Mudhorn egg

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«We will require the egg. Bring us the egg.»

―Chettkap^[1]

Mudhorn eggs were large, fur-covered eggs laid by the non-sentient mudhorn species. They were called "sooga" in Jawaese and the Jawas loved to eat the yolk of such eggs.

Description

"What is it with Jawas and mudhorn eggs? If they're making omelettes, they better make enough for all of us!"

―Sentinel^[3]

The mudhorn egg^[4] was a type of large egg, covered in brown fur similar to in appearance and texture to a mudhorn's hide. Being oviparous, Mudhorns would lay only a single egg per clutch, burying them within the muddy cave-nests found across the surface of planet Arvala-7. Filled with a thick yellow-orange yolk, these eggs were considered a delicacy by Jawas, who consumed their yolk raw by the handful, though they proved difficult to acquire without outside assistance due to the scarcity and ferocity of mudhorn mothers.^[1]

History

«The Egg! The Egg! The Egg! The Egg!»

―Chettkap's tribe^[1]

In 9 ABY,^[5] a bounty hunter known as Din Djarin sought an egg from a mudhorn cave at the request of an Offworld Jawa tribe led by chief Chettkap, in exchange for parts the tribe had stolen from the bounty hunter's gunship, the Razor Crest.^[1] That same year,^[6] the Jawa Hunter team Utooni accessorized a mudhorn egg as part of one of their many costumes in the Grand Arena.^[3]

At some point the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs acquired a mudhorn egg from some Jawas on Arvala-7 while trying to purchase a hypersonic oven and was able to create a batch of Mudhorn Eggnog that lasted him an entire season. He later included a recipe for the beverage in his second cookbook, The Life Day Cookbook, which he released at some point after publishing his first cookbook^[2] in 34 ABY.^[7]