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When you get to the 1st area of the Asylum, one of the inmates named Dradeel gives you a recipe for Dragoon Soup. If you read the recipe, it looks like a real recipe, that may even be good.

Here's the dumb question. Has any body ever tried this recipe or know where it came from? It does not contain any thing weird, I'm tempted to try it.

Thanks. After you guys all stop laughing :laugh: maybe someone can give me some info on this.

P.S. I checked the threads and there are only three. Mine and 2 that date back to 2001. No answer on their use. I know it's not a big deal. But when they put something like this in a game, it usally has a history. Right?

I don't know... There's no telling what might happen if you tried to make soup by cooking eggs and vegetables in beef broth. Someone might get hurt.

Dradeel actually has four recipes; the one he gives you is determined by a random number generator. I have never bothered to make any of them, but they look like standard recipes to me. Some young women on an old message board once asked the same questions you did. No one esle had ever tried to make them or knew where they came from. After I assured them that the recipes looked safe, they actually spent an afternoon making them. Unfortunately, I can't remember the results they reported, but I think they said that two of the recipes were good, one was so-so, and the other one wasn't very good. I don't think anyone got hurt. (But like any other recipe, the results will vary according to individual cooking skill.) Just don't try to make any of the recipes from the Orcish Cookbook.

Here are all four of Dradeel's recipes:

DRADEEL: One has lots of time for reflection while waiting for the ENDLESS WAVES OF BAD DOGGIE WEREWOLF MONSTERS THAT CHEW YOUR TOES WHILE YOU SLEEP!! Personally, I spend the time reconstituting culinary delights from my childhood. Would you like a recipe?


1) Something from mother. (SCRLAB)


Dradeel's Recipe:

MONKEY BALLS (makes ~40)
A) 1/2 c. peanut butter
1/3 c. honey
1/2 c. granola
1/2 c. crushed 'cheery' cereal
dash nutmeg
dash cinnamon
1/2 c. oatmeal

B) 1 c. sugar
1/4 c. cocoa
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. milk
1/4 tsp. vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS:
Mix ingredients in (A), except oatmeal. Roll into small balls about
the diameter of a coin. Coat balls in oatmeal.
Boil ingredients in (B) together for 3-1/2 to 4 minutes. Take from
heat. Dip balls in chocolate using spoon or toothpick. Chill and
serve.

Monkey balls are to be served with the following poem on prominent
display:
"Monkey Balls"
These sweet and gracious monkey balls,
Served on plates and sold from stalls,
Bring madness to these hallowed halls
Of urban academe.

Huzzaks for chocolate monkey balls!
We'll eat them 'til the ceiling falls,
'Til Time, herself, tears down these walls
Of urban academe.

So buy yourself a monkey ball,
Savour it and then stand tall,
A bulwark 'gainst the deaf'ning call
Of urban academe.
-by Ergo the organ-grinder



2) Something from my mother's mother. (SCRLAC)


Dradeel's Recipe:
Amnish Dragoon Soup

4 cups of beef broth
8 cups of water
2 leeks, sliced thin
2 carrots, sliced
1 celery stalk, thinly sliced
1 small cabbage, shredded
1 large onion, sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
2 lemons
4 eggs
salt and pepper to taste

1) Pour the broth and the water into a large pot. Add all the vegetables
and bring to a gentle boil. Let the fire burn to a low-medium heat and
simmer the soup for 1-1/2 hours, covered. Add more water if needed. Skim all of the white part that rises in the soup and discard.

2) Squeeze the juice from the 2 lemons and add it to the soup. Beat the eggs carefully and mix them with the soup. Add the seasonings and stir quickly for 2-3 minutes. Serve immediately



3) Aha! Something from my mother's mother's father! A real whiz around pots and pans. Wait, I said that wrong. (SCRLAD)


Dradeel's recipe:
Baldur's Delight:
Sweet treats from the fabled kitchen of Mother Baldur.

5 Tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup chilled water
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice (or an exotic, such as rosewater)
2 cups of nuts (again, as exotic as you like)
A portion of powdered sugar or some other topical candy sprinkle.

Mix the cornstarch thoroughly with the cold water and set to the side.
Blend the hot water, Orange Juice and sugar together, bringing the mixture to a boil.
To this, add the cornstarch and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring often.

Remove from heat, stir in the nuts and add the lemon juice or your alternate flavoring.
Pour the entire mixture into a buttered or greased pan and chill.

When set, cut sections of about an inch and roll in the powdered sugar or sprinkles to prevent it sticking.

Enjoy.



4) The pride of the book, a recipe like no other. Guard it well. Huzzah! (SCRLAF)


Dradeel's Recipe:
A cookie to reinforce the fortitude, from the kitchen of a particularly shaggy friend:

Ruby Racks:

1 Cup of Dry Oatmeal
2 Cups of Flour
1/4 Pound of Butter
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup of Cocoa
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Walnut Extract

While oven preheats to 350, combine all ingredients in a large bowl, adding a small amount of milk if the mixture is too dry to properly blend. Add extra sugar if the batter is not to your liking at this point. Roll into balls and press on a greased pan. Bake for 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of your portions and your personal preference for consistency.

Jinkies, they're good!

VonDondu, thanks very much for taking the time to write all that out and the research you must have done.

When I first read it, I did not pay much attention, and then decided to read it again in the event there may be a clue or something in the body of the text. The more I read it, the more I thought (this looks like a real recipe)

Even though I'm still kind of new at this, I do remember reading that programmers sometimes put stuff in the games (I think, if I remember right, there are called "Easter eggs" or something like that). So I'm wondering to my self if some programmer might have put his/her (best or worst) liked recipe in the game. Hence the question.

I'm going to have my wife fix the soup (with out the eggs) and the Ruby Racks cookies. Hey, they might be good. She's always looking for new recipes:mischief:

Any way thanks again. You guys never cease to amaze me.

awesome... i printed these out, although i do not think i will be making the Baldur's Delight.

now with the egg in the soup... i would try it myself. It seems along the same idea as an egg flower soup you would get at a chinese restaurant. I used to mix in egg with my top ramen back in the day, lol.:laugh: (seriously, i did!)

sparky_kat wrote:
now with the egg in the soup... i would try it myself. It seems along the same idea as an egg flower soup you would get at a chinese restaurant. I used to mix in egg with my top ramen back in the day, lol.:laugh: (seriously, i did!)

I love eggs. But after heart surgery, I'm not allowed to have them.

My wife's agreeded to make the soup and cookies:speech:
Will let you guys know if they are any good.

Sonny

If anybody actually makes these, please let us know how they come out!

And please take a photo!

I'm afraid I don't know what "cheery" cereal is. Anyone know?

wise grimwald wrote:I'm afraid I don't know what "cheery" cereal is. Anyone know?

Well, don't feel bad, I don't have any idea either.

OK Guys, my wife, who is also retired and loves to cook has agreed to fix all four of the recipes for me. She's assuming that "cheery" is Cherry O's, since you crush them, she thinks they may just be a filler.

This may take a few days, but I will let anyone who wants to know, how they turn out. If I can get my daughter to take pictures with her digital camera, and if someone will tell me how to post them, I will post pictures.:laugh:

Should I post the results in this thread or start one with a different title. Not sure how that works.:speech:

Thanks have a great day.

wise grimwald wrote:I'm afraid I don't know what "cheery" cereal is. Anyone know?

My guess is that it means Cheerios cereal, and they called it "cheery" cereal because they didn't want to use a trademarked name for legal reasons. I suppose crushed Cheerios would give the Monkey Balls a nice consistency, but using processed foods in a recipe like this almost seems like "cheating".

By all means, post the results here, Sonny.

Or they can cereals that make you cheer! Yip Yip! Yay!

But pardon a question from one who does not cook. Does it make a difference what cereal is used since it's crushed anyway?? Maybe corn and oat might have some small difference, but would it, much? And the flavor would be...

I'd guess that the flavor of Cheerios that is used may affect the resulting flavor, even when crushed.

I notice the difference between flavors when I finish off crumbs in my bowl (I drink milk separately, yip) or the powder on the bottom of the bag.

Bioware's true Easter Egg, about to be revealed... ...I can't WAIT to hear how this turns out.

Yesterday my wife prepared 2 of the 4 Dradeel Recipes. The judges or tasters if you prefer were my wife Tina, my daughter Missy (age 35-She's gone to kill me) my grandson Sean (age 15) and myself (age National Security Secret).
She made 2 pots of this soup because we wanted to try one before the final steps where you add the 2 lemons and 4eggs.

The soup made exactly as the recipe calls for, we found to be rather bland and with out much body. It had a slight lemon taste with a hint of cabbage. My daughter said it reminded her of Lemon Egg Drop soup made with beef broth instead of chicken broth and veggies instead of noodles. She thought it might have been bland because of all the water.

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, my wife and daughter gave it a 5.5 and Sean and I gave it a 5. So we settled on a 5.5 for the soup.

With the second pot of soup which we have named Tina's Fake Dragoon Soup, she did the following. She added 2 tablespoons of Dry Beef Soup base, 1 small diced turnip and 1 small diced white potato and cooked it another 30 minutes to get the added ingredients done. She left out the lemons and eggs. This was a very good soup. We all gave it a 8 except Sean who only gave it a 7.5 because it did not have any meat ( kids a carnivore). We all settled on an 8.25 just to please me. I liked her version of the soup.
Two words: Absolutely Delicious

When finished these little things look like doughnut holes covered with chocolate.

They have the consistency of a soft chewy granola bar and tasted like a cinnamon bar dipped in chocolate. The recipe made 30 balls which we all finished in about 40 minutes. Score 12. I know, I said 10 was the highest, but Sean insisted on a 12.

A little secret. My wife made a second batch, but instead of using Cheerios as the filler, she used Fruit Loops. Man, you got to try these

She is going to make the other 2 recipes later in the week.

My daughter took pictures with her digital camera, but could not find some cable she needed (UBS or what ever) so when she finds it she will load them on my computer. Even after she finds it, she says she does not know how to link them to a forum only knows how to e-mail them. So I'll have to work on that.

Have a great day guys. Sonny

I'm totally down with that.

I can't wait to go home and ask my wife if she'll make Monkey Balls from a recipe I obtained off a crazy elf from an insane asylum in Baldur's Gate. Yip yip.

CFM wrote:
I can't wait to go home and ask my wife if she'll make Monkey Balls from a recipe I obtained off a crazy elf from an insane asylum in Baldur's Gate. Yip yip.

Tell me about it.:laugh:

After about 30 minutes of laughing and calling our children and telling them their father had finally gone off the deep end, she gave in and saw I was serious (as serious as you can be about Monkey Balls) and agreed to make the stuff for me.

Here are the 1st two Dradeel's Recipes my wife made

Bumping an old thread.

Don't know if Sonny's wife ever made the other 2 recipes, but would sure like to know if anyone else has. Especially the Baldur's Delight (one from mother Baldur using Orange Juice). I may go ahead and try them myself but was curious if others had.

Hey Quen, this should be right up your alley with your "Kitchen Witchcraft".
Hint, hint!

Oh gods... Philos, you are either evil to the core, or don't know how susceptible to "innocent suggestions" I am
So far, I don't dare try, but this might change. My will is very strong - it does whatever it wants with me :laugh:
Oh, and thanks for reading!

Well,

I'm just doing my part to support the "Cottage Industry" sector.
They certainly do look quite delictible, hmmm.