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Nutritious and delicious, this Rimworld-inspired rum-infused drink is sure to put a smile on your colonists’ faces.

You’ll need

1 oz (30ml) Stolen white rum

.75 oz (20ml) Midori

.50 oz (15ml) Malibu coconut rum

White of one small egg

2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters

Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake thoroughly to chill. Strain into your chosen vessel. Try to hide the colonist body you made the paste from. TRY TO HIDE IT. Serve!

“A synthetic mixture of protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins, amino acids and minerals. Everything the body needs, and absolutely disgusting. “ – Nutrient paste meal in-game description.

You might be wondering why I decided that the most appropriate thing to make from Rimworld, a game full of interesting items and consumables, was something that is literally described as “disgusting” in the description.

Wonder no more! The answer is a resounding “I really don’t know”.

Well… not quite. The reality is that I try to make items from games that are quite iconic, and if there’s one thing Rimworld is known for, it’s the sometimes near-psychopathic tendency of players to use anything and everything to survive in the admittedly harsh game—and a major tool in their arsenal is the humble nutrient paste dispenser.

You see, the nutrient paste dispenser can create food very efficiently, and out of nearly anything. Fruits, berries, grains, meats, human corpses…

A lot of Rimworld players see a bunch of leftover bodies from a raid and rather than looking on with disgust, they see opportunity. A lot of colonies end up with a fair number of prisoners, which take up valuable resources like food. So it’s easy to do the obvious thing and feed them the ground up mush of their fellows, rather than wasting precious fine dining—that’s not cannibalism, that’s just thrifty!

Looking for more morally questionable beverages? Try the Fairy Tonic inspired by The Legend of Zelda.

So that’s why I made this drink, but what about the flavour? Unlike it’s in-game counterpart, the real life Nutrient Paste is actually quite delicious; rich, thick, a little tropical with melon and coconut, but also a little cinnamon-y from the Peychaud’s.

Be ready to make a fair number of these, as they are deceptively more-ish. Just don’t grind up any of your lesser-liked guests to put in the shaker. It’ll spoil the colour.

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