The Food and Drink of Iskloft

Despite the similar climate, fauna and flora of Iskloft, each race and culture has a myriad of differing culinary habits. Their proximity has caused the different races to share knowledge and blend styles of cooking over time.

Northmen

Northmen are skilled farmers, and their larger cities are generally surrounded by farms for miles around. The northmen are therefore Iskloft’s largest suppliers of grain and livestock. The primary diet of northmen is bread, vegetables and meats, as well as fish caught from the numerous surrounding rivers. They have little in the way of herbs and spices, mainly relying on salt farmed from flats by the ocean for flavour.

Dwarves

These subterranean dwellers can grow little produce in their underground cities, instead mainly living on creatures found in the caves such as bats, moles and insects. They have perfected the art of turning these unpalatable creatures into delicious meals, through roasting techniques that soften hard carapaces and gristly skin into tender meat.

However, trade with the northmen and other races has bought a variety of different cuisines to the dwarven cities. Dried meats, fruits and vegetables are often imported, and researchers and scientists are often employed by the wealthier denizens of the cities to develop artificial methods of growing produce underground. At current, a great vogue for radishes and cucumbers is passing through the more fashionable cliques of dwarven society, available to only those able to afford the premium prices for such a delicacy.

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