Bonju's Cooking Pot

Culinary Concoctions (also known as "Bonju's Cooking Pot") was released in August 2006 with a mysterious message about Chef Bonju in the New Features:

A Blumaroo seems to be beckoning you to come and see his latest Culinary Concoctions. What could he be making...

From New Features, August 3, 2006

Recipes

Unfortunately, TNT never seemed to actually release any recipes for this feature, making it dead content from the very first day. TNT confirmed as much in an editorial much later:

Hey, TNT! Okay, so it has been almost nine years since Shenkuu was discovered and as of now we haven't found any recipes that work in Bonju's cooking pot! I am really curious about it, so could you at least say if there are any working recipes active right now? Also, could you maybe give us Neopians a hint? x) Please remove my username. :) ~username removed
Someday Bonju may actually share some of his culinary brilliance with the rest of Neopia. Until then, we suggest visiting Jhuidah if you want to do any cooking.

You'll never guess what the cooking pot is really used for!
From Neopian Times, Issue #679, published February 6, 2015

Bonju Avatar

Culinary Concoctions is perhaps best known as a red herring for the long-searched-for-then-finally-discovered Blumaroo - Chef Bonju avatar. This avatar was first announced in August 2006 just five days after Culinary Concoctions was added to the site. The solution was not discovered until three years later, in August 2009.

Despite appearances, Culinary Concoctions is not related to the avatar; instead you must use the Mystery Island Cooking Pot.

Blumaroo - Chef Bonju / Guide

Have the Mad About Orange avatar as your active avatar, then mix a Blumaroo Steak, a Gourmet Cooking For Your Pet and an Orange Juice at the Mystery Island Cooking Pot during the month of August.

Released: August 8, 2006

Considering the lack of recipes, perhaps this misdirection is all TNT ever intended from this feature all along!

*cookies* So, err... was Bonju's Cooking Pot the biggest red herring in the history of Neopets, or does it actually do something? Thanks for answering! ~pharoah850
Ha! Like we're gonna tell. You already got your hint for this decade.
From Neopian Times, Issue #408, published September 4, 2009

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