Stardew Valley #78: Poi

Ingredients: Taro Root

Item Description: A traditional food with a delicate, sweet flavor when eaten fresh.

I have no idea where to get a reasonably priced fresh taro root (or powder) in the uk but GUESS WHAT i did find in some grocery store?? YES BOI its some taro flavoured jelly. I've never had anything like this before and its taro flavoured, so I think it will have to do.

All we needs to do is simply follow the instructions on the back.

The powder looked off-white at first, but as soon as it hits the hot water that distinctive purpleish colour appears!

We just gotta stir and stir until all the lumps are dissolved, which is hard to see because its opaque.

Then its going in bowls, cooling at room temperature and then going in the fridge overnight. 

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I love it! I know this isn't real Poi, but if it's anything like this I get the appeal. It's got this playful, cookie-ish flavour with a sort of medicinal aftertaste like a root beer. I'm that one british freak who actually likes root beer. It's also smooth, creamy and sweet.

Stardew Valley #77: Mango Sticky Rice

Ingredients: Mango, Coconut, Rice

Item Description: Sweet mango and coconut transforms this rice into something very special.

We've got em all, mango, coconut 2 ways (cream and dried) and rice.

I should probably be using some sort of thai sticky rice, but I already have all this leftover pudding rice from the rice pudding WHICH I DIDNT EVEN LIKE but its basically just short grain rice, and might not be nice if cooked normal style and not in milk for 2 hours. On that note, i'm cooking it for 30mins in water and with the desiccated coconut.

Obviously the coconut creates a weird layer on the top that we can just mix back into the rice. If you don't like extra textures don't bother with the dried coconut i guess, but i like it just fine.

Oh! I just realised if this is meant to be a dessert, we haven't really added extra sweetness yet. I probably should have added that earlier, but whatever. Just adding a couple tablespoons of sugar, and a pinch of salt too. We don't want it sweeter than the mango, probably.

Now adding the coconut cream! It's so goopy and glossy. And just gently mix that all together.

Once its mixed and looking nice and sticky, im shoving it in a plastic tub so I can make a little tidy dome of rice. Well, a cylinder.

Pat that with the back of the spoon to compact it.

Now, to prepare the mango!

I feel like this is the impression the sprite gives me, but.. im gonna have to take it back off to separate the bits from the skin later.

Let's see how our cylinder game out... yeah nice!

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Well, you can't really see the rice now... but anyway! Yes this tastes way way better than rice pudding. It's sweet and refreshing, and very filling too. I can only eat half of this for now... i need to stop eating rice-based desserts after a regular dinner.

Super Paper Mario: Saffron & Dyllis Super Show #85: Megaton Dinner

 Megaton Dinner is made from a POW block

Another strange and challenging one. But as usual I have A CUNNING PLAN. And i'm feeling particularly optimistic about this one in spite of it being something ive never cooked before: SPAM MUSUBI. Hear me out...

OK um first question and its a good start... how do you get this shit out of the can?? it took me 2 knives and some spiking stress levels but i finally managed to get it out in one piece.

I slice it up, season it with soy sauce and teriyaki sauce and fry it. I hope its not a crime to use my tamagoyaki pan for this but its just a really convenient size and shape. And look how good it looks!?

Meanwhile i fluff the steamed sushi rice and season it with salt and a mirin mix.

Now here's a weird tip I read online: wash out the spam container and reuse it to mould the rice!

So for this one im going to try and make like, a spam sandwich with the rice. Considering how hard it was to get the meat out of the can im not looking forward to this. I could always cut a hole in the bottom though I suppose.

it was a little rough but we got it, now I cut a strip of the sushi nori and wrap it around the rice.

now we scavenge some sauce and leftover vegetables and carefully try to cut letters out of them yes thats right we're going ALL IN for this one.

yassss this is working! Now I don't want to ruin it but lets try flipping on its side and saucing it up with something, i've got some mango sriracha handy.

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Yesss I think I nailed this one. I love it. And guess what? Turns out spam musubi is delicious!