Orc Knight
Auror
Fantasy usually has that bit where there's some feasting to be done. An old cliche, perhaps, but for the food lovers out there, always nice to read about it. Seeing as food is quite important to cultures as is, with their own cliches to go with them. And not just cultures, be it the cowboy roasting beans and beef over the campfire pan or spaghetti in the local Italian restaurant. So, do you put it in as a minor detail or as something that comes up fairly often? And what sort of fantastical additions comes to it?
Is dragon flambe on the menu? Magical puddings (that are, hopefully, not sentient and also hungry)? Triceratops roasts? Some far more unsettling things? And how does it tie into the culture around them? And possibly recipes?
And to volunteer a bit, I'll use the southwestern sea elf culture in Eld. As it's the most developed. Obviously heavy on fish and sea food. Though with a mix of French/Creole/Cajun in addition to it. Heavily spiced at times and with a more haute cuisine for the Merchant Lords and their like. They are as likely to have snail as gator and drakes along with lot's of fruits due to the orchards. They also have lot's of sweets and cakes around as they have a trade port and sugar cane around. Rum is the usual drink of choice beside mint juleps, sweet teas and lemonades. It does go off a bit in other neighborhoods where the likes of naga-kin and other monster races are at. Just as likely to get sausages as live rodents of unusual size.
I admit, not the most inventive and the culture itself revolves around celebrations and parties. And is a favorite haunt for those who just want to get away. Albeit to fantasy New Orleans.
Is dragon flambe on the menu? Magical puddings (that are, hopefully, not sentient and also hungry)? Triceratops roasts? Some far more unsettling things? And how does it tie into the culture around them? And possibly recipes?
And to volunteer a bit, I'll use the southwestern sea elf culture in Eld. As it's the most developed. Obviously heavy on fish and sea food. Though with a mix of French/Creole/Cajun in addition to it. Heavily spiced at times and with a more haute cuisine for the Merchant Lords and their like. They are as likely to have snail as gator and drakes along with lot's of fruits due to the orchards. They also have lot's of sweets and cakes around as they have a trade port and sugar cane around. Rum is the usual drink of choice beside mint juleps, sweet teas and lemonades. It does go off a bit in other neighborhoods where the likes of naga-kin and other monster races are at. Just as likely to get sausages as live rodents of unusual size.
I admit, not the most inventive and the culture itself revolves around celebrations and parties. And is a favorite haunt for those who just want to get away. Albeit to fantasy New Orleans.