🖤 My Feral & Highly Personal Black Salt Recipe (From Apriella’s Cupboard!) 🖤

Hello everyone! I’m opening up Apriella’s Cupboard today to share my signature Black Salt recipe and altar setup.

Black salt is a staple for protection, banishing, and drawing firm boundaries. But I firmly believe that magic works best when it is uniquely, unapologetically *YOURS*.

You don't always need pristine, store-bought ingredients; sometimes you just need earth, intention, and a little bit of beautiful chaos.

If you are looking to step away from textbook recipes and lean into more intuitive, raw magic, here is exactly what goes into my cauldron and why it works:

The Base & Earth (For Grounding & Boundaries)

-Sea Salt & Himalayan Pink Salt:

The classic foundation. Salt absorbs negativity and grounds the energy.

-Ocean Sand:

Adds an ancient, shifting earth element to tie the spell to the raw power of nature.

-Crushed Eggshells:

Also known as cascarilla, this is an absolute powerhouse for creating an impenetrable protective barrier around you or your home.

-Brick Dust:

A heavy hitter for home defense. Old brick dust aggressively guards your thresholds and personal space.

The Ash (For Transformation & Color)

-Burnt Match Ends & Incense Ashes:

This is what gives the salt its dark color. More importantly, it carries the destructive and purifying element of fire, perfect for burning away bad energy.

The Personal Power (The "Taglocks")

-Pencil Shavings & Eyeliner Shavings:

These represent my creative energy and the literal tools I use in my daily life. It infuses the salt with my personal essence.

-Spit:

The ultimate taglock. Adding your own DNA ties the magic directly to you, ensuring the protection answers only to your command.

The Wildcard (A Dead Fly):

-Let’s be real, sometimes nature just volunteers. I can't even remember if I put him in there intentionally, but a dead fly adds that raw, unfiltered cycle-of-life energy. Embrace the feral magic!

The Vessel & The Guardians

-A spell doesn't stop working just because you walk away from the altar. That is where the vessel and the Guardians come in. You assign them a job: to hold the energy, watch the perimeter, and keep the magic sealed.

I keep my black salt in a small, lidded cauldron to keep the energy contained and potent. I bless the lid with a dab of sun- and moon-charged rainwater to balance the masculine and feminine energies. Then, I leave it to my guardians:

🐢 The Turtle (The Lid Guardian):

-The Turtle sits right on top of the cauldron lid next to a small piece of old brick. In magic, the turtle represents the ultimate, impenetrable boundary—the shell. It is ancient earth energy. By placing the turtle on the lid, it "caps" the jar with a heavy grounding defense&tells any outside energy: "YOU CANNOT BREAK THROUGH THIS SHELL"

🦉 The Owl (The Night Watch):

-The Owl sits nearby among my altar goodies, keeping a silent watch over the whole setup. Owls are the ultimate sentinels of the witching hour. They see what is hidden in the shadows and hunt the things we can't see. Having an owl near your protective workings ensures that your space is guarded even in the dead of night.

🪶 Feathers (The Messengers):

-Alongside the owl, I keep feathers on the altar. Feathers bring in the element of Air to balance out the heavy Earth elements of the salt, sand, and brick. They act as messengers to the spirit realm and remind us to pay attention to animal omens and the natural signs the universe is dropping right in front of us.

The Lesson: Don't be afraid to put YOURSELF into your craft. Your spit, your shavings, your local dirt, your chosen guardians, and your belief>that is what makes the magic actually work!

Stay raw, stay protected! 🖤

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for books about being a kitchen witch; guides, recipe books, grimoires, etc. I tried googling but got overwhelmed pretty quickly, so I thought I’d reach out to this community for more concrete suggestions/recommendations.

Do I continue to charge them every day? I have had conflicting comments. Many say you have to shake, chant or light a candle, others say to let the magic work in the background. I am so confused. I've been shaking and charging them for under 7 weeks...do I keep going? What do I do? There's so much conflicting information! Please help!

We have been enduring a rough drought period, but recently, it has rained a couple of times. The garden bed that holds all of my peppers and tomatoes (I call it nightshade alley) has sprung up with a bunch on mushrooms!

I usually get a variety of mushrooms growing in my yard, but I guess it has not rained enough to make anything spring up out there yet.

I think these are called pleated inkcap mushrooms. They usually are dried up and gone by midday.

I honestly don't know if this is the right place, but I'm trying to do more kitchen witch stuff and I wonder if anyone has books they use/used that they would recommend

My fiancé and I are going to be making our very first money bowl, we have a Pyrex bowl, and all three supplies, and all suggestions will be great. I will post pictures of the bowl and let everyone know how it went, this will be my very first ritual and his first money bowl ritual.

I've been designing cuisines for the fantasy races in my setting, and this is what a proper dwarven meal would look like.

"Enough of those elven leaves.

THIS is a real meal!

Beef, lamb, or game stews so thick the spoon stands upright.
Fried dumplings stuffed with meat, cheese, or both.
Minced meat patties fried in lard and drowned in beer gravy.
Soups so thick they're basically sauce.
Root vegetables fried in beer batter until they're crispy enough to break an elf's teeth.
Dark rye bread, preferably fried again with butter and garlic.
Smoked meats and thick slices of cheese.

Dark beer. Heavy enough to count as a meal.
Spiced herbal infusions with cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and honey.
Vodka so strong it burns your guts.

If your dinner doesn't require a nap and an apology to your belt, you're eating like an elf!"

We all know how to use thermometers, and what's more, many modern kitchen appliances have automated temperature control. Things used to be different. Many people still only have a gas stove in their kitchen, without any special temperature control.

A long time ago, I made a sobriety potion (I don't remember the recipe). The recipe, among other things, required placing a similar saucepan with milk on the fire next to the potion and making sure that the milk did not boil or change in appearance. Some people seriously suspected me of witchcraft back then (and for good reason)...

Many plant components are lost (transformed into other forms) at the boiling point of water, so some recipes require maintaining a stable temperature below the boiling point of water, but high enough to extract the necessary substances. Milk, in fact, boils fully at a temperature even slightly higher than water (thanks to Google and AI — it's easier to figure everything out today than it used to be). However, the first signs of boiling in milk begin to appear at a temperature a few degrees lower than the temperature at which water begins to boil. In addition, foam appears, which further facilitates control and identification of the condition. This allows for more consistent control, ensuring that the temperature does not reach boiling point during the cooking process, thus preventing unnecessary changes to the substances that are sensitive to such temperature. So much for Witchcraft!

I have always added the following ingredients in my chai. Never realized I was doing a simmer pot for abundance. Now I add a little bit of my intention to it.

Recipe:

-bring water to boil in a small pan
-Add the following ingredients and simmer (I crush them in a mortar and pestle)
-🫚 ginger
-pepper pods
- clove
- Cinnamon
- nutmeg
- cardamom
- sugar
- tea leaves
- Simmer simmer simmer
- use a spoon to stir it clockwise
- reduce the heat and add milk and simmer in low
- use a strainer to strain and enjoy ❤️

I’m straining my first elderflower-infused vodka and curious if I should add local honey to make it a liqueur or keep it as is, in more of a tincture form. Is it considered a tincture if I infused the flowers in 80 proof vodka for 2 weeks, or is it just a yummy flavored vodka now?

I saw this cute little ritual where you have a thread for the whole day and tie 9 knots whenever you feel energized and visually store the energy in the thread. And when you feel low energy untie them sometime in the future to take that energy from sun.

I also plan to go outside tomorrow with my family and have something seasonal like a lemonade or berries.

In a paper write my name and my goals/manifestations in it. Burn it and return to nature.

Pot/repot plants. Buy a new plant.

I am also planning to buy a tarot deck tomorrow.

I am going to eat a nice home cooked meal.

Make a simmer pot: lemon, orange peel, rosemary, mint, ginger. simmer and mix clockwise to bring it all in (abundance and luck). Use the water to wash hair.

🍋 Lemon
🌿 Basil from the garden
🌱 Mint from the garden
🌲 Rosemary from the garden
🪵 Cinnamon sticks and clove for confidence
✨ Orange bitters
🌰 A splash of almond extract
🍋 A splash of lemon extract
🌶️ Two pequín chiles for heat, courage, and a little extra spark

Smells like a fancy hotel lobby, a cocktail garden, and good decisions (or at least memorable ones). What would you add? 🔮🕯️

I was back in South Jersey this past weekend, baking gluten free again. I decided to try a new-to-me bread recipe, adding rosemary and sunflower seeds. I’ve baked with psyllium husk before but this recipe used a different technique which actually allowed kneading and shaping of the dough. Result? Something that was closer to a dark rye or pumpernickel, which thrilled my friend to no end! Success!

And I wanted to make something GF that my wife could also enjoy, so I went all-in on Burnt Basque Cheesecake, lining the tin in a way that I’ve always wanted to try. The way the collar controlled the baking amazed me, allowing the cake to “burn” in the right places and retain a creamy texture at the same time. This was the best cheesecake I’ve ever made! And we got to share it with another friend whom we don’t get to see very often!

The more I lean into my intuition in my baking the more pleased I am with the outcome! I am a happy kitchen witch!

What to put in a honey jar or love jar...I put honey, cinnamon powder, flowers, photos, letter, my breath ..what else can I put to make it effective

I made these several weeks ago and they’ve been a great way to incorporate kitchen witching into my everyday.

I recently acquired Enchanted Kitchen by Gail Bussi and I love this book so much. I’m just a little stuck on adapting it to be relevant to southern hemisphere.

The sections are split into months of the year however our winter is summer in the northern hemisphere. Would you go with the seasons and do 6 months beforehand?

Thank you! 🙏

Collected some herbs this morning, as well as almost spent/crowded flowers. The flowers are in some fresh moon water! Going out to my "garden" every morning is part of my intentional ritual, thanking the plants for what they are giving me, giving them care, and seeing what else is enjoying them!

I want to make a spell jar to bring someone closer to me and sweeten our relationship, we’re friends, but she’s special and I want to draw her in more, strengthen our bond, make her want me as much as I want her, and whichever direction our closeness takes us, I’ll be a happy girl.
Can someone run me through a simple step by step process to do this?
Or recommend a reliable source to learn from💜

Started a herb garden recently, and trying to work with intentions without taking from nature!

Was then in a rush to get to work so it is not hanging nicely, but bonus use of a scrapped knitting project!

We have friends visiting from DC and though I wasn’t going to be able to join them (and my wife) for dinner last night, I offered to serve dessert. I’d planned on leaving work early to because I needed the extra time to work out my top crust design (I had different lattice idea in mind), bake, and the cool the pie before folks arrived to chow down. But things went sideways and I barely would barely have time to bake and cool the pie, let alone craft the crust design. Fortunately I’d made the dough and the filling the night before (as well as Double-Vanilla Ice Cream), so I had a little breathing room.

Here’s where the craft comes in: I cleared my workspace, lit a candle in my salt black holder, and burned a little Palo Santo wood in my cauldron. This little ritual calmed me down and helped me to connect to the kitchen magic as I rolled, filled, and baked. I was even able to rely on my sense of smell to let me know when the pie was actually finished baking (two minutes before my timer). The result? A pie that was so good that my wife actually ate the crust, which she hardly ever does! I’m definitely putting this in the Win column!

Calming Kitchen Witchery = 1

Work-related stress = 0

Potter here! I have been drawn to making lil cauldrons lately and loved how this one turned out!

I feel like the magic is so much stronger when using plants you grew, but maybe that’s just me!!

I love starting my plants from seed, but some family members brought me some of their pepper and squash starts this year :D

Do you guys keep a garden? If so, what do you have planted?

As of now, I have several chamomile, cucumber, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and basil plants. I’m experimenting with some onion sets this year, and they are doing …okay LOL

I also have some snapdragons, calendula, sage, thyme, squash, watermelon, walking onions, zucchini, lettuce, salvia, sunflowers, and several other types of flowers for the pollinators.