That's right folks I'm serving up some vittles for the 2nd Annual May the etc etc Star Wars party. This time I'm gonna theme up the main dishes I am working on more than last year. I started poking wookiepedia with a bantha prodder for cuisine ideas and realized, shit, I already embrace the four tenets of Mandalorian cuisine (I'll get to those later). As far as main dishes go I wasn't too impressed with a large amount of the glop the humanoids eat. No way in hell I'm making Huttese or some weird Rodian muck. I'm doing one dish in the Mandalore tradition and one in the Twi'lek.
Mandalorian cuisine is based on four tenets (thanks to Melyc'inya's awesome forum post from 09) which encompass heturam (mouth burn), hetikleyc (nose burn), yai'yai (richly nourishing), and a fourth that doesn't have a term but seems to be a variation of wok hei. I'm not going to be making this dish terribly heturam or hetikleyc but I figure a well-rounded flavor with a touch of piquant and just a stab of heat. Enough to notice the knife behind the smile.
I ended up deciding on roast shatual, a dish based on the fauna of Mandalore. Being unable to acquire shatual on this backwater planet I am using two ten pound pork butts. One will be roasted with #42 and the other with a little something I've code named "Order 66". It's gonna be so good you're gonna slaughter Jedi.
The second dish is something the Twi'lek came up with, mynock. Yes, I know, the mynocks are chewing through the external power cables. Instead let us chew through them. I've decided to go with chicken drumsticks (proper meaty ones not crummy bar food ones) in their stead. I couldn't find many sources on the style of Twi'lek cuisine but I figured it'd be more a savoury, subtle style. A mix of roasted coriander, ajwain seeds, and peppercorn blend has given them a light, floral aroma with a slight hint of white pepper heat.
I will also be serving mynock legs as the evening progresses based on what people might be interested in. You want spicy? I can do that. You want smoky? I can do that too. You want sweet? Well, just for you, this once.
It's been kind of fun planning theme dishes. I'm not as hardcore about Star Wars as I once was but I do love the setting (and AT-ST). I'll post recipes and fun stuff I come up with as the evening goes on and I promise not to yell at anyone in Huttese, unless they get into my safe zone.
p.s. If you're really nice I'll set you up with something I learned to make on Socorro.
I will also be serving mynock legs as the evening progresses based on what people might be interested in. You want spicy? I can do that. You want smoky? I can do that too. You want sweet? Well, just for you, this once.
It's been kind of fun planning theme dishes. I'm not as hardcore about Star Wars as I once was but I do love the setting (and AT-ST). I'll post recipes and fun stuff I come up with as the evening goes on and I promise not to yell at anyone in Huttese, unless they get into my safe zone.
p.s. If you're really nice I'll set you up with something I learned to make on Socorro.
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