Episode 460 - Sold My Car

Release Date: May 30, 2025	Download: Enhanced \| MP3
Running Time: 138 min	Subscribe: Enhanced \| MP3 \| RSS

Onion pie, killer aliens, and a car sold to fund a game convention.

Roger Leroux grabs a seat at the table for a Meal segment, offering up a delicious traditional onion pie recipe paired with a card game about crying onions.

We visit Gubbins in Co-Op Corner and he introduces us to The Captain is Dead. Can your starship crew work together to escape the clutches of killer aliens?

KC Ogbuagu joins us from Nibcard Game Cafe in Abuja, Nigeria to chat about his amazing career and life in games. His dedication runs so deep he sold his car to fund AB Con, now the largest and longest running game convention in sub-Saharan Africa.

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The Meal

Roger Leroux's Selections

Recipe: Onion Pie | Game: Heul Doch! Mau Mau

Traditional French Onion Pie (Tarte à l'oignon)

Ingredients

1 pie crust

4 large onions

50g butter

10cl sour cream (or creme fraiche)

2 eggs

1 pinch ground nutmeg

salt & pepper to taste

50g grated cheese

How To Make

preheat oven to 400

place pie crust in greased pan, prick the bottom with a fork

peel and chop the onions until fine

saute the onions in butter over low/medium-low heat until translucent and brown. Slow and low is the key!

spread the onions over the pie crust

beat eggs and then add sour cream and nutmeg plus salt and pepper to taste

pout the egg mixture over the onions

sprinkle the top with grated cheese

bake for 30 minutes or until the filling had set and the top is golden brown

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Heul Doch! Mau Mau

Disney Villains: The Card Game

Stephen's Selections

Recipe: Grilled Pound Cake with Strawberries | Game: Cakes

Grilled Pound Cake with Strawberries

Ingredients

1 pound cake

softened butter

3 quarts of strawberries

1 quart of raspberries

sugar/honey to taste

whipped cream

How to Make

The Pound Cake

slice pound cake

spread a light layer of butter on each slice (both sides)

grill each side of the pound cake until grill marks appear

OR place slices in a saute pan until golden brown

Raspberry/Strawberry Compote

place raspberries and 2 quarts of strawberries in a blender or food processor

puree them until smooth

pour liquid into a fine mesh strainer and use spatula topress the liquid through into a bowl. the goal here is to remove as many small seeds as you can.

sweeten with suger or honey to taste

The Strawberries

Slice remaining quart of strawberries and mascerate them by tossing them in sugar.

place the berry sugar mixture in a bowl in the fridge for at least an hour

Assembly

start with a slice of pound cake

top it with the compote

add strawberries and whipped cream Enjoy!

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Cakes