Food in a fantasy world
Orcs
Orc culinary skills are usually limited to kill, cook, and eat. They
usually do not spend excessive amount of time on creating extravagant
dishes. Some flavoring with herbs and spices is done, but food is
usually quite basic or on the extremely spicy side.
Roasted meat, potherbs, and soups are common.
Orcs seam to have much less need for green vegetables than other
humanoids. Where as lack of green vegetables in a human's diet often
causes sickness, Orcs have been known to go long periods without green
vegetables and seem unaffected.
Orcs are very skilled at creating jerky and preserved meat. Drying
and curing are common skills for orc cooks. Meats are cut into thin
strips and dried, salt cured, or spice cured. Sausages are also often
made to preserve meats. Both sausages and cured meats last a long time
and are used as trail rations.
Hokmon: A way of preserving meat, as well as a food favorable
to an orc’s pallet. The intestine of an animal is used, the animal’s
flesh is then ground with onions, garlic and herbs, then inserted into
the intestine and smoked or cooked. Once done the hokmon stays
preserved for a long time. Many scholars believe that a specific
combination of herbs helps preserve the meat. The flavor is quite
strong and spicy.
Eel and Lamprey: Roasted or boiled frequently with herbs these fish are enjoyed by orcs.
Bloodfish: A lamprey dish loved by orcs. The lamprey is gutted
but left whole, any stomach content are saved and used to make a sauce
with animal blood that the lamprey is cooked in.
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