- "The chef said he was born and raised on Sergia and was whippin' up his specialty—a pasta-like dish that incorporated the tails of sand mynocks in a rich, creamy cheese sauce made from the milk of native plain hundas."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese was a pasta-like dish made with sand mynock tails and a rich cheese sauce. A chef served it as a specialty from his food freighter on the planet Sergia where the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs traded him Corellia Chews for the recipe during Tuggs' culinary tour of the galaxy between 34 ABY and 35 ABY. Tuggs modified the recipe with a crumble and Lira San Crackers and included it in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook.
Description[]
- "I traded him a batch of Corellia Chews for his recipe, then went and made it my own by addin' a layer of crumble on top, providin' the perfect callback to Sergia's sandy surface. Wanna punch it up even more? Pop in a few Lira San Crackers. It'll look like a flock of sand mynocks are burstin' right outta them cheesy dunes!"
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese was a pasta-like dish that was made from yellow-colored sand mynock tails and a rich, creamy cheese sauce made from plain hundas' milk. The Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs' modified version of the dish also included a brown crumble on top and Lira San Crackers.[1]
History[]
- "Sergia was one of the many desert planets I stopped on durin' my trip across the Inner Rim. I wasn't plannin' to do much there other than refuel, but I got sidetracked when I saw another food freighter docked at the depot servin' vittles to the local residents."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
Strono Tuggs modified the recipe for Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese.
A chef native to the Inner Rim desert planet Sergia, homeworld of the plain hunda, made the dish as his specialty and served it from his food freighter. While making a culinary tour of the galaxy[1] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY,[2] Tuggs encountered the Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese–serving chef selling vittles from his freighter at a depot on Sergia and traded him a batch of Corellia Chews in exchange for the recipe for Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese.[1]
Tuggs then modified the recipe by adding the crumble on top to provide a callback to the sands of Sergia and included this modified recipe in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook,[1] which was published in 35 ABY.[2] In the book, he also suggested adding Lira San Crackers to the dish to make it look like sand mynocks were bursting from a set of cheese dunes.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
Sand Mynock 'n' Cheese was created as a recipe for the 2023 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook, a recipe book written by Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak. The out-of-universe recipe for the dish makes use of cavatappi pasta, unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, whole milk, half and half, dry mustard, garlic powder, paprika, seasoned salt, white pepper, shredded, mild cheddar cheese, and sharp white cheddar cheese for the pasta and then breadcrumbs, panko breadcrumbs, more unsalted butter, kosher salt, and Lira San Crackers—another recipe in the book—for the topping.[1]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook establishes that the publishing of the in-universe The Ultimate Cookbook and the culinary tour that preceded it occurred following the publishing of The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook and prior to the destruction of Kijimi. It also establishes that The Ultimate Cookbook was published following the Festival of the Ancestors that occurred during that time period. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook further establishes that The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook was published concurrently with the First Order's search for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. In addition, Timelines dates the Festival of the Ancestors and the destruction of Kijimi to 35 ABY, meaning the tour must have taken place between 34 ABY and 35 ABY and The Ultimate Cookbook must have been published in 35 ABY.