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“Eat, eat. Hot. Good food, hmm?”

Yoda’s Rootleaf Stew from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for #MayTheFork!

The Empire Strikes Back is often rated as the best Star Wars Movie of all time, and I must say it’s my favourite out of the original trilogy. Luke goes to Dagobah and meets Yoda, who offers him some nourishing rootleaf stew, and wonders how he can grow to such a big size on packaged rations. (i.e. overly processed industrial food.) I have a feeling the galaxy’s cuisine has suffered as a result of 20 years of war, anyway.

As Yoda (and the Jedi, I guess) is quite obviously modelled on buddhist monks (probably shaolin), I’ve decided to make a buddhist-vegetarian-friendly stew, (no garlic and no onion), and so you can make it for yourself or any relatives that celebrate Vesak Day today. When I first watched ESB, I had also thought it was modelled after the bitter chinese herbal soups/drinks that mums make their kids drink. (Anyone here has suffered what I’m talking about too?) The yarum seeds and galla seeds etc look like this according to Wookiepedia, and they definitely wouldn’t look out of place in a traditional chinese medicine shop:

However, not being a certified practitioner, I’m sticking to the safer things that are usually used, namely goji berries and red dried dates, in case I combine some herbs that shouldn’t ever be combined and get poisoned or something. I originally thought the yarum seeds looked like chilli powder, and hence added it too. Hence, this recipe is a mishmash of Chinese, Japanese, and Thai food, and hence can probably be sold in some hipster fusion joint in the West for $20 a bowl.

Ingredients (for 2)

15-20cm length “sohli bark” burdock root, shaved, cut into 4cm planks, and soaked for at least 15 mins

½ thumb ginger, minced

3 birds eye (small spicy) chillies, dried, de-seeded

50g shimeji mushrooms “spores”

2 cups shiitake dashi or water with 1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tuft dried holy basil (the leaf in the root leaf i suppose), soaked.

¼ cup goji berries “yarum seeds”

2 dried chinese red dates “galla seeds”

2.5 tbsp miso paste

Method

1. In an earthernware pot, heat a bit of vegetable oil in a pot and stir fry the ginger and chilli, you will.

2. The burdock planks, throw in you will, and stir fry until it soft, it starts to be.

3. The mushrooms, throw in next, and stir until covered with oil, the mushrooms are.

4. The soy sauce water / dashi, dates, and basil, add in you will, and to a simmer bring it.

5. When cooked the burdock is to your decided consistency (soft or slightly crunchy), the goji berries, add in. Pretty quickly do they cook, as long as submerged in water, they are.

6. Slowly dissolve into the soup the miso, by letting into the ladle hot liquid, and with your chopsticks, stir it you must.

7. In bowls, serve it. Eat, eat, hot, good food, mm?

8. Make sure not throwing it away, your apprentice is.

We made it part of a meal with rice, 100-year aged tea, and some iron eggs! I was going to use 9 century eggs (because Master Yoda is 900 years old), but since he’s a tough old cookie iron eggs fit as well. (Note, you don’t have to eat the date if you don’t want too, it’s mainly for flavouring.)

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I’ve also recently gone on a Star Wars Run - a post on it will come later, but meanwhile you can check out my Instagram for some pictures and videos from it!

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Today we have another contribution to #MaytheFork Star Wars month! Crispic is a recipe from Star Wars Galaxies that, let’s be honest, is pretty much just taquitos. But rather than its classic fried version, I decided to make a baked version that is still super delicious and just as easy to make (if not easier!)

Let’s go!

~Ingredients~

1 lb. Lean Ground Beef (look for beef with <10% fat content on the package)

1/2 Yellow Onion, diced

Taco Seasoning (I like to eyeball my own mixture of Salt, Black Pepper, Cumin, Paprika, Cayenne, Ground Chili Pepper, and Cilantro)

(Optional) Shredded Cheese of choice

Salsa or Hot Sauce of choice

Fresh Cilantro, for garnish

~1 dozen 6″ Tortillas

Olive Oil or Cooking Spray, as needed

Prep Time: 10 - 15 min. | Total Cook Time: ~15 min.

Makes: Up to 1 dozen, depending on Tortilla size

~Instructions~

Step 1.) Preheat the oven to 425°F. Brown the beef with the onions and taco seasoning, drain any grease, and set aside.

Step 2.) Prep the tortillas by either microwaving them with a damp paper towel, or set them in the oven to warm for 1 minute (this will ensure they are easier to roll and handle without tearing.) Place in a contained or covered on a plate to keep soft.

Step 3.) Take each tortilla and place a few spoonfuls of the beef onto it (and cheese, if you want cheese in it). Roll carefully but firmly (don’t overfill the tortilla or you may lose some of it!) and then place seam side down on a lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat for all of the tortillas until you run out filling.

Step 4.) Before placing them in the oven, either lightly brush each tortilla with some olive oil, or spray the tortillas lightly with cooking spray. Bake for about 15 min., the edges of the tortillas will be crispy and browned. Serve immediately or freeze for later. Top with cilantro and salsa of choice and enjoy!

~Results~

I mean, it’s really hard to go wrong with these, which is probably why they are so popular among the Star Wars cantinas.

Fandom Foodies

In Game Recipe

Hello! I am taking a small break from the regularly scheduled programming of FFXV food to bring you a dish from a different universe! The amazing @mymainisacook​ is hosting a Fandom Foodies Star Wars linkup this month (here!), so here is my novice-level contribution. :) The dish is Rey’s (inflatable) portion bread, which shows up in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens!

NOTE: I am not the original creator of this recipe! Instead, it is adapted from the bread recipe found on the official Star Wars website, here. Please consider this an exercise in “what if I don’t have half the ingredients in a recipe?!” :) Anyways, let’s get started!

INGREDIENTS 1/2 tsp vegetable oil 3 1/2 tbsp flour 1/2 tbsp cornstarch 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp matcha powder 1/12 tsp (a pinch?) baking soda pinch of salt 2 tbsp vanilla-flavored almond milk

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Soak some vegetable oil in a paper towel and smear it on the inner base and sides of a mug. This greases the mug.

2. Add the dry ingredients to the mug: flour, cornstarch, sugar, matcha powder, baking soda, salt. Don’t forget the baking soda! This happened to me the first time :’) Stir thoroughly.

3. Add the almond milk, and mix. This shrinks the contents of the mug; don’t be alarmed.

4. Nuke the mug on high in the microwave for 45 seconds. If the contents still don’t look cooked, nuke again in 5 second increments. I ended up having to do so twice.

5. Let cool, and enjoy! Appreciate the fact that this “portion bread” probably tastes better than whatever Rey was eating in the movie. :)

CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL RECIPE (which can be found here) First off, I didn’t have cake flour. Happily, Google says the proper substitute is 7/8 flour, 1/8 cornstarch, which I followed. Secondly, I didn’t have baking powder. Google instructed me to use 1/3 of the volume of baking soda, and add an acidic component. Didn’t have the acidic component, but it turned out fine. ^^ And finally, I didn’t have whole milk. Or vanilla extract. Luckily, I had some vanilla-flavored almond milk, which solved both problems! And thus ends the brief baking adventures of a noob who has zero experience with making sweets. :)

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May the Fourth Be With You! Bento

While I’ll be making Star Wars-themed stuff for #maythefork later this month, I had to get in on the action today, so I used my Star Wars Bento and Bento Bag! (The Bottomless Pit had his usual green bento box.) I bought both from tokyu hands and donkihotei respectively when the Bottomless Pit and I went to Japan for our honeymoon. I found it really funny that somehow the Japanese merchandiser decided that “We’re Doomed” was an appropriate phrase for a bento box.

The bentos consisted of:

Tamagoyaki (recipe here)

Marinated tiny shrimp (from a packet)

Cherry Tomatoes and Celery sticks

Umeboshi

Salmon Flakes and Furikake (I got some cheap salmon bits, grilled them, flaked them to remove the bones, then simmered the flakes in a pan with 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp mirin, then topped it with furikake.)

Sakura Denbu on rice

Hello everyone! In honor of not only #MaytheFourth, but #MaytheFork, I am presenting to you: Air Cake with Ruby Bliel Sauce! (also known as Angel Food Cake with red berry sauce!) Because Angel Food Cake has a pretty picky ingredient makeup, I did reference the recipe from my Big Red Cookbook.

I hope you enjoy the recipe, and if you’re interested in contributing to the Star Wars food month, you can visit the linkup page here, or go straight to the Fandom Foodies website and look at the How To Participate page.

~Ingredients~

Cake

3/4 cup Powdered Sugar

1/2 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Cake Flour (or put 1 tbsp Cornstarch in the measuring cup and fill the rest of the way with normal flour)

6 egg Whites (roughly 3/4 cup)

3/4 tsp. Cream of Tartar

1/2 cup Sugar

1/4 tsp. Vanilla

>1/4 tsp. Salt

Ruby Bliel Sauce

~2.5 cups Strawberries and Raspberries combined

Juice from 1 small lemon

1/2-3/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp. Cornstarch (optional)

Prep time: 15 - 20 min.  |  Total Cook and Cool time: 1.5 hours

Makes: 6 mini cakes or 1 small-medium cake

~Instructions~

Ruby Bliel Sauce

Step 1.) If using fresh strawberries, de-stem and slice them in half. 

Step 2.) Combine the berries, sugar, and lemon just into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Allow to simmer for 5 - 10 min., then remove from heat and mash the berries into a pulp.

Step 3.) Depending on how you want the sauce, you can strain out the pulp and boil the sauce down further, or for a sauce with the pulp in it, stir in 1 tbsp. of cornstarch to thicken it.

Chill in the fridge until ready to use.

Cake

Step 1.) Preheat the oven to 375°F. Mix the cake flour and powdered sugar together in a bowl and set aside.

Step 2.) Using an electric mixer, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until the egg whites are foamy. Add in the 1/2 cup of sugar a little at a time until fully incorporated. Add in the salt and vanilla and continue to beat the egg whites at high speed until stiff peaks form (this may take several minutes.)

Step 3.) Once the egg whites form stiff peaks, fold in the sugar/flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time, until everything is just combined. Transfer the batter into a small funnel cake pan or a mini funnel cake sheet (do not grease the cake pan!) either with a spoon/rubber scraper or by transfer the batter to an icing bag/sandwich bag and piping it in. 

Step 4.) Run a knife through the batter to break up any larger air pockets, and then bake. For a tray of mini cakes, you will likely only need about 15 minutes. If you used the batter to make a single cake, you may need 20 - 30 min. Keep a close eye on them, and the cake is ready when the cake springs back after being pressed with a fork.

Step 5.) Turn the cake pan upside down and rest it on something (a bottle, a cup, etc.) for at least 1 hour or until it is completely cooled. Then use a knife to carefully remove the cake(s) from the pan.

Serve with Ruby Bliel sauce (and whipped cream if you want it) and enjoy!

~Results~

So delicious, so light and fluffy! Not to mention I feel pretty accomplished for successfully putting angel food cake batter together! 10/10 would make again.

Star Jedi Font

Fandom Foodies Webpage

Ruby Bliel canon reference

#MaytheFork be with you Official Linkup Page

Welcome to May’s monthly theme for Fandom Foodies! This linkup is dedicated to food inspired by the Star Wars franchise. Love the movies? Games? Books? Christmas Specials? Follow these simple steps to share your food nerdiness with the rest of the world!

Make an original recipe inspired by the franchise. (edit: You can create an adaption/attempt at a recipe from another source, just make sure you cite your source and add your post to the linkup. Please don’t link someone else’s post.)

Post it online and include the #MaytheFork hashtag, along with a link to the Fandom Foodies website.

Submit the post to the linkup below.

Enjoy delicious food made by fellow fans!

For more information, or if you’d like to host a future monthly theme, check out the guidelines here!

*If you’re having trouble seeing the submit link below on your tumblr feed, please go to the actual blog page and it should be visible.

Hey everyone, starting May 1st I will be hosting the Fandom Foodies linkup page for a whole month of Star Wars inspired nommery!

But B, what is a linkup? A linkup is a place where everyone can collaborate on an idea by submitting their creations to a single page for everyone to enjoy! In fact, you can look through many of the past monthly themes as well as the schedule for future themes on the Fandom Foodies website!

How do I participate in a Fandom Foodies monthly theme? You can check out this page on how to participate, and I will be posting more information on the actual linkup page when it is posted.