Wabaji'Alvoii

Wabaji'alvoii, or snake barley soup, is a savory Gerudo dish that is thousands of years old and is still enjoyed to this day. Its main ingredients are barley (waba), the Gerudo's staple and sacred crop, and the smoked meat of the venomous desert sand snake known to the Gerudo people as alvoii.

Ingredients

Base Recipe

1 1/2 tbsps of palm fruit oil
2/3 cups of barley
1/2 pound of smoked alvoii meat
1 sunshroom cap
1/2 zapshroom cap

1 chillshroom cap
1 tbsp of ground warm safflina
6 cups of mushroom broth
rock salt, to taste
ground black pepper, to taste

Ancient Recipe Only

1/4 tsp of aged alvoii venom
1 tsp of bakadu spores

Modern Recipe Only

2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp of ground sage

Directions

Ancient Step

1) Heat oil, then carefully add the venom and spores. Stir constantly until oil turns dark brown, then allow the oil to completely cool.

Modern Step

1) Saute the garlic, sage, and mushrooms in palm fruit oil until golden.

2) Slice mushrooms, then re-heat oil and saute until soft.
3) Slice snake meat into strips about an inch thick.
4) Add all ingredients into a large pot and allow to simmer while covered for about 45 minutes to an hour, or until barley is completely cooked. If the soup is too thick, add water, more broth, or palm fruit water for a slightly sweeter flavor. Serve while hot.

Preparation Time

45 minutes

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 45 minutes

Yield

6 servings

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The bakadu is a mushroom that still grows in the Gerudo Desert. It is poisonous to non-Gerudo and causes muscular paralysis if not cooked properly, and total paralysis (asphyxiation) raw. Also slightly NSFW info

causes priapism in those with penises whether cooked or not, making it an effective erectile aid when properly prepared.

The modern Gerudo no longer add the poisons because of the danger that it poses if not cooked correctly, opting to replace them with more modern spices of garlic and sage. However, at least one Gerudo, Ganon, is known to still follow the ancient recipe.