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Moon Stew: A Sun Ra Recipe + Playlist

In this week’s episode of Miss Nati’s Music Box we entered a new dimension. Our spacecraft drifting by the moons of Saturn, with the faint sounds of experimental jazz drifting through the portholes. Miss Nati is our fearless leader as we make strides into musical territories unheard of by our curious ears. But all good astronauts need a good meal right? Well, we’ve got you covered with this special recipe for Moon Stew and a playlist to listen to as you chop all these delicious ingredients.

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“You can’t say, ‘One teaspoon of this, or one teaspoon of that.’ Like a musician, you improvise. It’s like being on a spirit plane; you put the proper things in without knowing why. It comes out wonderful when it’s done like that. If you plan it, it doesn’t work.” - SUN RA

As reported by the food blog A Slice of Earthly Delight, the unharmonized melody goes like this:

Sun Ra’s Moon Stew

Ingredients:

  • Green Peppers

  • Onions

  • Garlic

  • Okra

  • Tomatoes

  • Corn

  • Flour

  • Butter or Vegetable Oil

  • Broth (chicken or vegetable)

  • Salt and Pepper to taste

  • Sincerity

  • Love

1) Chop the vegetables.

2) Bring the broth to a simmer on the stove while making a rue. To make the rue, melt the butter or vegetable oil in a pan and add flour, stirring until it reaches the consistency of wet sand. Stir a little of the broth into the rue and then add the rue into the broth.

3) Add the vegetables, salt, pepper, sincerity, and love to the broth.

4) Cook for at least one hour and serve to family and friends!

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