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==Pelted Foods==
==Pelted Foods==
=== Exported Fruits and Vegetables ===
 
=== Foodstuffs ===
==== Fruits and Vegetables ====
*carelberries, a fruit eaten on [[Aren]] in pastries with nuts<ref name="rr">''[[Claws and Starships (Fiction) |Claws and Starships]]'', "[[Rosettes and Ribbons (Fiction) |Rosettes and Ribbons]]"</ref>
*chenfruit
*chenfruit
*tana, a Aren fruit <ref name="rr" />
*kalven nut
*kalven nut
*More-almond
*More-almond
*rooderberries
*rooderberries (from [[Harat-Sharii]]) <ref name="er-01">''[[Earthrise (Fiction) | Earthrise]]'', Part 1</ref>
*millberries
* Asaniian bittersweet (used in calming teas)
* Asaniian bittersweet (used in calming teas)
* wildfood (this is a generic term for any not-farmed food from any planet)
* wildfood (this is a generic term for any not-farmed food from any planet)
* Hinichirel pears<ref name="impetus">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "Impetus"</ref>
* [[Terra |Terran-origin]] fruit and vegetable species:
** lemon<ref name="wiw-ch08">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 8</ref>
** mango<ref name="wiw-ch08" />
** coconut<ref name="wiw-ch08" />
** pineapple<ref name="wiw-ch08" />
** apples<ref name="rp">''[[Rose Point (Fiction)|Rose Point]]''</ref>
*** Curlew apples, a good eating varietal<ref name="esots-13">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) |Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 13</ref>
** pears
*** Hinichirel pears<ref name="impetus">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "Impetus"</ref>
** cherries<ref name="esots-13" />
** oats<ref name="esots-13" />
** walnuts<ref name="esots-13" />


In Some Things Transcend, Borden says something about 'fruits from the terrien family' being from Seersana or Karaka'Ana.
In Some Things Transcend, Borden says something about 'fruits from the terrien family' being from Seersana or Karaka'Ana.
====== Spices ======
* vanilla is grown on Anseahla and Harat-Sharii (a bolder, sweeter tone than the Glaseahn varietal)<ref>''[[Farmer's Crown (Fiction)|Farmer's Crown]]'', Chapter 1</ref>
==== Snack Foods ====
* Cheese and hot pepper popcorn, and chocolate-caramel (or maybe candy crunch) popcorn<ref name="wiw-ch02" />
==== Desserts ====
* Dumplings made with apple, caramel, and nutmeg, a family recipe made by [[List of Minor or Background Characters|Valery]], a [[Harat-Shar]] aboard the [[UAV Songlance]]<ref name="wiw-ch06">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 6</ref>
* Chocolate chip cookies (a specialty of [[Laelkii Takara Lifeweave |Laelkii]]'s)<ref name="inescapable">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]]'', "Inescapable Dawn"</ref>
* Mango fritters, which [[Mike Beringwaite]] enjoys<ref name="wiw-ch08" />
* Lemon bars, very much not a favorite of [[Mike Beringwaite]]<ref name="wiw-ch08" />


=== Drinks ===
=== Drinks ===
* [[Kerinne]]
* [[Kerinne]]
* A stimulant beverage that looks like coffee, smells like chocolate and herbs, and is strong enough to make your hair stand up.<ref name="wiw-ch02">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 2</ref>
* Axeman ale <ref name="fits-08">''[[Faith in the Service (Fiction) |Faith in the Service]]'', Chapter 8</ref>
* Heartbomb cocktail <ref name="fits-09">''[[Faith in the Service (Fiction) |Faith in the Service]]'', Chapter 9</ref>
* Paga has a seaweed alcohol in Healing Waters, I think?
* Lisinthir drinks seltzer water with "some liquor made from an astringent seaweed native to Seersana, brightened by a twist of lime." <ref name="ar-11">''[[Amulet Rampant (Fiction) |Amulet Rampant]]'', Chapter 11</ref>
* Tepoli amber<ref name="af-pro">''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]],'' "Prologue"</ref>
=== Food and Genies ===
* At the time that [[Alysha Forrest]] was on the [[UAV Songlance]], the ship's genie had 3,429 "basic" chocolate chip cookie recipes, of which "the healthiest" was nothing to write home about.<ref name="wiw-ch02">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', Chapter 2</ref>
* A recipe can be scanned multiple times to create variation so that each iteration isn't identical.<ref name="dl" />
=== Rations and Emergency Foods ===
* K-plus ration<ref name="secch2">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', Chapter 2</ref>
* Vitamin-plus rations, which went out of fashion for logistical reasons<ref name="secch2" />
* Compressed bars, sometimes called ration flats,<ref name="esots-13" /> made of various combinations of fruit, honey, grains, or nuts<ref name="secch6">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', Chapter 6</ref><ref name="secch5">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', Chapter 5</ref><ref name="secch9">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', Chapter 9</ref><ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02" />
=== Foods by Culture or Location ===


=== Jovian Foods ===
==== Jovian Foods ====


From one of the Alliance's earliest colonies, based on Ethiopian cuisine.<ref>Girl on Fire</ref>
From one of the Alliance's earliest colonies, based on Ethiopian cuisine.<ref name="gof-13">''[[Girl on Fire (Fiction) |Girl on Fire]]'', Chapter 13</ref>


* Flatbread (described as similar to injera)
* Flatbread (described as similar to injera)
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* Shahi tukra (bread, toasted, soaked in a thick, sweet sauce, then toasted again, strewn with golden almond slivers, pistachios, and cashews)
* Shahi tukra (bread, toasted, soaked in a thick, sweet sauce, then toasted again, strewn with golden almond slivers, pistachios, and cashews)


=== Harat-Shariin Family-Style Dinner ===
==== Harat-Shariin Family-Style Dinner ====


Normally served in a large room "with its patrons strewn across the floor of the enormous central room, lounging in one another’s laps and eating from communal bowls, or playing games, or cuddling." Private rooms also available. Most foods designed for feeding one another with one's fingers, eating from the same bowls and drinking from the same cups.<ref>Amulet Rampant</ref>
Normally served in a large room "with its patrons strewn across the floor of the enormous central room, lounging in one another’s laps and eating from communal bowls, or playing games, or cuddling." Private rooms also available. Most foods designed for feeding one another with one's fingers, eating from the same bowls and drinking from the same cups.<ref name="ar-11">''[[Amulet Rampant (Fiction) |Amulet Rampant]]'', Chapter 11</ref>


* Sangria (with wine-soaked fruit hand-fed)
* Sangria (with wine-soaked fruit hand-fed)
* Seafood
* Seafood


=== UAV Cometfencer ===
==== UAV Cometfencer Restaurant ====


The [[UAV Cometfencer]] has a cook--sort of. The Cometfencer has a person who calls himself a cook who spends most of his time scouring the u-banks and newsstreams for new and interesting recipes to feed to the [[Genie | genie]].<ref>Faith in the Service, Chapter 8</ref> These include the following:
The [[UAV Cometfencer]] has a cook--sort of. The Cometfencer has a person who calls himself a cook who spends most of his time scouring the u-banks and newsstreams for new and interesting recipes to feed to the [[Genies | genie]].<ref name="fits-08">''[[Faith in the Service (Fiction) |Faith in the Service]]'', Chapter 8</ref> These include the following:


* Cubed and marinated orangefin mackerel on a bed of purple rice, with a vinaigrette of sesame oil, rice vinegar, and rice wine, with crisp onions and near-avocadoes
* Cubed and marinated orangefin mackerel on a bed of purple rice, with a vinaigrette of sesame oil, rice vinegar, and rice wine, with crisp onions and near-avocadoes
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* Axeman ale
* Axeman ale


=== Alliance Rations ===
==== UAV Stardancer Restaurant ====
* K-plus ration<ref name="secch2">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 2</ref>
 
* Vitamin-plus rations, which went out of fashion for logistical reasons<ref name="secch2" />
The Stardancer's restaurant is a bistro called the Cat's Fang. One of its waitresses is a Tam-illee named Sashe.<ref name="esots-01">''[[Either Side of the Strand (Fiction) |Either Side of the Strand]]'', Chapter 1</ref>
* Honey-nut and honey-granola bars<ref name="secch5">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 5</ref><ref name="secch9">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 9</ref>
 
* Fruit bars<ref name="secch6">''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 6</ref>
* Tiramisu<ref name="esots-01" />
* Apple dumplings, made with apples from trees growing on the Stardancer<ref name="esots-01" />
 
== Chatcaavan Foods ==
 
=== Customs ===
* Food is largely eaten with the fingers; claws are used to slice and tear. There is knife at a place setting, but there is something reminiscent of a fork.<ref name="etw-01" />
* At the [[Throneworld Court]], important figures have poison-tasters. The Emperor chooses his own by assessing who values him most, and "some say that the feeling is mutual."<ref name="etw-02">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) |Even the Wingless,]]'', Part Two</ref>
* Meat may be slaughtered in advance, but in private dining may be killed at the table by the diners<ref name="etw-01" />
 
=== Foodstuffs ===
 
* Extremely meat-heavy<ref name="etw-01">''[[Even the Wingless (Fiction) |Even the Wingless]]'', Part One</ref>
* Raw food is common--fruit, vegetable, and meat--but some prefer a char on their meat for the flavor. It is still cooked drippingly rare.<ref name="etw-01" />
* Vegetables shaped like red spears<ref name="etw-01" />
* Lightly glazed fowl rolls<ref name="etw-02" />
* Flavored ices, including one "that reminded Lisinthir of both mint and lime."<ref name="etw-01" />
* Candied flowers<ref name="etw-02" />


== Alcoholic Beverages ==
=== Drinks ===


* Axeman ale <ref>Faith in the Service, Chapter 8</ref>
* Juice<ref name="etw-02" />
* Heartbomb cocktail <ref>Faith in the Service, Chapter 9</ref>
* Tea-wine, a drink sometimes served with breakfast<ref name="mp-des">''[[Major Pieces (Fiction) |Major Pieces]]'' "Deserving"</ref><ref name="etw-02" />
* Gentleman's Punch <ref>A Rose Point Holiday</ref>
* Brandylike before-dinner drinks, blood-dark, tasting of fire. Unpalatable to some Pelted<ref name="etw-01" />
* Paga has a seaweed alcohol in Healing Waters, I think?
* A strong after-dinner brandylike drink that smells of wood-smoke and fruit.<ref name="etw-01" /><ref name="etw-02" />
* Lisinthir drinks something at a bar in Amulet Rampant made from something weird.
* Wine "with a strong, fruity body and a dry bite"<ref name="etw-02" />
* Tepoli amber<ref>''[[Alysha's Fall (Fiction) |Alysha's Fall]],'' "Prologue"</ref>


==Eldritch Foods==
==Eldritch Foods==
* Gentleman's punch<ref>A Rose Point Holiday</ref>
* Gentleman's punch<ref name="rph-01">''[[A Rose Point Holiday (Fiction) |A Rose Point Holiday]]'', Chapter 1</ref>
* Saerrie-flower tea (this is in Wingless, but based on the name it sounds like it's probably Eldritch in origin? Or maybe Pelted?)<ref name="etw-01" />
* see [[Seni Village#Candy shop]], it lists Pynade among other foods.
 
==Faulfenzan foods==
*iiza fluffy and smeared with nector
*Naadize, roastable.<ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)]]'' page 210 of 454</ref>*
*Paipai nuts -- Eyes as round as paipai nuts <ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)]]'' part 1, Chapter 21, kindle page 270 of 454</ref>
 
==Specific Meals==
 
=== Dark Lighthouse ===
 
(I think this is probably Terran foods since it's stuff that [[Avram Hancock]] learned from his mother, but it's possible that he's from the Moon or Mars or something?)<ref name="dl">''[[Dark Lighthouse (Fiction) |Dark Lighthouse]]''</ref>
 
* Bread and butter
* Tortellini, stuffed with wildfood, cheese, and mushrooms
* Tomato sauce
* Cheesecake drizzled with caramel and chocolate




Latest revision as of 01:27, 31 January 2025

For mentions of cuisines, foods, and drinks in the various species.

Some things here:

Pelted Foods

Foodstuffs

Fruits and Vegetables

  • carelberries, a fruit eaten on Aren in pastries with nuts[1]
  • chenfruit
  • tana, a Aren fruit [1]
  • kalven nut
  • More-almond
  • rooderberries (from Harat-Sharii) [2]
  • millberries
  • Asaniian bittersweet (used in calming teas)
  • wildfood (this is a generic term for any not-farmed food from any planet)
  • Terran-origin fruit and vegetable species:

In Some Things Transcend, Borden says something about 'fruits from the terrien family' being from Seersana or Karaka'Ana.

Spices
  • vanilla is grown on Anseahla and Harat-Sharii (a bolder, sweeter tone than the Glaseahn varietal)[7]

Snack Foods

  • Cheese and hot pepper popcorn, and chocolate-caramel (or maybe candy crunch) popcorn[8]

Desserts

Drinks

  • Kerinne
  • A stimulant beverage that looks like coffee, smells like chocolate and herbs, and is strong enough to make your hair stand up.[8]
  • Axeman ale [11]
  • Heartbomb cocktail [12]
  • Paga has a seaweed alcohol in Healing Waters, I think?
  • Lisinthir drinks seltzer water with "some liquor made from an astringent seaweed native to Seersana, brightened by a twist of lime." [13]
  • Tepoli amber[14]

Food and Genies

  • At the time that Alysha Forrest was on the UAV Songlance, the ship's genie had 3,429 "basic" chocolate chip cookie recipes, of which "the healthiest" was nothing to write home about.[8]
  • A recipe can be scanned multiple times to create variation so that each iteration isn't identical.[15]

Rations and Emergency Foods

  • K-plus ration[16]
  • Vitamin-plus rations, which went out of fashion for logistical reasons[16]
  • Compressed bars, sometimes called ration flats,[5] made of various combinations of fruit, honey, grains, or nuts[17][18][19][20][21]

Foods by Culture or Location

Jovian Foods

From one of the Alliance's earliest colonies, based on Ethiopian cuisine.[22]

  • Flatbread (described as similar to injera)
  • Meat and vegetable stew
  • Hibiscus juice
  • Deep-fried leeks and zucchini
  • Whole-roasted cauliflower
  • Shahi tukra (bread, toasted, soaked in a thick, sweet sauce, then toasted again, strewn with golden almond slivers, pistachios, and cashews)

Harat-Shariin Family-Style Dinner

Normally served in a large room "with its patrons strewn across the floor of the enormous central room, lounging in one another’s laps and eating from communal bowls, or playing games, or cuddling." Private rooms also available. Most foods designed for feeding one another with one's fingers, eating from the same bowls and drinking from the same cups.[13]

  • Sangria (with wine-soaked fruit hand-fed)
  • Seafood

UAV Cometfencer Restaurant

The UAV Cometfencer has a cook--sort of. The Cometfencer has a person who calls himself a cook who spends most of his time scouring the u-banks and newsstreams for new and interesting recipes to feed to the genie.[11] These include the following:

  • Cubed and marinated orangefin mackerel on a bed of purple rice, with a vinaigrette of sesame oil, rice vinegar, and rice wine, with crisp onions and near-avocadoes
  • Burgers with onion rings and fries
  • Axeman ale

UAV Stardancer Restaurant

The Stardancer's restaurant is a bistro called the Cat's Fang. One of its waitresses is a Tam-illee named Sashe.[23]

  • Tiramisu[23]
  • Apple dumplings, made with apples from trees growing on the Stardancer[23]

Chatcaavan Foods

Customs

  • Food is largely eaten with the fingers; claws are used to slice and tear. There is knife at a place setting, but there is something reminiscent of a fork.[20]
  • At the Throneworld Court, important figures have poison-tasters. The Emperor chooses his own by assessing who values him most, and "some say that the feeling is mutual."[21]
  • Meat may be slaughtered in advance, but in private dining may be killed at the table by the diners[20]

Foodstuffs

  • Extremely meat-heavy[20]
  • Raw food is common--fruit, vegetable, and meat--but some prefer a char on their meat for the flavor. It is still cooked drippingly rare.[20]
  • Vegetables shaped like red spears[20]
  • Lightly glazed fowl rolls[21]
  • Flavored ices, including one "that reminded Lisinthir of both mint and lime."[20]
  • Candied flowers[21]

Drinks

  • Juice[21]
  • Tea-wine, a drink sometimes served with breakfast[24][21]
  • Brandylike before-dinner drinks, blood-dark, tasting of fire. Unpalatable to some Pelted[20]
  • A strong after-dinner brandylike drink that smells of wood-smoke and fruit.[20][21]
  • Wine "with a strong, fruity body and a dry bite"[21]

Eldritch Foods

  • Gentleman's punch[25]
  • Saerrie-flower tea (this is in Wingless, but based on the name it sounds like it's probably Eldritch in origin? Or maybe Pelted?)[20]
  • see Seni Village#Candy shop, it lists Pynade among other foods.

Faulfenzan foods

  • iiza fluffy and smeared with nector
  • Naadize, roastable.[26]*
  • Paipai nuts -- Eyes as round as paipai nuts [27]

Specific Meals

Dark Lighthouse

(I think this is probably Terran foods since it's stuff that Avram Hancock learned from his mother, but it's possible that he's from the Moon or Mars or something?)[15]

  • Bread and butter
  • Tortellini, stuffed with wildfood, cheese, and mushrooms
  • Tomato sauce
  • Cheesecake drizzled with caramel and chocolate


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Claws and Starships, "Rosettes and Ribbons"
  2. ↑ Earthrise, Part 1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Who is Willing, Chapter 8
  4. ↑ Rose Point
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Either Side of the Strand, Chapter 13
  6. ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Impetus"
  7. ↑ Farmer's Crown, Chapter 1
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Who is Willing, Chapter 2
  9. ↑ Who is Willing, Chapter 6
  10. ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Inescapable Dawn"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Faith in the Service, Chapter 8
  12. ↑ Faith in the Service, Chapter 9
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Amulet Rampant, Chapter 11
  14. ↑ Alysha's Fall, "Prologue"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Dark Lighthouse
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Second, Chapter 2
  17. ↑ Second, Chapter 6
  18. ↑ Second, Chapter 5
  19. ↑ Second, Chapter 9
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.8 20.9 Even the Wingless, Part One
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 Even the Wingless,, Part Two
  22. ↑ Girl on Fire, Chapter 13
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Either Side of the Strand, Chapter 1
  24. ↑ Major Pieces "Deserving"
  25. ↑ A Rose Point Holiday, Chapter 1
  26. ↑ Zafiil (Fiction) page 210 of 454
  27. ↑ Zafiil (Fiction) part 1, Chapter 21, kindle page 270 of 454
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