This is a long story, so bear with me here.
Every year, on my birthday, I decide to unleash my inner child and have AWESOME themed birthday parties. They used to be fairly vague and animal-related when I was younger (fish, jungle animals, Noah's Ark). Everything changed when
the fire nation attacked I turned five. From that point on, they've usually been a more specific theme, like a TV show or movie or video game. The ones I can remember right off the top of my head are Pokemon, Doctor Who, and My Little Pony. Also, each year, we often go out and do something fun beforehand, which may or may not be related to the theme (such as going to the aquarium, which was in no way related to the MLP themed party that followed). This year, for my eighteenth birthday, we've decided to go for a theme that covers the fairly broad category of video games. Before the party, we'll all be going to play Laser Tag.
In order to help with the preparations, I was assigned two simple tasks:
1.) Put together a CD of music from my favorite games to play during the party (
Beyond Good & Evil,
Cave Story,
EarthBound,
System Shock 2,
Portal,
Portal 2,
Team Fortress 2,
Shadow of the Colossus,
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles,
etc.)
2.) Come up with a list of video game related food for the party.
What I'm going to be focusing on here is the food. I chose six food items, as listed below:
1.) Repulsion Gel (Portal 2, blue Jell-O and
pudding mixture)
2.) Starkos (Beyond Good & Evil, Jamaican beef patty)
3.) Sandvich (Team Fortress 2, ham sandwich)
4.) Bag of Chips (System Shock 2, nacho cheese Doritos)
5.) The Cake (Portal, chocolate cake)
And, finally, the subject of this thread...
6.) Peanut Cheese Bars (Earthbound, ???)
I had to have a food from Earthbound, and the first things that came to mind were the Skip Sandwich, the burger Ness found in the garbage, and peanut cheese bars. We couldn't have TWO sandwiches, and the garbage burger didn't sound all that appetizing (though, neither does "Repulsion Gel"), so it had to be the peanut cheese bar. I managed to find a
recipe online that didn't seem overly repulsive, so we tried making a batch tonight to see if they were any good...
Sweet JESUS, they were good! Although "peanut cheese" anything sound's a little weird, these were heavenly! Like love in food form! They were sweet, and tangy, with a slightly peanut-buttery taste. And, strangely enough, I'd never tasted anything like that before. I'm glad I chose them as food #6. Best choice I've ever made, right there.
TL;DR:
Recipe. Make. Eat. Rejoice.
