun in a pragmatic way, and you’re on your way home.
Aries - Not much dramatic play, but a
lot of magnetic pull. Let yourself be persuaded by the craving for completion.
Pull yourself in a good direction, and the tide will sweep you
home.
Taurus - You may be unknowingly
working against yourself. What factors are most noticeable in your struggles?
Stop and think if they aren’t self created.
Gemini- Birthday over, you may have settled
into a scene of confusion. Just let it wash over you, it will all come out right
in the spin-dry cycle. Sweep up the confetti- your new year is already
here.
Cancer - A moment of serenity and
generosity, you can settle in for a month of doing what you love best- taking
care and getting things done.
Leo -
There may be a sense of loss haunting you, but you need to recall that you have
resources- emotional, spiritual and physical – that you have not even
tapped yet. Give a roar and shake that mane, it will work out for
you.
Virgo - You may be considering a
trip, and if so, the education that you receive will be more that you can sum up
on a postcard or an email video. Whatever comes home with you could be life
changing, if you allow.
Libra - Major shakeups are on your mind or
already in process. Time to leave your lover, break your lease or emigrate to
Canada? Think it through, and let yourself find that point of balance. It
can’t all be good. But it’s all
important.
Scorpio - There is something
seriously amiss that you are either unwilling to acknowledge, or just ignorant
of. Look carefully, listen closely and trust your gut. Once you know
what’s happening, you can handle
it.
Sagittarius- Sometimes, you are sitting
in the right place at just the right time. You have some very good cards in your
hand- play them right, and you’ll win
big.
Capricorn - There are so many
small hassles going on, it may seem that just getting through the day is
exhausting. Try not to take it all personally- Those people treat everyone this
way, not just you- Know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and
it’s not the oncoming
train.
Aquarius - Creative and
courageous, that’s you all over. Now is the moment to broadcast those
qualities as long and as loud as you like.
Pisces - Watch a group of children
playing, and notice how freely they exchange roles and ideas. Take that notion
with you, and see what other parts you’d like to play in your own
life.
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Cancer
in the kitchen - Home is where
the Crab
is.
If you are a person born under
the sign of Cancer who does not love to cook, love to shop, love to present a
fabulous meal- well, you might just be the only one. Ruled by the moon, Cancer
is truly the sign of Momness. It’s about nurturing and providing, Cancer
is almost the sign of the Cook, and it all comes from your love of taking care
of others.
The kitchen may be a bit
messy, but the aromas that come from it are delightful. You are particularly
fond of the big production, grand cassoulets, palella, or jambalya might all
have a spot in you repertoire. When it’s time for your birthday,
celebration might be a trip to the farmer’s market and a day spent packing
your homemade salsa or pickles. Your sign even rules the stomach. It just
doesn’t get more symaptico than
that.
Cancer’ s Country
Captain
Chicken
Casserole
3 pounds of chicken, cut
into pieces, skin removed,
1/3 cup
flour
1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon
pepper
1/4 cup of vegetable
oil
1 cup chopped
onion
1 cup chopped green
pepper
3 cloves of garlic, chopped fine or
crushed
1/2 cup of tomato
paste
2 tablespoons brown
sugar
3 heaping teaspoons of curry
powder
2 teaspoons dried thyme or 4 sprigs of
fresh
4 cups hot cooked rice, white or brown
raisins, currents, chopped dried apricots,
almonds
Preheat oven to 350. Blend
flour, salt, and pepper in a bag, and add chicken pieces one at a time, shaking
to coat.
Pour oil into a skillet and
brown the chicken pieces, a few minutes on each side. Place browned chicken into
a 9 x 13 baking dish.
Add onions,
peppers, and garlic to the skillet, and sauté for three to five minutes.
Stir in water, tomato paste, sugar,
curry and thyme. When nicely blended, pour the sauce over the chicken and bake
uncovered for an hour.
Serve on a bed
of rice, and top with dried fruit and almonds.
Country Captain is an old style
Southern American corruption of a chicken curry, and it will keep a Cancer happy
in the kitchen for more than an hour. Lots to play with, pretty to present and
delicious as well. I’ll bet someone will even tell you it reminds them of
home.
And that will put a smile on your
face that just couldn’t be
Crabbier.
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Posted: Sun - July 1, 2007 at 08:41 AM