- "Still, that didn't stop me from riskin' a quick pit stop on Li-Toran to pick up a special ingredient—a sweet, sticky sap harvested from an organic 'bleedin' rock' found on the planet's surface. Melittos can't get enough of the stuff (though I'm not really sure how they consume it, seein' that those weird bug faces of theirs don't seem to have any mouths on 'em)."
- ―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook
The bleeding rock was a coral-like organism native to the Inner Rim planet Li-Toran. The organism grew within the thick steam of the world's underground tunnels, which contained air with much higher densities of toxic compounds than Li-Toran's already toxic surface atmosphere.[1] Bleeding rock also grew on the surface of Li-Toran where the native Melitto species harvested[2] the crimson sap of the organism to make up the primary component of their sugary liquid diet. Melittos leaving Li-Toran used special survival devices to simulate the sap by distilling local foodstuffs.[1]
The Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs visited Li-Toran to collect some bleeding-rock sap during a culinary tour of the galaxy that he took[2] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY.[3] Tuggs then used the sap to make the dish known as Melitto Sap Cakes and mentioned the bleeding rock in the recipe for the cakes that he included in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[2] in 35 ABY.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Bleeding rock was first mentioned in Cyphers and Masks, a 2018 supplement for the Star Wars: Age of Rebellion roleplaying game published by Fantasy Flight Games.[1]
Sources[]
- Cyphers and Masks (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Cyphers and Masks
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook establishes that the publishing of the in-universe The Ultimate Cookbook and the culinary tour that preceded it occurred following the publishing of The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook and prior to the destruction of Kijimi. It also establishes that The Ultimate Cookbook was published following the Festival of the Ancestors that occurred during that time period. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook further establishes that The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook was published concurrently with the First Order's search for the Resistance base on Batuu, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 34 ABY. In addition, Timelines dates the Festival of the Ancestors and the destruction of Kijimi to 35 ABY, meaning the tour must have taken place between 34 ABY and 35 ABY and The Ultimate Cookbook must have been published in 35 ABY.