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in flavor and texture as anything served at the Capitol, but it’s made with the humble katniss plant. Katniss fondly remembered her father teaching her to find and harvest these roots.
    If you can’t find katniss tubers, cassava or yucca will work just as well. Their flavor and texture is similar.
    2 POUNDS KATNISS TUBERS OR YUCCA, PEELED AND CLEANED, CUT INTO 1-INCH PIECES
    4 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL, DIVIDED
    1 TEASPOON PAPRIKA
    Â½ TEASPOON SALT
    Â½ TEASPOON PEPPER
    1 DICED WHITE ONION
    2 CLOVES GARLIC, CRUSHED
    Â½ TEASPOON MILD CURRY POWDER
    2 CUPS VEGETABLE BROTH
    1 CUP PLAIN YOGURT
    Â½ CUP SOUR CREAM
    Â½ CUP HEAVY CREAM
    Â½ CUP SCALLIONS OR CHIVES, CHOPPED
    Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
    Place the katniss tubers onto a baking sheet; add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and toss to coat.
    Sprinkle with paprika, salt and pepper and roast for about 30 minutes, or until fork tender. Set aside.
    Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, heat the remaining olive oil over medium-high heat.
    Add the onions and cook until they are golden but not dark.
    Add the garlic and curry powder and cook for 3 minutes more.
    Combine the katniss and the onion mixture in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Return the mixture to the saucepan over medium heat.
    Whisk in the broth, and then add the cold ingredients (yogurt, sour cream and cream).
    Cook, stirring frequently, until heated through.
    Taste for seasoning and add salt if needed.
    Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with chopped scallions or chives to serve.

    7
    AUTHENTICITY FOR THE ADVENTUROUS
    â€œBut I told Rue I’d be there. For both of us. And somehow that seems even more important than the vow I gave Prim.”
    KATNISS, THE HUNGER GAMES BY SUZANNE COLLINS, CHAPTER 18
    THE RECIPES IN THIS CHAPTER are for those of you who would like a bit more of the wild in your menu, or who are happy to go through a bit more trouble to replicate the foods and meals you’ve read about in The Hunger Games.
    These recipes include foods found throughout the book, such as dishes from District 12, the Capitol and the Arena.

GREASY SAE’S SPECIAL WINTER SOUP
    SERVES 6
    While dining on the rich offerings of the Capitol, Katniss thought back almost fondly to this Seam specialty that uses a little of this and a little of that.
    One of the ingredients is “pig entrails,” which are commonly called chitterlings, a popular Appalachian ingredient. We’ll forgo Greasy Sae’s mice meat and use rabbit. Many spices are made of “tree bark,” and we include some here.
    2 POUNDS CLEANED CHITTERLINGS, THAWED
    3 TEASPOONS SALT, DIVIDED
    1½ TEASPOONS FRESHLY GROUND BLACK PEPPER, DIVIDED
    Â½ TEASPOON RED PEPPER FLAKES
    1 POUND RABBIT PIECES, THAWED
    4 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL, DIVIDED
    3 CARROTS, PEELED AND CUT INTO 1-INCH PIECES
    2 STALKS CELERY, SLICED THINLY
    1 ONION, ROUGHLY CHOPPED
    1 TEASPOON CARDAMOM
    Â½ TEASPOON CINNAMON
    1 QUART BEEF STOCK OR BROTH
    Wash and rinse the thawed chitterlings and cut into 2-inch pieces. Rinse again and place in a bowl of cold water to soak for 1 hour.
    Rinse again, tossing out water.
    Fill a pot with 2 quarts water, add chitterlings and bring to a boil.
    Add 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper and ½ teaspoon pepper flakes.
    Cook at a good simmer, covered, for 2 hours and drain.
    After the chitterlings have been cooking for 1 hour, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
    Rub the thawed rabbit pieces with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.
    Place on a baking sheet and roast for 20–25 minutes, until the juices run clear when poked with a fork. Set aside.
    Meanwhile, in a second large pot, heat final 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat.
    Add carrots, celery, onion, cardamom and cinnamon and stir.
    Sauté about 15 minutes, until the carrots and celery are soft.
    Add chitterlings and beef broth, bring to a boil and turn heat to low.
    Simmer 25 minutes, then add