Hey there @TheEdVerse, have an odd little question for you – what can you tell me about arispeg, delph, and marka? These are fictional spices brought up in the old Campaign Setting sourcebook. The only details provided are that the Highmoon Trading Coster traded in them.
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SO pleased you asked about these. I’ve been sitting on this lore for YEARS.
ARISPEG is a green, segmented “spear” weed that looks like real-world horsetails, except that it always bends, as it grows, a few inches above the soil… 2)
…to run parallel to the ground, not sticking up vertically. This keeps it from being destroyed when trodden on. Arispeg grows along the Tashalar coast (and on up around Lapal shore almost as far as Ormpur), in the salt-spray…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…rocky shallows and on beaches and coastal marshes, in contact with saltwater and brackish water. It’s fibrous and so, good roughage, is salty, and it tastes almost like cooked lobster, despite being entirely a vegetable, so a… 4)
…“false lobster” salad or soup can be made with it that tastes like lobster, without including any actual lobster at all.
DELPH is a yellowish, sharp-onion-tasting powder derived from crushing and drying yellow wildflowers that…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…grow all over high waste ground in Unther, Mulhorand, Chessenta, and Threskel (still plentiful in the Akanapeaks, but now harvested heavily elsewhere). It never molds or mildews or spoils no matter how damp it gets, or how… 6)
…much time passes (three-centuries-old delph has been used and enjoyed, though its taste “thins” a little as time passes), and in fact can be sprinkled on moldy rugs or clothing, rolled up tight for a month, and will…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…ground-up branches of a thorn bush that grows mainly in the foothills in Murghom and Semphar. It’s dark red/maroon, almost black when wet, and imparts a hearty “fried meat” taste (the FR equivalent of “cheeseburger”) to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…ground-up branches of a thorn bush that grows mainly in the foothills in Murghom and Semphar. It’s dark red/maroon, almost black when wet, and imparts a hearty “fried meat” taste (the FR equivalent of “cheeseburger”) to…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021
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…anything, so is a great favourite for flavouring vegetable soups, bean stews, and other bland fare.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 14, 2021