Belonging and Conjuring: The Healing Magic Of Black Cook Pots
In this 60min offering mother and child duo, B. Anderson, Jr. (They/They) and their Mother "Queen Bea" Anderson will share story, practice and tradition to uplift the freedom seeking dishes that crossed the Atlantic, survived through emancipation and with us now acting as the foundation to chart our path towards total liberation.
Through combining the grandmother wit and wisdom of the lived experience of 81 year old Queen Bea and the study and practice of B. Anderson's love of plants and the culinary arts, participants will explore the hidden made visible medicinal and spiritual, and scientific properties of the Black southern dish of collard greens/potlikkur and the Caribbean dish of Callaloo.
We together through our own re-remembering and imagining of the stories of our ancestors' past will divine into the future what dreams we have for the medicine we stir, sift, and steam into the lifetimes of our children to come. *we will be cooking, cackling and telling family stories. Come share our recipes and be fed.
Materials List:
Ingredients to cook one of the following dishes Collard Greens/Potlikkur or Callaloo,
Materials Necessary:
Large pot, Cutting board, Pistol and mortar, Water, Large spoon, Knife, Stove or hot plate.
Collard Greens/Potlikkur (non-vegetarian)
6 small bunches collard greens 1 extra large smoked ham hock make sure it is meaty!
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp bacon grease
1 tbsp seasoned salt
2 tsp worcheshire sauce
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (you can go down on this to 1/2 teaspoon if you like less heat.)
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
*replace ham hock or bacon with liquid smoke
Callaloo
1 Bundle Callaloo/ 1 Packaged Grace Pre Cut Callaloo
1 Medium Onion
1 Small Tomato
4 Pimento Berries
2 Tsp Butter
3 Slices of Scotch Bonnet Pepper
1 Tsp Salt Pepper to Taste
About "Queen Bea" Anderson and B. Anderson:
"Queen Bea" Anderson (she/hers), born and raised in Mississippi knows the life and also the practice of living through the Jim Crow era. Taught to grow and make medicine from farm to table chef, baker, writer, doll collector, plant steward, and mother of five children has the gift of JOY and the teachings of her Fulani, Black Native resilience etched deep into her spirt.
B. Anderson (they/them is a somatic & music therapy practitioner, herbalist, meditation teacher, mediator and community organizer. B. calls up the traditions, legacies and medicine of their southern Black American, Jamaican Maroon and Choctaw ancestry as their healing arts praxis. As a life long student of her mothers, fathers and elders plant medicine traditions, B. became an apprentice of Karen Rose in their honor in 2018 and certified in Ayurvedic Medicine with Dr. Naina Marballi.