Editing Foods

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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>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/Bandaged_Poissonnier|Increase your Hearts|Sunless Sea}}</ref>
[[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, 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.

But there's no need to worry about unreality; for now, feel free to browse our menu of the Neath's Finest! You can read our drinks menu here: [[Drinks]].__FORCETOC__

==The Neath's Finest==
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===[[File:Mushroom.png|40px]] Mushrooms===
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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.''' 
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>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/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>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/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 Greyfields sauce.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%E2%80%98Golden_Topper%E2%80%99|'Golden Topper'|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_gathering_of_gourmets|Gathering of gourmets|Fallen London}}''"Each plate bears a label. Which will you try?"''</ref>[[File:Mushroom2.webp|thumb|101x101px|Peppercup. Very spicy]]

If you're looking for something bizarre and new, try '''Peppercaps'''. Those mushrooms are the only thing grown on Upper River farms, and they are as wild as the [[The Hinterlands|Hinterlands]] themselves. Approach them with corresponding caution: bite a small piece first, to know how spicy one you have really is. Just one of these can't poison you, but the hottest are... quite unpleasant.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Hand-picked_Peppercaps|Hand-picked Peppercaps|Fallen London}}''"The Upper River farmlands grow these abundantly"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_preparation_for_the_stomach|A preparation for the stomach|Fallen London}}''"you identify the most concentrated specimens..."''</ref>
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===[[File:Boxmutedgrey.webp|52x52px]] Murgatroyd's Jellied Mushroom Cakes===
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|The NEW INVENTION, delightful and astonishing - Murgatroyd's Jellied Mushroom Cakes<sup>Ⓒ</sup>! Deliciously flaky, gorgeously sweet, delicate layer of mushroom jam smeared on a cake, with special Murgatroyd's cream on top. And it totally has nothing in common with Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers, even if it looks so, and the mushroom is totally not mold, even if it is furry. Claiming otherwise would bring down all 9 circles of [[The Echo Bazaar#The Sidestreets|Baseborn and Fowlingpiece's]] legal hell upon you.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tin_of_Murgatroyd's_Jellied_Mushroom_Cakes|Tin of Murgatroyd's Jellied Mushroom Cakes|Fallen London}}''"Deliciously flaky, gorgeously sweet."''</ref>
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===[[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 something very different from cherry<nowiki/>,<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Harvest_a_little_something Harvest a little something, ''Fallen London'']</ref> '''solacefruit''' are parasitic fruit that grow on trees in the [[Mangrove College#The Wisp-Ways|Wisp-Ways]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Wisp-Ways|The Wisp-Ways|Sunless Sea}}</ref> and parts of [[Parabola]]<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/Irem#The_Mirror-Marches|The Mirror-Marches|Sunless Sea}}</ref> but also occasionally inside the [[The Uttershroom|Uttershroom]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Uttershroom#Interactions|Search the shroom-top|Sunless Sea}}</ref> 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:zzoup.png|40px]] Soups ===
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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>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Recipe_for_Zzoup|A Recipe for Zzoup|Fallen London}}''"Winewound chanterelles, exile's rose, paprika..."''</ref>
Soup from [[Mutton Island]] is thick and briny, with unmistakeably chewy chunks of succulent but salty greyish meat. Notes of seaweed, jillyfish, and definitely not mutton. Tasting Mutton Island soup leaves the diner with a melancholic yearning and longing for places they've never seen.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_taste_of_Mutton_Island A taste of Mutton Island, ''Fallen London'']</ref>

In her Boarding House in [[Spite]], Mrs Chapman offers free soup to all those who temporarily have nowhere else to go. Mrs Chapman's own recipe is made from mushrooms, blanched chunks of meat (or extra mushrooms for those of non-carnivorous persuasion), and a range of spices which elevate the soup from its earthy grit to a nourishing meal. It is not designed to be a good experience, but one which would do the diner good.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_recipe_of_Mrs_Chapman%27s_own A recipe of Mrs Chapman's own, ''Fallen London'']</ref> Mrs Chapman's cookbook also includes the '''Surface Soupçon''', a recipe eaten since the first days of the Fall. The soupçon's taste resembles the cultural delicacy of the diner's home region.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_soupçon_of_the_Surface A soupçon of the Surface, ''Fallen London'']</ref>

'''[[Irem]]i Stew''' never arrives. Everyone agrees the soup will be delicious, but not yet. It is perfect compared to any other soup a kitchen could have served. Dining on Iremi Stew fills a lunch-hour completely with contemplation of its inevitable and manifold delights.<ref>[https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_Iremi_stew An Iremi stew, ''Fallen London'']</ref>
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===[[File:Bread.webp|52x52px]] Incorruptible Biscuits ===
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| The magnificent creation of London's most sophisticated bakers. For some reason, these biscuits simply can't go stale. Capricious gourmands could say that their taste is tolerable at best, but let's be honest: these are ''VINTAGE,'' just like your favorite wine. Some Incorruptible Biscuits might even predate the Fall! <ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Crate_of_Incorruptible_Biscuits|Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits|Fallen London}}''"They never go off. Arguably they were never on."''</ref>
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===[[File:heart.png|40px]] Meat===
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|Well, actual human hearts aren't consumed down here (usually); even we have standards! Then again, the mystery meat that's peddled by [[Mr Hearts]] and some [[devils]] over at [[The Brass Embassy|Dante's Grill]] is quite suspect.
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===[[File:Gloamfoam.png|40px]] Mutersalt===
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|Very interesting spice, gathered from falt-pools of the Pale Wastes. Tastes like clean air and crystallized ginger. As spice used by [[Bandaged Poisoner]] and [[Brisk Campaigner]]. But mutersalt also very useful by urchins and [[Slivvy]]. Rubbed into a surface, it eliminates telltale odours. Flicked into an enemy's face, it paralyses their vocal chords. It stings like the Devil's own nettles if you get it in your eyes, too.
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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."''

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:Sausage.webp|52x52px]] Sausage About Which No One Complains===
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|Exotic for Londoners, these sausages came a long way from the [[Hinterlands]], the hostile region between [[London]] and [[Hell]]. There are no animals to hunt, and yet those sausages are regularly produced and sold to locals. It's said that their flavor leaves people speechless... a fact which surely has ''nothing'' to do with the box of mutersalt nearby. Any rumors of unsavory additions to the sausage must be ''greatly'' exaggerated. Just ask anyone who's tried it! (But don't expect an answer.)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sausage_About_Which_No_One_Complains|Sausage About Which No One Complains|Fallen London}}''"You'll never hear a word spoken against it."''</ref> The Murgatroyd company produced tins of these for a short while, which are occasionally unearthed when digging into forgotten basements.
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===[[File:Tyrantmoth.png|40px]] Tyrant's Treat===
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| Hungry for something exotic, are we? I suppose it's worth bringing up "'''Tyrant's Treat'''," then, made from newly hunted [[Bestiary#Tyrant-Moth|Tyrant-Moths]]. 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.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.gamepedia.com/An_Intriguing_Smell|'Try something mysterious'|Sunless Sea}}''"What exactly is 'tyrant's treat'? "''</ref>
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===[[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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