Nine-Egg Stew

Nine-Egg Stew, or 9-egg stew, was a yellow stew invented by Jedi Master Porter Engle while he served as a cook at the Elphrona Outpost during the High Republic Era. It contained nine different kinds of eggs, which the stew was named after, and could be made with stone peppers. Served for meals such as breakfast, it was edible to members of multiple species, becoming a favorite of Jedi Padawan Bell Zettifar during his time on the planet Elphrona.
In 232 BBY, the stew was served to the Jedi of the Elphrona outpost for breakfast. Around 3 ABY, two Imperial stormtroopers aboard the Raider-class corvette King's Ransom discussed Nine-Egg Stew while comparing it to Joppa stew.
==Description==
Nine-Egg Stew or 9-egg stew, was a yellow stew that could be served as part of a breakfast meal. As the name indicated, the stew contained nine different kinds of eggs. Stone peppers could also be used in the dish. The stew had a thick consistency with white chunks immersed in the liquid, and was edible to humans, Ikkrukkians, and Twi'leks.
==History==
Nine-Egg Stew was invented by Jedi Master Porter Engle during his retirement to the Jedi outpost on the Outer Rim planet Elphrona as a cook during the High Republic Era. While Engle had a fearsome reputation to his enemies, he was known for cooking the stew for his allies and considered it his proudest accomplishment.Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection He would only reveal what five of the nine types of eggs in the stew were. When the human Jedi Padawan Bell Zettifar, apprenticed to Twi'lek Jedi Master Loden Greatstorm, came to Elphrona, the stew quickly became a favorite of his. Zettifar suspected that the sources of the eggs Engle refused to identify were either rare or disgusting.
In 232 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: Light of the Jedi to 232 BBY. the Jedi of the Elphrona outpost—who included Engle, Zettifar, Greatstorm, and the Tholothian Jedi Knight Indeera Stokes—ate a breakfast including Nine-Egg Stew after Zettifar had spent the early morning training with Greatstorm and Stokes on the Force power controlled descent. Commenting that falling appeared to be hard work, Engle asked Zettifar if he wanted more stew after noticing he had emptied his bowl. The Padawan answered in the affirmative, noting that the stew was fantastic that day, which Engle attributed to stone peppers he had acquired, explaining he had found some "nice hard ones" at the market. After Zettifar requested more of the stew, his pet charhound Ember reacted knowing he was the Jedi most likely to feed her scraps from meals. Greatstorm emptied his bowl while Zettifar ate his second serving.
The Jedi finished eating breakfast while discussing their plans for the day, and Engle had a servitor droid clear away the dishes, which he had intended to clean himself before the Jedi were abruptly summoned to respond to the Nihil pirates raid on the Blythe homestead. Greatstorm was captured by the Nihil during the raid and presumed dead.
During the year he spent as a captive of Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro under near-constant torture, the Jedi Master sometimes dreamt he was back on Elphrona, imagining the smell of Nine-Egg Stew.The High Republic: The Rising Storm In 231 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: The Rising Storm to 231 BBY. Greatstorm had one such dream until he was awoken by the Nihil Chadra-Fan Doctor Kisma Uttersond. In 229 BBY,The Daedus events of The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness take place concurrent to the one year anniversary of the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which equates to 229 BBY per Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. Engle was trapped within the Nihil's territory known as the Occlusion Zone. In order to survive he began eating a type of brown stew which he considered unappetizing kept in packets aboard his shuttle, the Torment. As the Jedi Master ate the stew while on the planet DaedusThe High Republic: The Eye of Darkness that year, he mentally noted that it was no Nine-Egg Stew but that it would do.
Around 3 ABY, a stormtrooper aboard the Imperial Raider-class corvette King's Ransom remarked that it was the third time that week they had been eating Joppa stew. Another stormtrooper responded that it was better than eating Nine-Egg Stew—which they described as a "monstrosity." Later around that year, the malevolent droid intelligence known as the Scourge reflected on its actions while speaking toDark Droids 5 one of its bodies, called the "Elder."Dark Droids 4 The Scourge compared the harm that they had caused to the nine eggs needed to make Nine-Egg Stew, as it believed the harm had been incidental to other goals and thus necessary.
==Behind the scenes==
Nine-Egg Stew first appeared in the 2021 novel The High Republic: Light of the Jedi, written by Charles Soule for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase I. The dish was capitalized as "nine-egg stew" in a StarWars.com article previewing the end of the phase. It was first pictured in a Characters of Star Wars: The High Republic video about Porter Engle released on the official Star Wars YouTube channel on November 4, 2022. The stew was later identified as 9-egg stew in a This Week! in Star Wars video posted on the official Star Wars YouTube channel on November 3, 2023, showcasing concept art of characters for the project's Phase III, including Engle.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Light of the Jedi 
*The High Republic: The Rising Storm 
*The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness 
*Sana Starros 2 
*Dark Droids 5 
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*Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
==Notes and references==
Category:Breakfast foods
Category:Soups and stews