calien soup [green gazpacho]

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I love dinosaurs. Growing up, I had collected tons of dinosaur-themed items. So when I started playing Ark: Survival Evolved it felt like I was reliving part of my childhood!

DINOSAURS. DINOSAURS EVERYWHERE!

Needless to say, I kind of got a little obsessed. OK. Fine. I got A LOT obsessed.

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I started collecting tons of dinosaurs. I started with Parasaurs, then moved onto Raptors, then T-Rexes and now. Spinosauruses. Our base currently has over 20 Spinosauruses.

I’ve named the ones I’ve tamed after K-pop stars because why not?

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When I found out that Ark had a cooking system, I was so hyped! Obviously, I had to start making these recipes in real life. So here’s an easy Ark-inspired recipe to enjoy while you’re combing the beach slapping your “e” key for rocks!

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UNIT COMPOSITION

  1. salt
  2. parsley
  3. juice from 1 lemon
  4. 4 cloves of garlic
  5. 1/4 cup of olive oil
  6. 1/2 cup of cucumbers, sliced
  7. 1/2 cup of peas, cooked (either microwave or boil them)
  8. 1/2 white onion, chopped
  9. 1 avocado, sliced

BUILD ORDER

This recipe takes about 20 minutes to make. It makes about 2 servings.

OPENING

  1. Place your avocado, onion and garlic in a food processor.
  2. Add in the juice from one lemon.
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  3. Pulse until smooth.

MID GAME

  1. Add in your cooked peas, cucumber and salt.
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  2. Pulse until combined.
  3. Add in a few sprigs of parsley and your olive oil. Pulse until smooth.

LATE GAME

  1. Remove your mix from the food processor.
  2. Using a mesh sieve, strain out the chunky bits from your gazpacho.
  3. Garnish with parsley.
  4. Eat!

GG WP!

I tried to make it as close as the in-game recipe as possible:

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Close… I think?

Either way, Calien Soup will keep you cool as you doodle in your dossier:

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According to my dossier, I should probably collect more spinos. Hmm.

Stay safe out there, survivors!