_RoyalCrafter_ 3302 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Underdark Food Guide UKEN VE KRAWN I ROZZ Issued by the MASTER OF AGRICULTURE On the 3rd day of Joma and Umund of 478 E.S. VA BIRODEO HERZENAV AG EDLERVIK With my recent appointment as Master of Agriculture, is it my responsibility and duty to ensure a stable food supply for the people of Haense. I have studied and tested the various flora and fauna of the Underdark at great personal risk, however many discoveries were made that will help the people endure these difficult times. Guides and recipes on how to utilise the resources of the Underdark have been drafted and shall be distributed to all for use. Please refer to this guide to learn the locations and terminology regarding the discovered flora and fauna of the Underdark [!] An additional Missive is attached below Spoiler Recipes Spices and Seasonings There are few options to season one’s food in the Underdark, but the Agriculturalists have discovered some methods to gather spices and seasoning. A. Rock may be crushed from the Onyx Bay into a fine powder to make salt. To determine which rocks are suitable of this one may simply lick them. B. For a more herbal salt, one may gather specific flower varieties from within the cavern. Within Stonehelm Keep, flowers with buds as black as charcoal have been determined to provide a salt when dried and turned to ash in a pot. Some flowers located in the origins of the rivers that flow into Lake Morgana are also suitable for this. C. One blessing are the round blue spheres growing atop thin stalks from the ground. If those bulbs, are gathered, cleaned, crushed into a mush and roasted, they produce an intense flavour of nutmeg. Truly a salvation for all spice lovers. For the purposes of this guide, this plant will be referred to as Spice Spores. Sautéd Red Bud The cap of the Red Bud may be cooked into a fine fried meal. Firstly one must harvest a part of the cap from a Red Bud, and afterwards thoroughly wash it in clean water. The rind of the cap has a thick layer of bitter coating that makes it extremely difficult to it. After washing it, it may be cut, diced, sliced or prepared in any manner you desire. Then it is to be cooked for at least 10 minutes until a golden brown. If cooking large pieces of this, let it fry for longer so that the insides may brown as well. While frying it, add any spices you desire. If you are adding Spice Spores, add them half way through the cooking process so they are not burned. Roasted Demon Carp The Demon Carp of Lake Morgana is too huge to comfortably fry in a pan. Thus is it best roasted with a stick over a fire. Scrape off the scales of the carp, they are large and thick so something like a sharp rock could be used in lieu of a knife. Though one will be necessary for the next steps, the fishes’ belly must be cut open, so it may be gutted. After that, it may be skewerred with a stick and then roasted over a fire. It takes a log time to roast, around 30 minutes, and requires constant rotation to it all of its insides may be cooked thoroughly. It is also important for the fish to absorb the smoke a lot, since otherwise it possesses a bitter aftertaste. The smoke helps clear this. Salted Demon Carp Following the preparation process above, Demon Carp can be dried and then preserved in Rock Salt, so that it may be preserved for later consumption. Kelp Wrapped Shrieker Egg Kelp in Lake Morgana was found to be edible if prepared in a normal way. Once harvested, Witches’ Fingers may be left to hang near by a fire to dry. The kelp on its own can be used to supplement many dishes, but a particular delicious combination was found when the kelp was wrapped around boiled Shrieker Eggs. Shrieker Eggs are hidden it tiny and dark nooks and crevices of the Underdark, but one may be bale to spot them if they keep a keen eye for nests with white feathers. Shrieker eggs that twice as long to boil as normal eggs, but they possess an unmatched savoury flavour. Note: The meat of the Skull Shriekers is very similar in texture and taste to turkey, so any methods used to prepare turkey apply to the Shrieker. Though it is recommended to cook slowly and for long periods of time to ensure that the meat is safe to eat. Blue Pod Jam The warped counter-part to the Red Buds are the Blue Pods. Though instead of having a meaty taste, they taste like a mixture of various tropical fruits! It may be eaten raw if properly cleaned from the slime that covered the Blue Pods, but there are methods to make dessert out of it. Blue Pod caps can be intensely boiled to produce sugar, much like how sugar can be made of beetroots. After that, if one takes this a blue pod cap, coats it in this sugar, and seals it air tight, they will produce a fruity jam in a few weeks. Crafting Horned Fishhooks The horns of a Demon Carp can be carved out, and whittled down into very durable and effective fishhooks. Though a sharp and sturdy knife is needed for his to be able to carve the tough horns. Crimson Stalk Crafts Crimson stalks possess fibrous and rope like qualities, making them exceptionally useful for weaving. But before one may start to use them, one mus clean the stalks of their wicked barbed hooks. In an unrefined state, the crimson stalks are most suitable for rope craft, making fishing nets and lines and so on. If one lets them dry for around 3 hours around smoke, they will become more rigid, allowing them to be used in basket weaving. Azure Vine Crafts Azure Vines are the blue/warped parallel to the Crimson stalks, though instead of hooks they possess a thick coating of sticky slime. To remove this, one must wash them vigorously in running water for an hour. While Azure Vines can be used in the same ways as Crimson Stalks, and even be refined in the same way, their true value lies in textiles. If cut open, one will find abundant silky fibres which may be woven into blue cloth IV JOVEO MAAN Her Royal Majesty, Sofia of Hyspia, Queen-Consort of Hanseti and Ruska, Princess of Hyspia, Princess-Consort of Bihar, Dules, Lahy, Muldav, Solvesborg, Slesvik and Ulgaard, Duchess-Consort of Carnatia and Vanaheim, Margravine-Consort of Korstadt, Rothswald and Vasiland, Countess-Consort of Alban, Siegrad, Werdenburg, Alimar, Baranya, Graiswald, Karikhov, Karovia, Kaunas, Kavat, Kovachgrad, Kvasz, Markev, Nenzing, Torun, and Toruv, Viscountess-Consort of Varna, Baroness-Consort of Esenstadt, Kraken’s Watch, Kralta, Krepost, Lorentz, Rytsburg, Buck, Thurant and Astfield, Lady of the Westfolk, Protector and Lady of the Highlanders, etcetera. Lord, Ser Sterling Amador, Knight of the Marian Retinue, Vice Emissar, Court Astrologer, Master of Agriculture 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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