#elven cuisine

[subiysu-chan]

Wood elves

Cultures elfiques sylvestres

Modes de préparations: Les aliments sont généralement séchés pour conservations, parfois fermentés. Le repas-type se compose d'une soupe de champignons séchés, avec un accompagnement fermenté, cuit à la vapeur ou rôti. Les tisanes sont les principales boissons. Les récipiants de cuissons sont généralement en céramique, parfois en étain, et de trois type: la bouilloire (parfois métalique) et le grand pot, souvent faits avec au bout de petites encoches ou trous destinés à accueillir des bâtonets et le petit pots, souvent fait pour être fermé hermétiquement au goudron, permettant une plus longue préservation des aliments fermentés.

Culture du bouleau: Aliment de base: Pleurotes tardifs Nourriture complémentaire: Bolets roux et rudes, amanite fauve, feuilles d'orties fermentée à l'acide lactique, polypore du bouleau, chaga, lactaire à toison, bleuets, fromages, ergo de seigle Principaux aromates: Orties, chaga, mousse d'Islande, fleurs de bouleau, fleurs de trèfles, menthe, mélisse, cerfeuil, églantier (pétales et fruits), aubépine (fleurs et fruits) fenouil, absinthe, sorbier, viorne et camomille, miel, fleurs de tilleul, Principales boissons: tisanes et bouillon Boissons alcoolisées: Hydromel aromatisé, vin d'ortie, cidre de sorbier, vin de bouleau

Culture de l'hêtre: Aliment de base: Pleurotes Nourriture complémentaire: Noix de hêtre, bolets appandiculés et craquelés, tricolome jaunissant, hygrophore blanc d'ivoire, pézize écarlate, feuilles d'ortie fermentée à l'acide lactique, pommes, fromage Principaux aromates: Orties, lactaire velouté, menthe, mélisse, fleurs de trèfle, églantier (pétals et fruits), aubépine (pétals et fruits), fleurs de pommier, triglome gris perfide, miel, fenouil, fleur de tilleul, pissenlit (racine, feuilles et pétals), absinthe, lavende, Principales boissons: tisanes et bouillon Boissons alcoolisée: Hydromel aromatisé, vin d'ortie, cidre de pomme

Culture du pin: Aliment de base: Bolets comestibles Nourriture complémentaire: Clavaire crépue, lactaire délicieux, russule écrevisse, trichlome terreux, pignons, feuilles d'ortie fermentées, bleuets, canneberges, mûres, framboises, fraises, sorbier, viorne, molusques d'eau douce, oeufs de canards, fromages, beurre, laetiporus, écrevisses Principaux aromates: Aiguilles de pin, pommes de pin enocre vertes, hydnelle de Peck, russule sardoine, orties, baies de geniève, pissenlits, persils, viorne et sorbier, lie de vin de baies, miel, lys rouges, mousses comestibles Principales boissons: tisanes et bouillon Boissons alcoolisées: Bière de pin, vin de baies, hydromel aromatisé

#elfes des bois #elfes sylvestres #worldbuilding #wood elves #tumblr français #elven cuisine

[afinickyguide]

episode seventy-two: elven marruth 🥕🥔🌱

#dnd #heroes feast #dnd cookbook #dungeons and dragons #a finicky guide to heroes feast #a finicky guide #dnd cooking #heroes feast cookbook #dnd food #food comic #recipe comic #ttrpg #ttrpg recipes #elven cuisine #main course #elven marruth #two dice

[annachum]

Asgardian, Vanir, Alfheimr, Olympus, Talokanil, Wakandan and Nidavellir cuisines in MCU HCs

Basically, Asgardians eat a mixture of Ancient Nordic, Medieval and Renaissance European foods

Since it is a colder planet in comparison to Alfheim, Asgard has a number of stews and roasts

Bread and potatoes are literally staples amongst Asgardian cuisine

Oh, and seafood is a popular culinary choice in Asgard too

One of Loki's fave foods is salmon stew btw

In MCU, Vanir cuisines are actually a mix of Central Asian, Slavic, Mongolic and Far East Siberian cuisines

Yeah Vanir culture has some nods to Central Asian, Slavic, Mongolic and Far East Siberian cultures in MCU btw

So the Vanirs LOVE dumplings, stews, LAMB AND MUTTON PREPARED IN ANY WAY, and a hunch of dairy in breakfasts

Light Elven cuisine of Alfheim basically has several nods to Mediterranean and Balkan cuisines

Basically it's got a hunch of fruits and vegetables, sweets and baked treats being VERY popular in Alfheim, and edible flowers are also popular in Alfheim too

Breakfasts are at times served in little trays of breakfast goods with fruit/floral scented tea or coffee ( imagine like an Ottoman style breakfast )

A popular street food includes hand pies of different flavours - sweet, savory, spicy, etc

Also a cultural drink of Alfheim is actually wine - as in different types of wine, not just wine made from grapes ( and the Light Elven grown ups in general LOVE to drink wine )

Dwarven cuisine in Nidavellir basically has a mix of elements of Germanic and Slavic cuisine

Being a more blacksmith geared culture, the Dwarves in general usually eat protein and dairy often as a way to sustain themselves in blacksmith relater stuff ( especially for Dwarven blacksmiths )

The Dwarves in general love a good drink - a cultural drink of Nidavellir is actually beer ( and the Dwarven grown up in general drink A LOT beer )

Wakandan cuisines defo has nods to East African and Nubian cuisines

Wakanda is rife in spices, and alcohol is popular for grown ups in Wakanda in general

Teas and coffees are popular in Wakanda too, amongst the staples of Wakanda include beans and maize

Olympus cuisines are defo have nods to Ancient Roman and Grecian cuisines

Olympus is rife with olives and fruits and vegetables - and the Olympus grown up residents in general LOVE wine

Oh and they also love cheeses ( which is a popular desert in Olympus )

Talokanil cuisines defo have nods to Mayan cuisine

Since they are an underworld kingdom, Namor's family actually managed to figure out underwater agricultural and all And underwater food supplies

Seafood is rife in Talocan, and ofc edible seaweeds and corals are amongst popular cuisines in Talocan

Amongst staples of Talokanil cuisine include maize, chili peppers and beans

And coffee and chocolate drinks are amongsr popular drinks in Talocan

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#asgardian cuisine #vanir cuisine #mcu nine realms #light elven cuisine #dwarven cuisine #nordic cuisine #germanic cuisine #slavic cuisine #mediterranean cuisine #olympus cuisine #talokanil cuisine #wakandan cuisine #mayan foods #east african cuisine #ancient greek cuisine #ancient roman cuisine

[saint-nevermore]

pietre eating a cheesebug and pietre gaming

#fraizer draws #pietre #harbeest #ocs #art #nevverse #i have a lot of thoughts about elven cuisine being bugbased but i only have the braincells for #Pietre being held like an unethically fat sugar glider eating a pupa

[deafmangoes]

A Dish With Good Intentions

So that bit where they try to make Marcille's "local cuisine" is funny to me, and I want to explore it a bit.

Firstly, the finished product.

It's, uh. basically ramen. Delicious, but...

Izutsumi being the Voice of Reason in Marcille's absence, and pointing out to the boys that they got completely the wrong idea (she's right, it turns out, because Marcille's 'home cuisine' is basically Italian and they've made it Japanese).

From the Adventurer's Bible, we know that Marcille and Laios come from the same place (the Northern Continent), while Senshi and Chilchuck come from the Eastern Continent, and Izutsumi the Eastern Isles. The cusine of the Eastern Isles is traditionally Japanese: rice is the staple, while the North, East and Southern Continents seem to have a more 'modern' Japanese style: lots more things like noodles, breads, pies, and what we might think of as fusion cuisine. It's why no one in the party (except Izutsumi) thinks of Senshi's cooking as unusual. Aside from the ingredients, it's the sort of dishes they'd eat normally.

But the elves have Italian food.

We get hints of that during the bit where Marcille's talking with the Canaries, but it's not really spelled out explicitly: this chapter is the only time you get real evidence for it.

Why?

Because while Izutsumi's right about one thing:

And she correctly surmised that Marcille's "home" cuisine is different from what they usually eat:

(Look at her she's adorable)

Senshi, Laios and Chilchuck weren't just being ignorant - they had no reason to suspect that this ramen dish wasn't correct, because...

... Marcille's "home" cuisine is her mother's native elven one. Of course Laios would assume she eats the same stuff he does! That's probably why he gets stuck on the idea of 'udon' instead of 'pasta'.

So yeah, this bit amuses me simply because it turns out Marcille's "hometown food" wasn't local at all, she grew up eating "foreign" food!

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #delicious in dungeon #marcille donato #izutsumi #dungeon meshi spoilers #delicious in dungeon spoilers

[sweetbutpsychobutsweet]

Owe You One

Chapter 6

Thorin Oakenshield x AFAB!Reader

Summary: A new discovery about the nature of orcs leads to a drastic decision on your part. And Thorin surprises you by behaving in a very un-Thorin-like manner

Warnings: angst, no use of y/n, implied eating disorder/starvation to avoid menstruation

author's note: Hope y'all enjoyed the events of last chapter😉 I'm working on creating a master list for my page so it's easier to navigate through my fics in the future!

Also, without giving away too much of what happens in this chapter, I added in the warnings that there are mentions of the reader starving herself to delay getting her period. Because it doesn't come from a place of body dysmorphia I didn't want to mislabel it as anorexia, but if this is a potentially triggering topic for you please be aware that you might want to skip the next few chapters.

If you or someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder you can call the helpline at ♥888-375-7767♥

Word count: 1622

You allow yourself a few minutes to just sit on the bed in your towel. It takes some time to form a coherent thought, and even longer to regain feeling in your legs. 

Once you do finally gather enough energy to stand you make your way over to the armoire to dress for dinner. Your stomach is already starting to rumble in anticipation of the feast you know will be waiting for you just down the hall so you decide to dress quickly. 

You choose a dress you know you can slip into easily, not wanting to fuss with pulling on trousers at the moment. You pull on a clean chemise to go underneath, then choose one of your favorite evening dresses to pull on. It’s a dark, forest green color, made of a shimmery fabric that catches in the light with your every movement. The sleeves flow down your arms before splitting open at the elbow to drape loosely down the rest of your arms. The laces cross in the front of the bodice instead of the back so you can tie them easily yourself.

Not wanting to wrangle with your wet mess of hair you simply pile it on top of your head and pin it in place. You step into a pair of matching silk slippers and head out the door, following the mouthwatering smell of Elven cuisine.  

You force yourself to walk slowly down to the dining hall, worried the others might be suspicious if you arrive too soon after Thorin does. 

You pass through elegant archways to find your company poking at the vegetables before them with great displeasure. But not quite as much displeasure as you feel when you realize the only seat left is right next to Thorin.

You had hoped to avoid him for a while in a vain attempt to put off the inevitable discussion that will need to be had. About what happened between the two of you, and what exactly it means moving forward.

“These swords were made for the goblin wars of the first age,” Lord Elrond is explaining when you take your seat between him and Thorin. “How did you come by these?” he asks curiously.

“We found them in a troll hoard on the great east road shortly before we were ambushed by orcs.” Gandalf replies with excitement.

Lord Elrond looks at you with suspicion. “And what were you doing on the great east road?”

“Weren’t you listening?” you ask as you start to pile food onto your plate, “we were being ambushed by orcs.”

Your Elven friend simply laughs, knowing better than to try and get an answer out of you. 

“We’re incredibly lucky you arrived when you did,” you tell him, “we’d probably all have our heads mounted on spikes by now if it hadn’t been for you.”

“We were doing just fine,” Thorin grumbles from beside you but you elect to ignore him. 

“They are vicious creatures,” Lord Elrond agrees with you. “While you’re here I’ll have to show you some literature I recently found on some of their hunting strategies. Some scholars seem to believe that orcs are able to smell blood from several miles away. If their intended target loses so much as a drop of blood they’re as good as dead with an orc pack on their trail.”

You freeze with your fork midway to your mouth. 

Blood? You think to yourself in panic as you start to do the math in your head. 

You drop your fork onto your plate in alarm and everyone turns to look at you in concern. You smile sheepishly and reach for your water goblet with a trembling hand. Everyone turns back to their conversations.

Everyone except Thorin. Whose gaze you can feel burning a hole in your head.

You refuse to meet his eyes, too afraid that if he sees the panic on your face he’ll be able to realize the exact same thing you just did.

Orcs can smell blood, and your menstrual cycle is due to start in five days. 

If its true that even a single drop can attract orcs from miles away, then the pack currently hunting you will certainly notice if you suddenly start to lose a large amount of blood.

If Thorin and the others find out that the only female member of the company is about to pose a great risk to everyone’s lives then the only logical solution would be for them to leave you behind. 

For Thorin to leave you behind. Again. 

You’ll be left bleeding and alone while they go off to continue reclaiming Erebor without you.

You know it isn’t fair to blame them. It’s not their fault you have this monthly inconvenience any more than it's yours. It is for the good of the company that you stay behind for a little while if you’re about to start bleeding.

Unless you don’t start bleeding, you realize.

You look down at your plate as an idea starts to form in your head.

The stress of the journey will likely cause your cycle to come late anyway. But if you were to stop eating for just a few days, that would definitely prevent your cycle from coming. At least long enough to put more distance between you and the orcs. 

You push your plate away from you, your decision made. Certainly, you can manage to go a few more days without eating, if it means saving the company from any further risk. Your stomach grumbles at you in protest and you can tell Thorin is still looking at you with suspicion. But that will be a problem for later. 

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“Our business is no concern of elves,” Thorin’s voice echos off the walls of the dark study you have all gathered in.

“Here we go,” you mutter to yourself.

“For goodness sake, Thorin, show him the map!” the wizard cries with mounting frustration at the leader of your company.

“It is the legacy of my people, it is mine to protect as are its secrets,” Thorin replies stubbornly. 

“Thorin,” your voice is gentle but assertive and for the first time since dinner his eyes finally meet yours.

“You can trust Lord Elrond, I promise.” he remains silent as his eyes search your face. You can still see the dark cloud of his inner turmoil as he struggles to hold his ground against you and Gandalf. His resolve may be starting to crack, as he realizes this is in the best interest of the quest. But knowing Thorin he would rather die than admit defeat. 

“Save me from the stubbornness of dwarves!” Gandalf cries, “Your pride will be your downfall.  You stand here in the presence of one of the few in middle earth who can read that map, show it to Lord Elrond!”

Thorin gives no indication that he heard a word Gandalf said. His gaze has not left yours. 

“If you won’t trust Lord Elrond, will you at least trust that Gandalf has our best interests at heart?” you ask him with a sigh. “Will you trust me, Thorin?”

He remains silent, clenching his fists at his side, and your irritation grows as you steel yourself for him to refuse yet again.

But he doesn’t.

He reaches into his tunic and pulls out the map.

“Thorin, no!" Balin protests but Thorin simply shrugs him off and hands the map over.

Lord Elrond begins to carefully unfold the map as you repeatedly open and close your mouth in shock, not knowing what to say. 

Thorin averts his eyes from you as Lord Elrond and Gandalf begin discussing amongst themselves. Their voices fade around you in a blur and your attention drifts away as it can only seem to focus on one thing: why would Thorin do that? 

He never backs down, not even when he realizes he’s in the wrong. Even before there was this tension between the two of you, convincing Thorin to set aside his pride when he feels so strongly about something is next to impossible. 

What could have possibly caused him to change his mind this time?

“Cirth Ithil,” you hear Lord Elrond say and your attention immediately snaps back to the present moment.

“Moon runes!”  you translate with breathless excitement. 

“Of course!” Gandalf cries, “An easy thing to miss.”

“Well in this case that is true,” continues Lord Elrond, “moon runes can only be read by the light of a moon of the same shape and season as the day on which they were written.”

“Can you read them?” comes the important question.

Lord Elrond leads the others off to a moonlit space where the runes will be illuminated. But before Thorin can follow the others you reach out to grab his arm, pulling him back from the group.

He turns over his shoulder to look back at you but avoids meeting your eyes.

“Why did you do that?” you ask him, “What made you change your mind?”

He gently removes your hand from his arm and turns to face you fully. Your breath catches in your throat as he takes a step closer to you and memories of what happened in that pool earlier that same evening come rushing back. 

You hadn’t noticed until now that a strand of hair had fallen loose from the others, and hung by your cheek. Thorin reaches up gently to tuck it behind your ear. His warm palm lingered against your cheek.

“It’s like you said,” he mumbles as your eyelids flicker in anticipation, “I owe you one.” his hand falls away from your face and you can’t help but feel more than a little disappointed as he turns to follow the others outside.

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[possamble]

What are your headcanons about Marcille's mom if you have any? It's interesting that what drew Donato to her was cause she lived the history he studied, or that was said somewhere at least. She must've had an interesting life.

so this was going to be just a normal answer but then I realized I have a Lot of Things To Say. so here goes, a compilation of what we know for a fact from the canon, what I've extrapolated from the visual cues and details, and my theories based on all of that.

Things we know for a fact about Marcille's mother because they were explicitly stated in the manga and supplemental materials:

She was a court mage for a Tall-man kingdom at the southern part of the Northern Continent

Donato, a court historian, fell in love with her because she had lived through the history he was studying, and he courted her for 17 years (age 15 to 32) before getting married

She was a cheerful person who rarely showed extreme emotion and took things as they came

She always cooked a huge meal for Marcille on her birthdays

She remarried a gnome after Donato's death and a short distance away from Marcille's childhood home

Pipi, Marcille's pet bird, was actually older than Marcille and originally belonged to her mother (bird died at 62)

She was extremely heartbroken when Donato died and ultimately ended up instilling a deep fear of mortality in Marcille with her words

the only time she showed extreme emotion in front of her family was when Donato could no longer eat his favourite dish near the end of his life.

She scolded Marcille for being cruel to ants (implying she can have a stern side when needed)

Things that are explicitly shown but mostly through visual cues

She has a very distinctive style of dress always involving a ribbon choker (mirroring Marcille's habit of always wearing a matching choker with any of her outfits that don't cover her neck)

She was almost stereotypically good at housekeeping and traditionally "wifely" things (very frequently depicted wearing an apron or doing some domestic chore when not at work, seems to have been an avid cook).

She knits? (also, note the affectionate smile as she's looking at Donato and Marcille reading a book together in the full panel)

She was as excited for Marcille's milestones as Donato was.

She didn't tell Marcille much about elven food

(there are a couple things that this panel in particular implies:

She lived a good deal of her life (if not being born and raised) in a mainly elven country in the West, implied by her knowing enough of an elven region's cuisine to prefer Tall-man food over it

seems to have a pretty carefree and casual demeanour overall, if this is how she replied to Marcille asking her about it (sounds like she never gave her culinary preferences that much thought to begin with)

slightly related to number 2, it seems like she and Marcille had a fairly casual parent-child dynamic (especially in comparison to the Toudens' memory of their father)

(local elf tastes Italian food once and never goes back))

However, she seems a lot more... serious in most of the other times we see her? Almost like the very stereotypical archetype of a graceful elf.

Subsequent conclusions about her personality:

Usually pretty carefree and cheerful at home, has been a loving and attentive parent throughout Marcille's childhood (while not being so doting that she didn't discipline Marcille).

Slightly more conjectural theories on her personality:

Had a much more graceful and professional personality at work, which would explain the more serious portraits we see of her.

Given that both she and Donato had positions at the royal court, it seems a little odd that she'd go out of her way to do all the housework herself, so maybe she just enjoyed doing it?

Now taping all the evidence together and toeing the line between analysis and fanfiction:

It's clear that she loved Donato very much and was utterly devastated by losing him. But there's one thing that really stuck out to me in what little we see of her:

Doesn't she seem... angry? The way she's gritting her teeth, clutching the tablecloth, and how this is the first and only time we see her eyes opened that wide. In the following panel, you see her being quiet and dejected after her initial outburst. She's still crying very intensely, but her brows are furrowed, and she's not really responding to Donato's affection in her body language.

We're not told the details of how she felt about losing Donato other than that it upset her. But this, to me, implies that she was angry and resented that he was aging, that the end of his life was approaching. An "it's not fair" type of preemptive grief. And if this was the first and last time she cried like this in front of her family, she was either very good at coping in private... or very bad at letting herself feel unpleasant emotions until they become unavoidable and end up overwhelming her.

It's not too remarkable a detail on the surface. It's even reminiscent of what the audience has seen of Marcille. But... when it comes to the big picture, you'd think an elf who voluntarily chose to marry a tall-man and have a half-elf child would have been better prepared for this.

It kind of recontextualizes her cheerfulness to me.

"I'm sure everything's gonna be okay!" (or some variation thereof, depending on what translation you have).

And this is stated to contrast her extreme grief when finally confronting Donato's failing body and eventual death. But I'm wondering if... maybe this optimism was why she was so upset. What if she went into all of it thinking "everything's gonna be okay"? What if she was a little young by elven standards, and just followed her heart thinking that her own resilience would get her through anything?

Of course, only to get completely overwhelmed when she actually loses Donato. She turns into a completely different person. And that's heartbreaking on its own-- but what the audience sees is the effect it had on Marcille. Can you imagine being her, watching your invincible and upbeat mother suddenly lose all the light in her eyes in one go?

I've already made a huge post about how I think Marcille models her "work persona" off her mother, but another thing that stuck with me as I was looking for more details in the manga was this:

copy pasting from the other post i made about it lmao it's like... the second she resigns herself to lifelong pain and terror, there's another portrait of her mother facing her like this. with their heads bowed, in mirrored body language of resignation and despair and sorrow. Except it's posed like Marcille is still looking at her mother but her mother is looking away.

It took me a second to realize, but I think that it's a visual metaphor for the fact that Marcille's mother was the only long-lived role model she had-- and she failed to model healthy grief for her daughter. I don't say this as an accusation or to disparage her as a character, but just as a matter of fact. In her, Marcille was seeing herself older and losing a short-lived spouse or loved one of her own, and all she saw was hopelessness.

But her mother didn't mean to instill hopelessness and terror in her. She wasn't really thinking of how it would truly affect Marcille at all (at least, that's how I'm interpreting her looking down and away from Marcille in the metaphor), she was just sad. And she, in her own way, was trying to protect her daughter and help her prepare for future losses.

What she meant was "loss is inevitable, and you have to learn how to be in pain but live on anyway." What Marcille heard was "loss is inevitable, and you will be scared and hurt for the rest of your life."

Again. Marcille's mother doesn't feature explicitly in the story the way her father does -- but in so many ways, her shadow, her silhouette, her reflection is always hanging over Marcille.

All that to say... headcanon-wise (everything from here on is 100% without evidence lmao), I'd like to think that she matured and realized that she failed Marcille. I imagine her being regretful about it, wanting a chance to fix it but never finding a way to insert herself back into Marcille's life when Marcille is so so so busy becoming the most accomplished mage possible. I imagine her being herself again, now, so many years after her loss and after remarrying -- but with her cheerfulness tempered with a lot more wisdom and the pain of having gone through loss like that. I think the second Marcille actually tells her what happened in the dungeon, she'd want to go running to her daughter again -- if Marcille tells her the full truth instead of just being embarrassed she let things get that far. (oh, the tragedy of her wanting to be more like her mother and an accomplished adult who doesn't need to be babied... being embarrassed to actually tell her mother how much she fucked up...)

There's also the tension of her having remarried -- I know that there's at least a little bit of resentment that Marcille harbours about that, because she's childish like that at heart even if she makes an effort not to externalize it. I think that her mother would be aware of that, potentially adding to her sense of guilt and apprehension at trying to reappear/intrude on Marcille's life. I honestly don't think Marcille has met her stepfather -- or even considers him a stepfather rather than "mama's new husband" and kind of a total stranger. I think she and her mother actively don't talk about it in their correspondence, like an elephant in the room.

but, ultimately, I think her mother is on her side no matter what. Ancient magic? Dark necromancy? Sure, she'll feel guilty and like she was partially responsible for setting Marcille down such a painful path, but she wouldn't care. that's her daughter!! she would've moved back west and been petitioning for her at the court, buying a house right next to the Canaries barracks and visiting her every day that she wasn't on a mission. And if her husband had opinions on Marcille becoming a "dark arts user," he either gets over it or it's divorce with him. Yes, she might have had her optimism completely humbled by losing Donato like that -- but she's still headstrong and self-assured and she doesn't care what people think of her. It's her way or the highway and she's always going to be in Marcille's corner.

(She also needs a name lol. I went with Juno, just to be cute about "Marcille"s closest real life equivalent being Marcella, which is the female version of Marcellus, which in turn is a diminutive of Marcus, which was derived from Mars. Absolutely in love with Marcille potentially being named after Ares/Mars the fucking god of war btw)

#asks #she could easily be interpreted as distant or neglectful after Donato's death too #with how little involvement she has in Marcille's life/the fact that Marcille doesn't even mention her when talking about her life prospect #and that's fair! I will argue to hell and back that she was a loving parent when Donato was alive #but there's nothing that suggests she remained a loving parent afterwards #I just think that like... parental relationships are so complicated in dungeon meshi #you cannot deny that the toudens' mother loved them dearly but that she failed them both miserably as a parent #and i think it'd be more compelling if Marcille's mother was a little like that too #not a totally and easily dismissable deadbeat #but someone who truly loves her daughter but was only human herself and couldn't be what Marcille needed at a crucial moment #and regrets it deeply #and that the distance between them is mutually self-imposed by complicated feelings of guilt and fear #and a little resentment from Marcille's side that she hasn't really properly processed #I don't know if I'll ever get around to writing it but i had this idea where Marcille does finally spill the beans to her mom and she just #immediately arrives in Melini #and its awkward for a bit but they do finally have a heart to heart and air it all out #and marcille starts freaking out that her marriage is rocky rn bc her new husband wants her to distance herself from marcille #on account of the crimes and all #marcille's like no you can't blow up your marriage for me and her mother just shuts that shit down #'you didn't choose to be born. i was the one who made that choice for you' #'i brought you into this world and i'll be damned if i don't take responsibility for that the entire way' #'you are entitled to *nothing less* than my unconditional love.' #and obviously that's not a sentiment that's exactly healthy as a universal statement about parenthood #but i think its what her mother would believe and what marcille needs to hear #and dungeon meshi does such a fantastic job at just... letting imperfect things just *be* without having to justify it immediately #it expects the audience to do their own critical thinking #and know that its not trying to make sweeping universal statements in every instance #marcilleposting #marcille donato

[drgmissioncontrol]

You know, it’s times like these when I have nothing else to do that I reflect on my time here at Deep Rock. Some of you are young enough that I’ve lived through your history books. Some of you are old enough that you’ve got great-grandchildren older than me. Bugcrusher or bookcrusher, every Dwarf that’s ever come through here has one thing in common:

We all hate Elves.

Why? They’ve paid us insult in the past, it’s true, but so have we. Is it that they’re, quite literally, leaf lovers and we are lead lovers? Is it their naive moral sanctimony and unwillingness to change that makes them so obstinate in their beliefs that they refuse to see the validity in our way of life? Is it that they drink tea???

Actually, I thought about it some more, and it’s definitely because they’re jealous. When was the last time an Elf added anything to the galaxy? We’re innovators! Industrialists! We turn the wheels of the galactic economy! Dwarven rock and steel adorns cultures from the Thousand-Sun Temples on Sindra to the Mantle Tappers of New Parthon. Elven literature collects dust on bookshelves and they still preach about their righteousness.

Also, they have absolutely DETESTABLE taste in cuisine. What the hell is a berry anyway?

#deep rock galactic

[that-spider-witch]

Elven cuisine Headcanons

High Elves:

Haute Cuisine, but make it 🍁𝓬𝓸𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮🍁

...at least, that's how a lot of humans would describe it, for lack of better words.

Pretty-looking dishes that are served in small proportions. Anyone who is still hungry after a 'normal' ration can repeat: High elf families who invite people of other races for brunch tend to already be used to their guests asking for refills.

Mainly vegetarian: Lots of leaves, fruits, roots, seeds, flowers and even bark from edible trees, as well as fungi. If a plant is edible and can be harvested without risk, it will be in the menu.

That is not to say that high elves don't eat meat, though their idea of what's game and what's not can be very culturally different from another race or even another clan: Some high elves might abstain from eating deer or elk because they are seen as sacred in their clan, while some humans might find the idea of froghemoth terrine "disgusting".

Wood Elves:

Cuisine is a reflection of someone's culture, and with wood elves said culture is one of respect for nature. Veggies tend to be foraged rather than grown in a farm.

"Agriculture" and "wood elf" are words that are very rarely in the same sentence, and their food reflects that. Their traditional bread and other baked goods use wild grain instead of wheat.

When meat is consumed, it is based on whatever animals are necessarily hunted, and when that happens, no part of the animal is wasted: Offal and organ meat is cooked and eaten in a variety of ways, and bones are used for stock. If you are gonna eat an animal, then honor its sacrifice by using it all.

Wood elven dishes are the polar opposite of high elves': Little thought is given to a meal's visual presentation, what's important is to make it hearty and delicious.

Dark Elves:

Drow cuisine is one that was very much shaped by the Underdark and what few things are edible and easily harvested in such a hard place.

Mushrooms and edible fungi in general are prevalent: Mushroom stew, mushroom pie, mushroom bread, even mushroom wine! (That last one is canon!)

Some Underdark monsters are hunted for their meat. The Cave Fisher and the Darkmantle in particular are considered delicacies.

"Spider eater" is a derogatory slur sometimes used against dark elves. In truth, Lolth-sworn dark elves see eating spiders or killing spiders in general as highly blasphemous. It is the surface-born Seldarine drow population the ones to actually partake in the consumption of spider meat, and that's something they only started doing precisely to give Lolth the middle finger and then continued doing because, as it turns out, it is a good protein source that doesn't actually taste bad at all, thank you very much.

Surface drow cuisine is marked by a cultural need to replicate the flavors found in Underdark as best as possible using what's available to them. Expect a lot of spices, algae, shellfish, some bugs and, yes, lots and lots of mushrooms.

#dungeons and dragons #elves #high elves #wood elves #dnd drow #drow #drow elves #dark elves #dnd homebrew #dnd headcanon #bg3

[monstersandmaw]

Alcoholic beverages brewed by different races.

Elven wine is light and airy, brewed from sap and nectar and honey and berries and other fine forest ingredients, soft and subtle to the taste, they're not heavy drinkers but see it as elegant and high-class and fancy.

Dwarven wine is brewed from underground roots and tubers. Deep and rich, like more potent root beer. They prefer bolder flavors and occasionally bring in herbs and spices from above ground to experiment with different mixes.

Goblin wine is definitely an acquired taste for non-goblins. Their cuisine prominently features fermented food and so does their brewery. To the unfamiliar it might taste spoiled or rotten, but to goblin standards it's the finest stuff. Sours and bitters are the strongest hints in their brews, not exactly something most humans would find appealing.

Orc wine is extremely powerful and potent. They even have to come with warning labels to be marketed to other races. To orcs, even fine dining is seen as a glorious challenge, and some even put burning hot spices mixed with their drinks as a further test of will and strength.

Centaurs, fauns and satyrs, being part ruminant, typically stick to the usual grain-based beers. But like how many grazing animals have highly efficient livers that can process alcohol quickly, they can casually down large quantities of the stuff without getting intoxicated or having any ill effects.

Merfolk don't exactly drink, so the next best thing are very mildly toxic seafood to have a similar effect, something along the lines of dolphins tripping on pufferfish. They strictly control the use of these, however, as a misuse can be dangerous, and have a code against making landfolk try it as they don't have natural resistances like the merfolk do.

Oof I love all of this! I didn't know that about grazing animals having efficient livers... interesting fact. Now I'm picturing minos, centaurs, satyrs, and fauns etc. being real heavyweights.

(I would posit though that elven alcohol can also be breathtakingly strong (think fruity schnapps) too).

#tw alcohol #alcohol #mention of alcohol #fantasy alcohol #fantasy drinks #love this #thank you so much for sending this #have I mentioned how much I love it when people just send me headcanons and stuff??? like... you thought of this and then thought of me #and shared it with me!

[nightshadeowl]

I'm thinking about how chorus fruit would work, and I'm having some interesting thoughts.

Is it the size of a small berry, able to be eaten in one bite? What happens if you take multiple bites to eat it? Does each bite teleport you a small amount if you don't eat the whole thing?

Or does it need a certain amount of potency to cause teleportation? If so, can it be distilled down to a small drink that causes the drinker to teleport? Could you spike a drink with chorus fruit, causing the drinker to teleport suddenly?

REALLY enjoying the possibilities for application of that last paragraph, but all of this is really interesting. I guess we just don't know enough to have a canon explanation, but there's always writers around here who'll do what it can't. (Said with fondness.)

Considering that chorus fruit doesn't show up in any cooking recipes- which is probably just because it's not Normal Food, but I digress- I'm allowing myself to toy with the idea that it's because it has a really strong taste, but then you'd have to be creative to get around that with spiked food or drink. (Eg. GTWS' elven kiss cookies; no wonder they're so... vivid.) And considering that potion-making isn't an uncommon skill, it'd make sense to have the capabilities to distill it. As a whole, big fan of the applications to cuisine.

I bet in-universe youngsters would have dares centering around chorus fruit- either to eat several of them at once if they're small or a big one as fast as possible in teeny bites or something. Whichever does something weirder. Reckless fun experimenting with these things, y'know?

#passenger comms #this was a really pleasant ask; thank you :]

[afinickyguide]

episode sixty-nine: evermead 🍷🥃✨

#dnd #heroes feast #dnd cookbook #dungeons and dragons #a finicky guide to heroes feast #a finicky guide #dnd cooking #heroes feast cookbook #dnd food #food comic #recipe comic #ttrpg #ttrpg recipes #elixirs and ales #elven cuisine #evermead #vegan

[felassan]

Thoughts on the Dragon Age cookbook preview pages! ◕‿◕ I'm popping this under a cut in case there's anyone who doesn't wish to be spoiled about the contents of the cookbook.

One of the recipes lists a contributor, a BioWare game developer (game economy designer) whose first name is Harel. "harel" is a word in the elven language and so I just wish to say, 10/10 name.

Some of the props in some of the images on the preview pages (like the Inquisitor helmet and some banners, e.g. in Roast Turkey with Sides) remind me a lot of some of the DA props I saw on the approach to/queue line of the Dragon Age/no longer officially "Dragon Age" theme park ride when I went there hh.

I wonder who is the character whose 'voice' is being used to write the book? Are all the recipes from one person, Thedas' culinary world's answer to Genitivi? Or perhaps there are multiple 'voices'? perhaps, like "The Whole Nug" 'book' which was included in World of Thedas, they're written/compiled by Lady Savarin Ledoure? the style of these recipes reminds me of The Whole Nug.

I think I remember reading somewhere that some of the recipes in The Whole Nug in WOT were written/contributed by devs. not a surprise then that this also seems to be the case for some of these recipes!

the accompanying image for Varric's Favorite Cinnamon Rolls reminds me a bit of Skyrim sweet rolls.

I like that the little recipe introduction blurbs link to existing lore (like Paragon Varen) while also providing some new lorepieces (the competition to be crowned "Orzammar's Best Sauce" for example, correct me if I'm wrong on that one though). the thing I'm most excited about about the cook book is these snippets of new lore. ◕‿◕

obligatory mention of this

also I recognize that this is extremely niche to me as a person LOL but I really hope there's a tiny reference to Serault and Seraultine cuisine in there somewhere

I thought this was sweet and that the meta commentary (fans with their fav blorbos) was funny :')

also, it isn't lost on me that Varric's "favorite" dish yields "8 to 10 servings". It's something that you can make and serve to, or share with, a big group of friends. that's exactly like Varric, and the DAII 'found family' crew. 🥺

#dragon age #bioware #video games #feels #solas #lul

[rayadraws]

Dietary preferences/habits among some of my DND/BG3 characters:

Morwen (dragonborn monk):

Was raised on lean elven foods, probably a lot of grains, meat would have been mostly dried/smoked/otherwise preserved. She would sometimes try to sneak into the food storages to get extra snacks. Even today when she fully decides herself what and when to eat she has a tendency to gorge herself or acquire too much when food is available. Prefers fresh meat over anything else, won't eat poultry or eggs; used to be judgmental towards others for doing so but has learned to accept it.

Cirrus (tiefling sorcerer):

Grew up in the Docks, a poorer side of the city of Baldur's Gate. Parents made sure there was always food on the table, but it was often simple due to a limited budget, typically potatoes, grains, cheap fish. As a teenager he more or less lived off fish and chips from street vendors.

During his time as an adventurer he's often had to sustain himself on whatever scraps the party could find, though things improved over time, in particular once they were back in the city.

During his year in Avernus it was (for him) foreign foods most of the time, he longed for the familiar foods he grew up with but they were rare and expensive in the Hells.

Since coming back to the city for good and settling down with his husband in the Upper City Cirrus has had access to all kinds of fancy cuisine but he still prefers the type of food he grew up with, often visiting the Lower City to buy fish and chips and similar meals.

(He still goes on the occasional quest, but on his and Wyll's terms, now).

(Also the kind of guy who forgets to eat at all, stumbling out of his personal library after realizing he's been in there for hours reading nonstop and now he's starving)

Sorrel (gold dragon):

The first decades of his life he was raised entirely on a pure draconic diet ie. meat and organs, normally raw, to ensure he would grow properly. Once he could take human form he was also introduced to all manners of human cuisine, which is what he mostly lives off nowadays, as it is more efficient than hunting in dragon form as well as offering a much larger variety of flavours and textures.

Sorrel is used to living off travel rations so he likes to indulge himself once he's in a city, often going straight to the first nice tavern he can find to buy a big hearty meal and nice wine to go with it.

He's familiar with a wide variety of foods and drinks thanks to all his wandering/travelling. Sometimes he'll go through the effort of travelling large distances to buy his favourite coffee or kind of seasoning that's used in a particular area, usually such long trips are made in dragon form, making them much faster while also requiring him to be discreet to avoid unwanted attention).

#sorrel #cirrus #morwen #dnd

[thinking-about-bats-again]

Random facts and canon tidbits from Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook

Dwarven cuisine doesn’t use many spices because dwarves have extra-sensitive taste buds and can detect complicated flavors in simple dwarven dishes like potato leek soup and corned beef and cabbage.

Halfling dishes include community cheeses (cheese fondue), melted cheeses (grilled cheese), oatmeal sweet nibbles (oatmeal cookies), and hogs in bedrolls (pigs in a blanket).

One recipe, Elven Bread, is said to be able to sustain an adventurer for a full day with only one bite. No, it’s not like any other fictional elven breads from famous high fantasy worlds. It’s cinnamon-swirled!

Speaking of totally original, legally distinct fantasy concepts, halfling meals include “second morningfeast.”

Dragonborns live in communal clans and eat mostly meat. As a result, they invented Brazilian barbecue. (Be careful when attending one, though, as some of the meat is from humanoids.)

Tieflings are the opposite of dwarves: their taste buds are charred, so they prefer extremely strong flavors. They also have a high spice tolerance, to the point where most tiefling spices could kill a human.

Half-orcs, being nomadic scavengers, often eat insects and grubs. Sometimes, they fry them or drizzle them in chocolate.

The book includes menus for restaurants on four different worlds. The menu for The Yawning Portal, a Forgotten Realms restaurant, offers four types of cheese. Checking the Forgotten Realms Wiki, I found that all four cheeses are from previous canon material, but the funniest one is Luiren Spring, which, according to the wiki, is a hard drug for halflings.

#i honestly really recommend this cookbook #i don’t even cook but i love the worldbuilding #and the recipes are really simple #heroes’ feast cookbook #dungeons & dragons #dungeons and dragons #dnd #d&d #d&d 5e #forgotten realms #halfling #dwarf #tiefling #elf #dragonborn #lord of the rings #cooking #cookbook #bread #meat #cheese #tw drugs #drugs cw #cannibalism

[room-surprise]

Random headcanon

In my fic universes, I HC that Sindhi (southeastern Western Continent) culture is closely related to elven culture since they're geographically close. So elven food is actually quite similar to Sindhi food in many ways, although they've also assimilated many cultural elements from the Eastern side of the world (Northern, Eastern, Southern continents) which Sindh has not assimilated since it's had less contact with the East.

So the main difference between Sindhi food and elven food is that most of the spices only grow in the Western Continent, so the elves have to import all of them, which makes the spices expensive... So over thousands of years elven cuisine has evolved to use less spice, and elves consider it a sign of their culture being superior and "more sophisticated."

"Only uncivilized barbarians need that much spice! They're just trying to hide the low quality of their other ingredients by drowning all their food in spice."

So I imagine that a lot of elven food is basically real-world Indian food if you removed 50% of the flavor 😂

#I won't tag this since this is stuff I made up out of the whole cloth #so only people who read my fics or care about my ideas will care about reading it #my stuff #theories