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''"To be edible, is to be possible to be consumed. And to be living, is to consume. Thus we find that the nature of the unliving is to be consumed. In fact, therefore, anything that is not living may be consumed - "''<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Bandaged_Poissonnier|Increase your Hearts|Sunless Sea|}}</ref> | |||
''"To be edible, is to be possible to be consumed. And to be living, is to consume. Thus we find that the nature of the unliving is to be consumed. In fact, therefore, anything that is not living may be consumed - "''<ref>{{ | |||
[[File:Bandagedpoissonier.png|thumb|[[The Bandaged Poissonnier]]]] | [[File:Bandagedpoissonier.png|thumb|[[The Bandaged Poissonnier]]]] | ||
With the [[Sun]] blocked off by a mile of dirt, the Neath has developed its own cuisine of delicacies and comestibles that are both similar and different from their [[The Surface|Surface]] counterparts. Good Surface-food is in high demand down here | With the [[Sun]] blocked off by a mile of dirt, the Neath has developed its own cuisine of delicacies and comestibles that are both similar and different from their [[The Surface|Surface]] counterparts. Good Surface-food is in high demand down here and is considered a luxury; it can be harvested in [[Aestival]] (good luck making it there though) or be imported by the upper class. | ||
Nightmare-plagued individuals in the [[Parabola|Mirror-Marches]] may be tempted by somewhat, well, nightmarish fruit: decadent, Surface-fruit-like plums, grapes, and cherries. Yum... until you choke on an expanding grapeseed. Or gorge on plums for an entire day, your hunger never sated. | Nightmare-plagued individuals in the [[Parabola|Mirror-Marches]] may be tempted by somewhat, well, nightmarish fruit: decadent, Surface-fruit-like plums, grapes, and cherries. Yum... until you choke on an expanding grapeseed. Or gorge on plums for an entire day, your hunger never sated. | ||
But there's no need to worry about unreality; for now, feel free to browse our menu of the Neath's Finest! | But there's no need to worry about unreality; for now, feel free to browse our menu of the Neath's Finest!__forcetoc__ | ||
==The Neath's Finest== | ==The Neath's Finest== | ||
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|Since greens are rather rare down here in the Neath, mushrooms and other fungi are often used as a substitute. Fungi can be made into spore-toffees, something resembling vegetables, or even wine. Of note are the delicious '''Mr Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers.''' | |Since greens are rather rare down here in the Neath, mushrooms and other fungi are often used as a substitute. Fungi can be made into spore-toffees, something resembling vegetables, or even wine. Of note are the delicious '''Mr Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers.''' | ||
But if you crave something more luxurious - we have those in plenty as well. Cooked according to the Apicius Club's secret recipes, we offer <strong>'Slippery Jack'</strong> - strips of dark brown fungus glistening with oil (don't let its plain look fool you - it tastes amazing),<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%27Slippery_Jack%27|'Slippery Jack'|Fallen London|}}</ref> <strong>'Plums and Custard'</strong> - purple tops and bright yellow gills in a creamy white sauce (avoid eating too much though, these can be indigestive),<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%E2%80%98Plums_and_Custard%E2%80%99|'Plums and Custard'|Fallen London|}}</ref> and <strong>'Golden Topper'</strong> - slender stalks and golden cups, lightly fried in a Greyfield sauce.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/%E2%80%98Golden_Topper%E2%80%99|'Golden Topper'|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_gathering_of_gourmets|Gathering of gourmets|Fallen London|}}''"Each plate bears a label. Which will you try?"''</ref> | |||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:cherries.png|40px]] Dark-Dewed Cherries=== | ||
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| | |Fresh fruit in the Neath! These restorative beauties are harvested from [[the Elder Continent]]. They can be used to brew liqueurs; the [[the Relickers|Capering Relicker]] loves them. | ||
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===[[File:Greyapple TC.webp|52x52px]] Chertapples=== | |||
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| A rather unusual type of apple from [[the Elder Continent]], which still provides satiety despite its unimpressive and earthy taste. It has a strengthening effect on body, will, and spirit, but can be detrimental in situations of uncertainty, or in very large quantities. After all, the strengthening is literal, and can make one rather... stony. | |||
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===[[File:cherries.png|40px]] Solacefruit=== | |||
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| | |A somewhat different variety of cherry, '''solacefruit''' are parasitic fruit that grow on trees in the Wisp-Ways. Best eaten in small quantities, as eating larger amounts of this fruit is one of the nicest ways to die. | ||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:zzoup.png|40px]] Zzoup=== | ||
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| | |'''Zzoup''' is the preferred food among zailors. The colour: old blood on snow. The taste: paprika, mushrooms, irony. The recipe: winewound chanterelles, exile's rose, paprika, pork stock, lament-onions, hanged men's tears, and some [[salt]]<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/A_Recipe_for_Zzoup|A Recipe for Zzoup|Fallen London|}}''"Winewound chanterelles, exile's rose, paprika..."''</ref>. | ||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:heart.png|40px]] Meat=== | ||
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| | |Okay, actual human hearts aren't consumed down here (usually); even we have standards! Then again, the mystery meat that's peddled by [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Mr Hearts]] and some [[devils]] over at [[The Brass Embassy|Dante's Grill]] is quite suspect. | ||
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===[[File:Lumps.png|40px]] Rubbery Lumps=== | |||
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|According to [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival|Mrs Plenty]]: ''"Alarming beasts dredged up from the Unterzee, hit on the head, chopped up and fried in batter. Two hours from trawler to newspaper wrapping. Luvverly. No Rubbery Man content whatever. Guaranteed by Mr Hearts, so it is."'' | |||
===[[File: | Plenty's '''rubbery lumps''' are pale imitations of the [[Flukes|genuine stuff]] over at [[Mutton Island]] (though her pies still, somehow, keep for weeks). Don't say that to her face, though. | ||
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===[[File:catch.png|40px]] Zeefood=== | |||
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| | |A group of commissioned zailors bring us their latest catches from [[the Unterzee]]. Is it edible? You should probably ask them. | ||
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===[[File:Gloamfoam.png|40px]] Mutersalt === | |||
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| Gathered from the Pale Wastes, '''mutersalt''' tastes like clean air and crystallized ginger. It's been used by several famous (or merely lavish) chefs of the Neath, like [[the Brisk Campaigner]] and [[the Bandaged Poissonnier]], but it's also useful to [[Urchins]] like Slivvy. It can paralyze one's vocal cords if consumed, and stings like [[Hell]]'s nettles if it gets in your eyes. | |||
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===[[File:Tyrantmoth.png|40px]] [[:Category:Creatures#Tyrant_Moths|Moth]] Antennae=== | |||
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| Hungry for something exotic, are we? I suppose it's worth bringing up "'''Tyrant's Treat'''," then. We swear it's healthy. No, it's not rotten; the shipment from [[Whither]] came just this morning. Hold your breath, and ''then'' take a bite. I'll put a bucket right here, in case of, ah, ''unforeseen troubles.'' The janitor already has so much work to do. | |||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:heartfruit.png|40px]] Parabolan Orange-apples === | ||
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| | |This highly toxic hybrid fruit grows only from a single tree in Parabola. Don't eat the pips. Or the green bits. Or the zest. Eat only the part of the fruit that isn't angry about things that happened while it was still a flower. That's the ''only'' safe part. | ||
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==Beverages== | |||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:cider.png|40px]] Hesperidean Cider=== | ||
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| | |''"WHOSO THIRSTETH AND DRINKETH OF THIS, SO SHALL HE NEVER DIE."'' | ||
Ah, the drink of immortality. What's that? You want our Firkin of Hesperidean Cider? That'll be 160000.00 Echoes, thank you. You can sample a small sip though. | |||
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===[[File:Honey.png|40px]] Prisoner's Honey === | |||
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I say! Does this look like [[Veilgarden ]] to you? | |||
:''Main Article: [[Prisoner's Honey]]'' | |||
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===[[File:coffee.png|40px]] Darkdrop Coffee=== | |||
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| A | |A coveted brew of caffeine that acts a powerful, one even might say explosive, restorative. [[The Khanate|The Leopard]] loves this in particular. Coffee lovers in Vienna are also quite fond of it. Do not tell any of them that it might be brewed from bat guano though, it is certainly actually totally false, just another of [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Mr. Wines]] funny jokes. <ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Darkdrop_Coffee|'Darkdrop_Coffee'|Fallen London|}}''"Musky! Explosive! "''</ref> | ||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:greyfields1879.png|40px]][[File:tankard.png|40px]] Hard Drinks=== | ||
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| | |The Neath has many, many, varieties of alcoholic drinks. The most popular are the '''Greyfields''' mushroom wines. [[The Masters of the Bazaar|Mr Wines]] also made a few drinks of his own, though we aren't held accountable for the things you may do under their influence. | ||
'''Airag''' is a valuable Fourth City beverage, made of fermented mares' milk, and tomb-colonists drink something called '''dustwine''' that's said to taste like roses and make your mind flip itself over.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://fallenlondon.fandom.com/wiki/Cup_of_Dustwine|Cup of Dustwine|Fallen London|}}''"Addles the brain. Tastes like roses"''</ref> That being said, it's more like a ''dust'' than a liquid. | |||
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===[[File:Teachipped.png|40px]] Jasmine Tea=== | |||
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| | | Tea is common in the Neath. But this tea is not your ordinary tea that street vendors offer to the undemanding public. Only the finest and the highest quality tea leaves are used to brew our magnificent tea. Our shipper says that the jasmine was gathered in [[the Elder Continent]] itself! ...Or did he meant [[the Surface]]? Regardless of origin, it is the best and most remarkable tea you could find here. Except for... | ||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:letheantea.png|40px]] Lethean Tea=== | ||
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| | |This is a very special tea: it's been steeped in the waters of the river '''Lethe'''. It'll make you lose your memory, or just abandon your current path in life. | ||
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===[[File: | ===[[File:scintillacksmall.png]] Scintillack=== | ||
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Less strange, but terribly expensive tea in London made from this coral that glimmers as if moonlit. Also it's used for marvellous jewellery and an analogue of tobacco snuff. | |||
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