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- "One time, a Parwan bounty hunter named Derrown asked me to whip him up a month's supply of his favorite nutricakes to take with him on his next mission. I was glad to oblige and even kept a stash for myself."
- ―Strono Tuggs
Parwan Nutricakes were protein-packed vegetarian nutricakes originating from the Parwa system. While visiting Takodana Castle, the Parwan bounty hunter Derrown taught the cakes' recipe to the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs in exchange for the latter making him a month's supply of them. In 34 ABY, Tuggs published a recipe for the nutricakes in his cookbook—The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook—which contained several favorite dishes of his that he served in his restaurant Tuggs' Grub on Outer Rim planet Batuu.
Description
Parwan Nutricakes were golden brown, battered, disc-shaped savory cakes that could be consumed by Parwans and Artiodacs. The protein-packed vegetarian nutricakes[3] originated from the Parwa system[1][2] and partially shared their name with the Parwan species, natives of the planet Parwa,[4] The cakes served as a component of the Felucian Garden Spread dish and could be served with dipping sauces.[3]
History
- "These delectable discs are meat free but packed with enough protein to keep your hunt goin' strong until you've claimed every last bounty."
- ―Strono Tuggs
Derrown considered Parwan Nutricakes one of his favorites.
The nutricakes were a favorite of the Parwan Derrown, a bounty hunter[3] active by the time of the Clone Wars.[5] While visiting the pirate queen Maz Kanata's Takodana Castle, Derrown asked her chef—the Artiodac Strono Tuggs—for a month's supply of the nutricakes and taught him the recipe. Though Tuggs often felt Kanata's patrons were dangerous beings, he appreciated their professionalism and frequently catered to special requests. After making the Parwan Nutricakes, the Artiodac found them tasty enough to keep a stash for himself.[3]
After Kanata's castle was destroyed[3] in 34 ABY,[6] Tuggs started his mobile restaurant, Tuggs' Grub, which he often brought to Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo on the Outer Rim planet Batuu. He served his favorite dishes and published recipes from his menu in his cookbook, The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook—including the recipe for Parwan Nutricakes—for which he gave serving recommendations.[3] Around the same time, Tuggs included his cookbook's Parwan Nutricake recipe in a small pamphlet of recipes meant to help a Batuu visitor learn more about the planet.[7]
Behind the scenes
- "I really like the Parwan Nutricakes, those are really good. It's a simple, quick and kind of easy, snack."
- ―Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, on her favorite recipes in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
Parwan Nutricakes were introduced to the current canon in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook.
Parwan Nutricakes were introduced to the current Star Wars canon in the 2019 recipe book Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook, written by Marc Sumerak and Chelsea Monroe-Cassel. The out-of-universe recipe is made with chickpeas as a protein source, along with garlic, cumin, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, egg, flour, and olive oil.[3] The recipe for Parwan Nutricakes one of both Monroe-Cassel and Sumerak's favorites from the collection, with the latter reccomending incorporating them with the Felucian Garden Spread.[8]
Although the name originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, Parwan nutricake was a different type of food. Ortolan musician Max Rebo mentioned that he hoped to eat spiced Parwan nutricake in "And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale," a short story by Kevin J. Anderson that was published in the 1996 anthology Tales from Jabba's Palace.[9] In the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, the Parwan nutricake item was depicted as a loaf-like cake with filling and described as a "healthy bread-like dessert,"[10] unlike the current canon's savory, disc-shaped cakes.[3]
Sources
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Treasures from Batuu
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas and a number of maps in the current Star Wars canon (see a list here), stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for Parwan Nutricake in relation to Parwa system.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version) — Based on corresponding data for the Parwa system
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook
- ↑ The High Republic Adventures (2021) 6
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Crisis on Naboo"
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook establishes that the in-universe book was published at the same time as when the First Order was searching for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. Star Wars: Timelines also dates the destruction of Takodana Castle to the same year.
- ↑ Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Treasures from Batuu
- ↑ 8.0 8.1
The ForceCast Author Series With Chelsea Monroe-Cassel And Marc Sumerak (Podcast) by Steve on ForceCast.net (November 15, 2019) (backup link archived on March 27, 2024)
- ↑ "And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale" — Tales from Jabba's Palace
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
