Hot Foot Powder

Hot Foot powder is among the oldest rootwork recipes there are, long predating the era of mail-order catalogs and perfumed oils and things with cute names - long predating bottled oils at all, in fact. It's about as raw and old-school as it gets.

There are probably as many Hot Foot recipes as there are rootworkers, but they all contain ingredients intended to make a target leave their place of residence or where they're staying or working, even move out of the area entirely. This is accomplished by various irritating and agitating influences that might bring more or less misery to the target as they're working, depending on the recipe, the intent of the worker, and the mode of deployment.

My Hot Foot formula includes various powdered insect bits and peppers, among other things, so wash your hands after using it and don't get it near children, pets, your eyes, nose, mouth, or anybody who isn't your target. If you are especially sensitive and/or have allergies or asthma, you should probably just wear a dust mask when you handle this so there's no risk of you inhaling any fine airborne particles.

• Corked Bottle: Glass vial/bottle shape may vary depending on my supplier, but these will contain 1/2 oz by weight. In some cases that might mean the vial/bottle will not appear to be full since some containers are designed to leave headroom and since contents can settle during shipping. But these are packed by weight, not volume, so you're getting the full half-ounce by weight no matter the size and shape of the vial/bottle.

• Small Bag: Resealable plastic bag contains 1 oz.

• Medium Bag: Resealable plastic bag contains 3 oz.