Inspired from the TDC limited edition hot sauces
In the Natives AU, a traditional Skeksis dish is called "Gelfling essence". It is a sweet albeit quite spicy milk, hot peppers and cherry (or Thra's esquivalent of those) soup that glows thanks to the milked nebries being fed glowing moss from the Caves of Grot, hence the "Gelfling" in the name since its main ingredient comes from a Gelfling place and is aivailable thanks to trading. It is not very easy to have it especially after the war so its price varies from midly expensive to unaffordable depending of periods, one thing is sure it is a delicacy nobles have and its ambiguous taste allows it to be drunk either as an entrée, a main course, a dessert or just as a drink, sometimes even as a sauce. It is loved not just for its taste and luxury but also it virtues : it is healthy due to being spicy so a natural desinfectant, full of vitamins acting like caffeine on the body (to the point too much can cause to act high and violent, hence why it is forbidden in competitions and not recommended when pregnant or for children) and can be even used as aphrodisiacs during mating seasons depending of the Skeksis. There is also a simpler version called "Podling essence", Podling used in the name since Skeksis, who already see Gelfling as inferior, see Podling as even more. Same ingredients and looks minus the glowing, for no glowing moss-fed Nebries, so much less expensive and able to be enjoyed by many more. But in order to balance out and have the milk taste like glowing moss milk, the makers cheat by using more herbs and extracts making it just as vitam-filled but in other ways, not as efficiently and not as long, but it is still very healthy and without the "high" effects of the real one it is safer to drink for everyone
Usually when a bold high ranked Skeksis has a Gelfling over for diplomatic reasons, they will often serve Gelfling essence to allude passive aggressively they are more numerous, more technologically advanced and "the real children of Thra" and so can "drain" them anytime like mere Nebries if they can one day. The message is often clear, and up to the Gelfling to choose how to respond withour risking a conflict
It is Emperor's SkekSo's absolute favorite he wants it at every meal, in fact he even considered having glowing moss grow in the Skeksis empire not to rely on Gelfling but unfortunately it never tastes the same as from the Caves of Grot, making him wonder what is so special in these caves making the plant unique there. SkekTek's tests are not concluant and so far neither he or Skekna or SkekAyuk managed to find why or balance out correctly, to SkekSo's frustration (SkekTek pays the most from it of course)
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I just found out that there’s a species of glowing moss! It called Schistostega pennata!
I found the image on In Defence of Plants.com
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Glowing Moss:
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This is round 1 of a tournament to determine the best Animal Crossing furniture set.
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