Hi @TheEdVerse, I'm going to be playing a cook in a 5e campaign in the new year who's from Neverwinter. Are there any sources of what recipes/cuisine can be found in the city so that I can play my character more authentically?
— PawnRenegade (@PawnRenegade) November 24, 2019
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Yes, lore about the cuisine of the Moonstone Mask in particular. Let me summarize, because that lore amplifies the twin themes of local Neverwinter cuisine: fish and marine edibles in hot soups, sauces, and broths, and the 2)
…serving of hot savoury pies and sweet dessert tarts.
Augmented by hot meat dishes (roast boar, fowl, and oxen cooked on spits) and crusty handloaves of bread spiced with garlic or nuts, and served with cheeses).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2019
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With sides such as fried dulce (seaweed), mushrooms doused in herb-and-garlic sauce, and scallions and fennel soaked in a parsley-and-mint chicken broth 4)
Popular examples of the marine viands: mussel-and-basil soup, chowders, turtle soup, and octopus broth. Places like the Mask would serve signature dishes like the Mask’s Daintyfish dish: twenty tiny fish known as…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2019
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…silverflashes, slid onto a single skewer, dipped in herbed butter, and sizzled over a flame until crunchy. 6)
The hot pies served in Neverwinter tended to be boar, veal, bacon and kidney (lamb’s kidneys preferred), chicken liver, or goat. Poorer folk ate eel pies, lamprey pies, fish pies, or rabbit pies.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2019
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Sweet pies were usually made and served in grander houses or commercial eateries, and were dominated by sugar and fruits, such as blackberry-and-apple pies, topped with cream and sliced almonds. 8)
In inns, taverns, and the kitchens of private homes, small “hand tarts” (palm-sized) were usually produced, and these tended to have fillings of gooseberries, and almonds.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2019
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As a special treat, when chocolate was available, strawberries might be served, each fruit in a chilled chocolate coating.
Hope this is of help.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 26, 2019