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Zand nut

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"The fruit from his kand trees paired perfectly with Dorin zand nuts in this fragrant bread. You won't be able to resist its sweet aroma—and you won't even need a rebreather to enjoy it!"
―Strono Tuggs, The Ultimate Cookbook[1]

The zand nut was a type of nut native to the Expansion Region planet Dorin, a world with a helium-rich atmosphere[1] that was home to the Kel Dor species.[2] A Kel Dor grew zand nuts in his orchard on Dorin and provided some of them and the fruit of his kand trees to the Artiodac chef Strono Tuggs during Tuggs' culinary tour of the galaxy[1] between 34 ABY and 35 ABY.[3] The chef then used the nuts to make Kand and Zand Rolls, a type of fragrant bread that he included the recipe for in his third cookbook, The Ultimate Cookbook, which was published[1] in 35 ABY.[3]

Behind the scenes

In the current Star Wars canon, zand nuts were mentioned in the 2023 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook, a recipe book written by Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak. The out-of-universe recipe for the bread makes use of chopped pecans to represent zand nuts.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the zand tree of Dorin was mentioned in the Galactic Campaign Guide, a 2003 supplement for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game written by Peter M. Schweighofer and J.D. Wiker and published by Wizards of the Coast.[4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Star Wars: The Ultimate Cookbook
  2. ↑ Star Wars: Alien Archive
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Galactic Campaign Guide