First comes chicken, then comes marriage? Be skeptical if you must, but this recipe may be charmed. It all began 26 years ago, when then-Glamour fashion editor Kim Bonnell gave the recipe to her assistant, Kathy Suder, who made the chicken for her boyfriend, who, a month later, asked her to marry him.. When Bonnell heard that her recipe had inspired three weddings, she dubbed it Engagement Chicken. Try the recipe, give it to a friend—oh, and let us know when it works!
1 whole chicken (approximately 4 pounds)
1/2 c lemon juice
3 whole lemons -including 1 sliced for garnish
1 Tbsp kosher or sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1
fresh herbs for garnish (4 rosemary sprigs, 4 sage sprigs,8 thyme
sprigs and one bunch fresh parsley) optional can vary herbs and
amounts.
Position an oven rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat the oven to 400°F.
Remove the giblets from the chicken, wash the chicken inside and out
with cold water, then let the chicken drain, cavity down, in a colander
for 2 minutes.
Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Place the chicken breast-side
down in a medium roasting pan fitted with a rack and pour the lemon
juice all over the chicken, both inside and out. Season the chicken all
over with salt and pepper inside and out.
Prick 2 whole lemons three times each in three different places with a
fork and place them deep inside the cavity. Chicken cavity size may
vary, so if one lemon is partly sticking out, that’s fine. (Tip: If the
lemons are stiff, roll them on the countertop with your palm before
pricking to get the juices flowing.)
Put the chicken in the oven, lower the oven temperature to 350°F, and roast, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
Remove the roasting pan from the oven. Using tongs or two wooden
spoons, turn the chicken breast- side up. Insert a meat thermometer in
the thigh, and return the chicken to the oven and roast for about 1 hour
to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the meat thermometer reads 180°F and
the juices run clear when the thigh is pricked with a fork. Continue
roasting if necessary. Keep in mind that cooking times in different
ovens vary; roasting a chicken at 350°F takes approximately 18-20
minutes per pound, plus an additional 15 minutes.
Let the chicken rest for 10 minutes before carving. And here’s the secret: Pour the juices from the roasting pan on top of the sliced chicken— this is the “marry me juice.” Garnish with fresh herbs and lemon slices.
Note: it works on a man or woman so men what want that little lady to commit start your ovens.
The Magick behind this recipe is
Lemon is used to clear negativity, used in love spells, it in-tunes your energies together, ensures fidelity and excites love in a relationship.
Sage drives away disturbances and lifts the spirit above the mundane. It is also a used in manifesting wish spells.
Thyme cleanses past ills and sorrows. It is used to combat fears and enable you to courageously over come past trouble. It also make a woman irresistible if you wear it in your hair.
Parsley when eaten excites lust and fertility, stops contamination of anything including a relationship. But tear it and never cut it as cutting it ends love.
Salt in this case is used to cleanse the environment in with your relationship has found its self in in order to create a new beginning.
Pepper is used to both banish unwanted rivals and to stop jealous thoughts.
Chicken it's self carries a chemical that makes you relax and want to fall asleep. This euphoric type felling is not unlike a trusting relationship which further makes him feel secure in the relationship.
But before you start cooking get your game plan in order
1st Plan the evening and make the invite.
2nd clean the house. no one wants to see the dirty side of you tonight.
3rd buy flowers and set the table nice with pretty romantic touches like white and red candles. Remember the candles they will be used in a spell. (*See below)
4th wear something nice. Shave, style your hair and what ever else needs attending to.
5th when you cook always stir deosil (clockwise) this stirs love and intent into your food. and remember to think about each ingredient and why it is put in. you can use this spell while you stir
Spell to use while making chicken
As the fire burns beneath this pot
parsley, lemon and what-have-we-not,
First to clear the way I add, Salt to
cleans a new path for us (add salt),
Thyme to give you courage to envision
a new life with me (add thyme),
Sage to drive away past worries and
mishaps while evoking this wish spell (Add sage).
Into this dinner, a chicken I plop, to
nourish and fill your senses,
parsley to excite love (add parsley),
Lemon to in-tunes our energies, ensure
fidelity and excite a loving relationship Add the lemon and lemon
juice).
Salt to magnify my intention and
cleanse negative thoughts (add salt)
As the fires heat our passions I add a
little pepper to spice up our life while discouraging jealousy (add
pepper).
As this meal cooked with love, joins
with my intentions to love honor and respect you, I invoke the age
old power of 3 x 3, as I have envisioned so shall it be. (as you say
this have a clear picture of a happy marriage in your mind.)
6th after she arrives and you are about to sit at the decorated table, use this spell as you light the candles. this can be done in your mind or out loud.
Candle of white create the purity of a true love relationship (lite the white candle)
Candle of red ignite the passion of love "old and new" gathering and bestowing it on we two (lite the red candle)
* Setting the table
place the plates across from each other and in the center place the candles with the flowers in between. you will need 1 red candle, 1 white candle 1 cup salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, red food coloring, candy hearts .
Now in a bowl add 1 cup salt, a teaspoon of sugar and a bit of red food coloring. mix it be stirring it counter clockwise to dis-spell negativity. until it is all one color. place that in a baggie while saying.
with negativity gone only love remains.
Then cut a small hole in the baggie so a small stream of salt mix can escape.
then draw a heart around each candle with the big end towards you and the point towards them. As you do this say:
My heart is full my actions pure,
I am sending all my love to you.
Then scatter candy hearts about the tables center but not touching the salt.
When you sit think back at your intentions to renew the action and manifest it faster. And can I say
When you sit think back at your intentions to renew the action and manifest it faster. And can I say
Congratulations I hope you two will be very happy. My daughters wedding with her brother and my hubby by her side.
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