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Feast Your Eyes: Fandom Cookbook Recipe Review #7

Blue Noodles And Sweet Failure - Star Wars Ultimate Cookbook + Galaxy’s Edge Cookbook

Tonight's menu: sourced from Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge + Star Wars Ultimate Cookbooks

Main Dish: Gormaanda’s Glowblue Noodles, pg 103 of Galaxy’s Edge Cookbook

Side Dish: Hanava Pods, pg 185 of Star Wars Ultimate Cookbook

Dessert (not pictured): Aleen Firefly, pg 125 of Star Wars Ultimate Cookbook

Full review under the cut!

Aurum Leuci’s Log:

[Begin recording.] I just left the outpost. There was a chef in the tavern that let me help make a send-off dinner, and it turned out pretty good. I’m off through the multiverse again, towards one of the locations I ended up in on accident when the portals were miscalibrated. Not much else to report. Wait for my next transmission. Aurum Leuci out. [End log.]

Please see this post for my full review scale!

Main Dish: Gormaanda’s Glowblue Noodles

RATING:

Difficulty: 5/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 4/5

TOTAL RATING: 24/25

This was a fun recipe, and I was excited to do it since I finally got the butterfly pea tea bags for the colorant (no gel food coloring here!) When I eventually make it again I think I’ll probably use a thicker noodle, since the angel hair rice noodles were a little rough to work with, and the cookbook’s image resembles a soba noodle rather than such a thin noodle. The original recipe called for mozzarella balls (which I couldn’t find a vegan alternative for) so we just compensated with a couple extra tomatoes. It was delicious and alien and exotic, and at the same time incredibly homey and comfortable.

Side Dish: Hanava Pods

RATING:

Difficulty: 4/5

Ingredients: 4/5

Immersion: 3/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 5/5

TOTAL RATING: 22/25

Not much to say about these; the recipe is a little overcomplicated (don’t boil your frozen edamame, just put them in the microwave). But aside from that, they were pretty well seasoned and tasty. The ichimi togarashi (japanese hot pepper flakes) was super, super spicy! So definitely wash your hands thoroughly after eating these.

This really only loses points for telling you to boil frozen edamame, and also for just being… edamame. They aren’t terribly immersive. But they are tasty!

Dessert: Aleen Firefly (mocktail)

RATING:

Difficulty: 1/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 1/5

End Result: 0/5

TOTAL RATING: 12/25

If you look at the picture of today’s dinner, you’ll notice that there is no mocktail. Did I just forget to photograph it? Was it labeled wrong? What’s up with that?

Well, friends… I was very excited about this recipe. It was essentially a soda with pineapple juice and little jello cubes at the bottom. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of trusting the cookbook in its explanation of how to prepare jello. (Don’t do this.) By the time dinner rolled around, the jello had only sort of set and had just kind of turned into… pretty sludge?

Anyway, after trying to put it together as a cohesive drink, I realized that I wasn’t going to get anywhere close to the cookbook’s version (which looked very cool and pretty), so I decided to just try a sip of it. Even if it had been visually successful, I wasn’t a huge fan of the taste, so this recipe ties Pandora’s Shoreline Salad for lowest rating thus far. At least this one didn’t clog my sink!

Tune in this Friday (6/28/24) for another fandom cookbook review!

[eternalwanderlustvagabond]

Someone: How excited are you for Ahsoka part 5?

Me: I literally cooked a Star Wars meal for tonight.

From the Galaxy’s Edge cookbook: Tatooine Terrine, Ronto Wrappers, Pitmaster’s Choice, and Sweet-Sand Cookies.

From the Amavikka meta: Tzai (Fialleril’s recipe) and Pallie cakes (my extrapolation from Luke setting out some “round, fragrant cakes” with Tzai in one of Fia’s stories).

[masterjedilenawrites]

The 3 remaining drinks are... Hypderdrive (berry soda), Cliff Dweller (non-alcoholic pina colada), and Bantha Chai (blue spiced milk).

Or if you've already tried these, then pick your favorite!

I've made most of these and they're all really good! 🍹☕️🍺

[vetinarivimesy]

Okay okay okay. I'm enough of a nerd that yes I own those damned Disney Star Wars themepark cookbooks, and I've been steadily working my way through most of the recipes in them.

Mostly the recipes are a great balance of fun, interesting, and vaguely deliberately shifted around a really solid base to make it just a little unfamiliar so it's 'space' themed. But actually something you'd be willing to cook, without a million and a half rather finnicky steps and a ton of things to wash up before the thing even meets heat.

(With one or two minor SNAFUs caused by ye olde separated by a common language - tomato paste vs tomato puree woops)

But ahem, anyway that 'spicy' Mandalorian stew, ey?

For all of the advertised heat in the thing... You essentially end up with a rather tasty Japanese style curry with couscous in it, rather than rice on the side.

Nice? Yes.

Spicy? No not really. Even compared to other similarly mild curries, and taking spicy to mean spiced not hot. The Japanese style curry this recipe seems to be based around somewhat infamously comes from the bland for the UK-palette generic curry powder of the Victorians...

Sooo. I am spitefully choosing to follow a large chunk of fandom's example and picking bits of Star Wars at random to pick and choose my canon from... I'm now taking that recipe as 'proof' that Mandalorian cooking... really isn't all that hot.

And yes, I made that Pog soup too. Tasty? Yeah sure. Spicy? ...Eh?

And again, spitefully logicking my way through, which culture is always depicted in the films as actually extremely multicultural, and actually allows its members to retain their home traditions from their roots, and actually is based loosely around Asia rather than the old colonising empire building bounty hunters and rogues mashed with Knights Templar thing that is still the bulk of what the Mandos have?

The Jedi.

Who, notably, are absolutely missing any representation whatsoever in either of the two Disney-era Star Wars cookbooks. Since the setting is post the second Jedi genocide in the Skywalker Saga...

So whilst I'm now headcanoning, Mando food as all bark and very little bite, spitefully and based solely off of a very dubious bit of 'canon'.

I can also with impunity go, Sichuan cooking for the Jedi? Yes. Yes. Yes. Genuinely interesting Indian cuisine? Sure why not? Spicy Uzbek style stews? Great! Shakshouka as fiery as you can get it for breakfast? Amazing! Enough spicy kefta to feed fifty ravenous knights? Fabulous!

There's a brisk, and expensive given they're just cheap space-ramen, trade in the Jedi Temple sector of Coruscant of all the numerous flavours of Space-Buldak Chilli Noodles, since the Padawans basically live off of them.

Swimming in chilli already? Well that's not hot enough for old Master Rancisis! Add more! And don't forget the numbing peppercorns, that's Master Sifo-Dyas's favourite part!

Cue a fanfic, with the usual increasingly irritating set-up. Ahahaha, lets laugh at the culture that supposedly eats nothing but the blandest thing on the menu encounter the Manly Men we only eat the Hottest Vindaloo because we're hard! culture... And... Nope, nosiree the Mandos cannot handle it at all, cue much blue milk chugging, and not from the jedi half of the contingent. Despite all their showboating about how spicy they love their spicy spicy stew, they're like the old stereotype about white Brits in an Indian Curry House in Goodness Gracious Me.

(Seriously still far too spitefully amused that the official 'Spicy Mandalorian Stew' recipe produced bland but tasty comfort food in reality.)

[zforhire]

I’m not sure why I wanted to try this recipe—usually I’m not a fan of raw peppers.  (Maybe it was because I recognized the name from Tech talking about them?)  But I’m glad I tried them!  The filling was enough to cover the taste-issue that I usually have with raw peppers and was so tasty.  I’d actually take this one to the potluck gatherings I do. ^~^

[underacalicosky]

do marshmallows exist in the gffa?

FRIEND. I had a ton of stuff to do today, which obviously meant it was the perfect opportunity to read 'Star Wars Galaxy's Edge The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook' cover-to-cover to find out if, in fact, marshmallows exist in the gffa.

Short answer: no; doesn't look like it.

BUT - sugar definitely does! In multiple different forms! As does...*drumroll please* both chocolate chips and graham crackers. THEREFORE - I posit that s'mores could exist.

Make of this what you will.

So yes, I’m terrible. I derailed @grapenehifics’s entire day by leaving that comment in a post, and as usual, she researched the crap out if it, telling me, “hey s’mores could exist in canon” and I’m only human, how could I NOT immediately picture Obikin sitting by a campfire roasting marshmallows? So I wrote something. And I sprinkled in some Taylor prompts from @somethingsteff. And I came up with a fluffy friendship fic with a dash of Anakin pining (because he’s so delicious like that) for my Love In Many Forms series. (Sorry, no smut!)

[lazinesswrites]

Comfortember for WIP Wednesday please!

Here you go - this is from the fill for day 16: Coffee/Tea Break, with CodyWan ^-^

The coffee, when Cody tries it, is rich and creamy and warm – both in taste and temperature. With the spices, and the sugar, and the lightly whipped cream on top, it feels almost decadent in a way Cody just isn’t used to and maybe hadn’t thought he would enjoy, but—but he does. He takes another sip of his caf and looks over the top of the mug at Obi-Wan smiling at him from across the small kitchen table, and—yeah. He could get used to this. “It’s called Sunrise Caf,” Obi-Wan tells him with a smile that’s both fond and a little mischievous. “I thought it was appropriate.”  

Find the rules and titles for this week's WIP Wednesday ask game here.

Sunrise Caf is a recipe from the cookbook Star Wars Galaxy's Edge - The official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook.

[ophexis]

WAO

HELLO! Supposedly/allegedly, I should be able to again mainly work from home for the next TWO WEEKS which is very exciting (and im trying to not think about being forced in office 4 days a week permanently right after) So since I should have a little bit of time, and might even have the time for a grocery run friday, I figured I'd put up a poll to do some cooking!!!

It's getting spicy as we go through the list and remove options!

[tmorriscode]

I have so many thoughts about pog soup.

cooking is a great way to experience culture and history of a place.

When I make gumbo, I think of the intersecting cultures that led to okra, dried sassafras leaves and roux all sharing a pot.

So when I see mention of food in something I’m reading or watching, I pay attention.

Bo shares a food she calls pog soup with Din Djarin. She also references the food’s cultural importance.

“You've never eaten pog soup?"
"No."
"Can you appreciate the irony? Any Mandalorian worth their armor was raised on this since they were his (Grogu’s) size.”

This is a nice bit of world building. We’ve seen in the show that the Mandalorians are a race that take their culture seriously. But they’re also a diaspora. One that has spent time in hiding after being persecuted by the imperial government.

In our real life diasporas, one of the things we try to hold onto are recipes. Items can be lost, but recipes can be recreated from memory and handed down. Consuming them puts us in mind of people and places we no longer have access to.

The Children Of The Watch have managed to hold on to what is culturally most important (their forge, their creed).

But along the way, they lost simpler pleasures, like comfort foods.

What is it about pog soup that makes it a cultural touchstone? It’s not listed in any Star Wars cookbook I own. The Galaxy’s Edge cookbook lists two Mandalorian foods - a spicy chicken stew and a sticky and spiced fruit and nut cake.

In the cookbook, the fictional author speculated that Mandalorian food is spicy because the warrior culture looked at it as a test of their bravery to eat.

There are supposedly four essentials of Mandalorian cooking, but the only one mentioned in canon is that the food must be portable.

It makes sense that the Mandalorian comfort food is soup. You can put it in a mug and drink it on the go. Especially if you are running to your next battle. And it’s probably spicy.

The Star Wars website helpfully provides a recipe that includes bell peppers, onions, assorted flavorful spices, a little heat from curry powder and sweetness from coconut milk.

It honestly looks delicious. Sweet, with complex notes from the spice blend. But not too hot for a child’s palette. The coconut milk would help cut down on the spice burn, and the natural sugar in the peppers and coconut milk would appeal to kids too.

I wonder about what we could infer about Mandalorian culture based on particular spices? Are they native to Mandalore? If they were one more thing lost in the purge (except in places like Bo Katan’s palace gardens ) that might explain why Din hadn’t heard of pog soup. Also, a covert on the run and hiding their numbers in sewers wouldn’t have access to spices. Not to grow and not to buy in quantity.

In a situation like that, they might hold all the tighter to their creed because that’s all they have of Mandalore.

Otoh, it also highlights the way the two characters are diametric opposites. For Din Djarin, adhering to the creed is what makes him Mandalorian. He tells Bo-Katan “If we don’t have the creed, what are we?”

Bo-Katan otoh, grew up with a pre-purge Mandalore. She had pog soup and the gardens in the domes. She took her creed at thirteen while standing in the living waters. Her followers left her in the same way that Din’s covert cast him out. But she doesn’t have to question if she’s Mandalorian. She has these experiences to shape her identity. Her self-doubt revolves around her leadership ability.

Bo-Katan sharing an experience over food with Din Djarin shows how the two characters who represent different types of Mandalorian are learning to see each other. It’s the first step in their quest.

That’s quite a lot of meaning to pack into a simple cup of soup.

I know that the episode that references pog soup has been out a little while, and I’m probably behind in posting my thoughts, but I just had to let this digest a bit.

. . . I’ll just see myself out.

[crysodenkirk]

What are you doing for Life Day this year?

We're making Nerf Kabobs from the Galaxy's Edge cookbook and making a weekend of it (we are playing Star Wars 5e on Sunday). Probably will include a marathon of either the movies or one of the animated shows.

Image above is from t-shirts I made for last year's Life Day:

https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/34265523-happy-life-day-freedom-harmony-and-peace-with-tree?store_id=65076

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Feast Your Eyes: Fandom Cookbook Recipe Review #6

Topato, Top-ah-to - Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook

Tonight's menu: sourced from Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook

Main Dish: Topato Soup, pg 73

Side Dish: Parwan Nutricakes, pg 109

Dessert: Kat’s Kettle Corn, pg 43

Full review under the cut!

Aurum Leuci’s Log:

[Begin recording. The sounds of a lively tavern— live music, people talking and shouting, various kitchen noises— are audible in the background.] Hello! We made it safe. Just sat down for a couple of drinks while my pals are refueling their ship. They’re headed off someplace else, and I’m thinking I might stay on Batuu for awhile. It’s a little bit run down, like every secluded desert space outpost, but the people here really know how to cook. I promise this isn’t just a space vacation. See, I’ll even send over some photos of what we had to eat! It’s research! … and maybe a little bit of a space vacation. But I’m still sending you my reports! Chef Leuci out. [End log.]

Please see this post for my full review scale!

Main Dish: Topato Soup

RATING:

Difficulty: 5/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 4.5/5

TOTAL RATING: 24.5/25

This was delicious, and a really interesting take on a creamy soup. (And I got to use my immersion blender, hee hee.) I found the use of green salsa interesting, and while I used mild salsa (my mom can’t take any spice, unfortunately) I would have loved for it to be a little spicier, since I think that’s part of the recipe’s intent. Regardless, it was super easy, the ingredients were able to be found in any grocery store, and the inclusion of the alien chef’s backstory for where he got the recipe (it was part of what made him want to become a chef) really sold it for being a humble yet flavorful soup. It only loses 0.5 of a point because it didn’t turn out looking as creamy as the picture. Definitely going to make it again, sometime in the winter.

Side Dish: Parwan Nutricakes

RATING:

Difficulty: 4/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 4/5

TOTAL RATING: 23/25

I was really excited for these. Admittedly, they turned out to disappoint me a little bit, but I think they were still pretty good overall. They seemed in their photo to be like… mini falafel cakes? Which I was very excited about. Unfortunately, mine didn’t seem to really want to puff up, which I can really only blame on my egg substitute, or the recipe. Regardless, they were delicious, and the recipe actually made more than it said it would. I thought they’d be much bigger, but their tiny size made them perfect for pairing with the Topato soup and they were great for dipping.

Side Dish: Kat’s Kettle Corn

RATING:

Difficulty: 4.8/5

Ingredients: 5/5

Immersion: 5/5

Time: 5/5

End Result: 5/5

TOTAL RATING: 24.8/25

You know, I thought this recipe seemed kind of silly to include in a Star Wars cookbook, especially a theme park cookbook. I mean, it’s just kettle corn. Right? WRONG! I’m not sure how it’s presented in the actual park, since I haven’t been to Galaxy’s Edge, but the justification for having a kettle corn stand in this weird little outpost on a desert planet is that they grow the grain themselves and keep their spice blends secret. Which is a very fun justification, I think! The kettle corn called for garam masala, which really popped flavor-wise (and it smelled amazing). It only gets points off for being hard to clean up— if you’re not careful, the sugar on the bottom of the pot will burn and stick to the pot. Otherwise, it’s delicious. Now we have a metric ton of popcorn kernels, so I’ll definitely make some more soon.

Tune in next Wednesday (6/26/24) for another fandom cookbook review!

[obeythetoaster]

Cookie's Ship, atop Docking Bay 7, Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Nikon D7200

(This bit of Star Wars lore comes from the official Galaxy's Edge cookbook)

[merrysithmas]

i love all of star wars, equally

the prequels, the og trilogy, the clone wars, the sequels, the novels, the cookbooks, the comics, the lego movies, galaxy of adventures, rebels, forces of destiny, jedi: fallen order, rogue one, battlefront II, book of boba fett, OWK, mandalorian, galaxy's edge, the holiday special (unironic), andor, tales of the jedi

*reads smudged writing on my hand*

the... sad ..batch?

[tomeandflickcorner]

Hello!

Tenal Ka the Tooka and Dink the Jawa are here to wish you all a very happy May the Fourth!

To celebrate, we’re making the Cliff Dweller, from the official Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge cookbook!

And to make it even more official, we’re drinking it from our special Endor mug, which we obtained from Oga’s Cantina last year.

Overall, I think we did okay. Granted we didn’t have access to a cocktail shaker. And we had to make it without the chipped ice. But considering this was our first attempt, I think we did alright! It kinda tasted heavily like cherry ginger ale.

Also, we found this special Grogu cookie cake at the store.

Well, once again, hope everyone had a great May the Fourth! Hope to see you all next year!

[zforhire]

Spine Tree Spears

This recipe came from the second book in the series, the Life Day Cookbook, which had a big focus on side dishes you might take to holiday gatherings.  Before I got it, I noticed that some reviews were unhappy that there were less pictures of the finished dishes in this one, but I didn’t really think much of it at the time.  But this recipe was one that didn’t have one, and it turned out to be very important!

This was essentially just roasted cauliflower, but I had never encountered Romanesco cauliflower before and had no idea how different it was from the regular kind!  It was clearly chosen for its more unique appearance, and if I hadn’t randomly decided to google it that element would have been completely missing from my rendition.  So while the recipe was perfectly simple (and delicious) this was a case where not having a “finished product” picture in the book definitely hurt the process.   

[mishas-sims]

I got my hands on the star wars galaxy’s edge cookbook for the attraction at Disney…. Literally the cookbook that probably have the recipes for the food you see in the sims 4 journey to batuu gamepack 🤣

I’m going through it right now. I have a digital copy of it. I need to get a spiral bound version of it

It’s proper name is:

star wars galaxys edge: the office black spire outpost cookbook

Here’s a link to it on Amazon