Wookiee-Ookiee Salt Dough Ornament

Wookiee-Ookiee Salt Dough Ornaments were a type of holiday tree ornament created by the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs. They resembled brown members of the Wookiee species and were designed to honor the fact that the Life Day festival originated with the species. Tuggs based the salt dough ornaments upon an edible variety of Wookiee-Ookiee he had created and included recipes for both in his second cookbook, The Life Day Cookbook.

Description

Wookiee-Ookiee Salt Dough Ornaments were a type of salt dough holiday tree ornament designed to resemble a brown member of the Wookiee species, although flattened and with a blue ribbon looped through its head. Black markings were used to represent the Wookiee's eyes and nose, with smaller white markings representing teeth, and liner impressions designed to recreate the look of a Wookiee's fur. Although far less tasty, the ornaments were far more durable than edible Wookiee-Ookiees, and could potentially last for years as long as no one accidentally ate them.^[1]

History

The ornaments were created by the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs and based upon his version of edible Wookiee-Ookiee cookies, a recipe that Tuggs had created for the Life Day festival in order to honor the Wookiees with whom the holiday originated. Tuggs initially hoped to use the Wookiee-Oookies as both ornaments and food, but after finding that they rarely stayed on the tree long enough before being eaten, he created a new variety from salt dough to separate the decorations from the food.^[1]

At some point after Tuggs published his first cookbook^[1] in 34 ABY,^[2] the chef included recipes for both types of Wookiee-Ookiee in his second cookbook, The Life Day Cookbook. In the book, he advised readers to be careful not to get their doughs mixed up if baking batches of both types of Wookiee-Ookiee at the same time, as otherwise they might give any guests they served a memorably unpleasant surprise.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Wookiee-Ookiee Salt Dough Ornaments were created as a recipe for the 2021 Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook, a recipe book written by Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak with photography by Ted Thomas.^[1] Prior to the book's release, the ornaments were pictured in a StarWars.com preview for the book on July 27 of that year.^[3] The out-of-universe recipe requires a medium bowl, a whisk, a rolling pin, parchment paper, a baking sheet, gingerbread person-shaped cookie cutter, a knife, straw, ribbon, and brown, black, and white acrylic paint. It uses all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves, and water.^[1]

Sources

• Prepare a Feast Fit for a Wookiee With The Life Day Cookbook - Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)
• Whip, Whip, Stir: Creating The Life Day Cookbook on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
• Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook (First identified as Wookiee-Ookiee Salt Dough Ornament)
• New Star Wars Life Day 2023 Experiences, Must-Have Merch on the Disney Parks Blog (backup link) (Picture only)

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