Pangaean Food and Drink ~ by SaralynArati

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especially if mixed with fruit or honey. In the desert, one sometimes finds mannaÂÂ, an ultra-sweet ÂÂdew adsecreted by beetles. NOTE: There are other intoxicants, such as opium and hashish, rife within virtually all cities, but normally, the general population does not overindulge in such drugs, and therefore the governments usually turn a blind eye to what they deem to be recreational use. Similar compounds are also found within herbs whose smoke is used ritually to calm and to heal the mind.

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10. What does a typical dessert look like? In addition to the sticky types of candy mentioned previously, pastries are highly valued, as are donut or beignet-like twists of fried batter. Pies are sometimes desserts, with fruit or custard fillings, rather than being more like a mince or chicken pot pie. Cakes are virtually unheard of, but chocolate is consumed, either with milk and a sweetener, or with hot peppers as with Aztec cacao. Certain jellies and types of fresh tofu can also be sweet,

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if less strongly, in the stratified social protocols of the east. It is very bad manners to ill-treat a guest. 9. Are there any types of food indigenous to your world? No, Iâve tried to restrict my foods to as nearly wild a state as possible, before extensive modern hybridization, yet most grains have long been cultivated and are not at all like grasses anymore. However, this is based on a mythical Earth, so I have used only familiar Earth plants and animals.

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How about food? Even in the desert, food is available, if not plentiful, as long as you know how to look for it. But it is far better to be part of a tribe, clan, or family group both there and on the steppes, where hunting and gathering are still major parts of the culture and everyone shares whatever bounty they may have, so that none go hungry. This is one reason for the famous custom of hospitality overnight being offered to anyone who appears at your door, and this tradition still holds,

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which can literally render a human unconscious for years at a time. As previously mentioned, cocoa and coffee are locally valued, and there is almost nowhere that does not brew some form of tea, herbal or from tea leaves. 8. Is water readily available? Yes, fresh water is easily located practically everywhere except in the vast desert to the south.

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7. What kinds of drinks are popular, alcoholic or otherwise? In many areas, beer is almost a food rather than a drink and has a very low alcohol content. Mead, however, is both potent and popular. Rice wine is another deceptive drink, ranging from comparatively mild to practically 100 proof. And, of course, nearly every region has its own unique form of fermented beverage, like moonshine. The most dangerous of the spirits to mortals, though, are the liqueurs of the faerie people, (cont)

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