- "When that hammerhead of his starts to droop, I whip him up this little taste of his homeworld—jellied cubes floatin' in a sea of sweet syrup and fruit imported from the gardens on Ithor. This dessert always manages to put a smile on both of his mouths."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
An Ithor Float was a dessert dish consisting of jellied cubes and fruit floating in syrup. Whenever the Ithorian antiques dealer Dok-Ondar seemed down, the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs—who along with Dok-Ondar worked in Black Spire Outpost on the planet Batuu—would make an Ithor Float using fruit from Dok-Ondar's Inner Rim homeworld, Ithor, to provide a taste of home and put a smile on both the Ithorian's mouthes.[1]
Following a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took[1] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY,[2] Tuggs included a recipe for Ithor Floats in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[1] in 35 ABY.[2] The chef also used the dish as an ingredient in two other recipes in the book, Bacta Slush and Thuris Caf, musing that its use in the caf might be one of the few two-for-one deals that Dok-Ondar approved of.[1]
Behind the scenes
The Ithor Float 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 dessert makes use of unflavored gelatin, boiling water, evaporated milk, whole milk, granulated sugar, almond extract, lychee, mandarin oranges, and maraschino cherries.[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.