Tavern Food

it would depend on the region but bread, meatpies, ale and stews would be a staple of any tavern.

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>>54651242
If Im in the southern colonies, then breaded and fried chicken strips in soft flour tacos with a lime cream sauce, cilantro, garlic, and a side of horchata

>>54651242
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew

>>54651737
This is all that's served (besides bread, ale and one or two types of liquor) in probably 90% of the taverns in my setting

>>54651737
Reminds me of the Hobo Stew we use to make. Everyone brings an unmarked can and adds it to the pot, everyone gets a can's worth out to eat. There is normally water added to get things started, so there is a bit extra for anyone who couldn't get a can to bring.

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>>54651242
>Harpy egg omelette
That's basically the equivalent of serving menstruation blood stew, right?

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>>54653669
PERHAPS THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF ALL EGG DISHES!

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>>54653689

YOUR SHELLS ARE AS EMPTY AS YOUR YOLKS! EGG-KIND ILL NEEDS A SAVIOR SUCH AS YOU.

>>54651717

>"We're building a wall and making the Yuan-Ti pay for it!"

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>>54651242
Bread, Butter, and a hunk of meat.

>>54651242
Recipes you might eat in a Drow enclave, Svirfneblin community or a Dwarven hall.

>Fluorescent fungus salad with cave grubs
>Diced blind eel and deep salts
>Amber lichen and softrock bread
>Translucent crayfish stew
>Crimson moss cakes and cave jelly
>Crustacean broth with ironloaf
>Roasted deep beetles with algae dip
>Toasted salamander in mineral pepper
>Arachnidumplings and fried fungus (Drow would not eat arachnidumplings, as they revere spiders)
>Toadstool steak tainted with myconid essence
Lobe of grell
>Deep rothe steak (A rothe is a special type of cattle bred in the Underdark

>>54653689
Yeah, but there's a difference when the creature whose eggs you're eating is fully self aware and can speak your language fluently.

>>54651242
the Dinner Special, of course.

Grilled River Pike
Cracked Crab with Garlic Butter
Rotisserie Whole Duck
Peach Cinnamon Griddlecakes
Pumpkin Spice Bread
Minced Beef and Squid Fried Cakes
Orange Rhubarb Salad
Cheese Stuffed Grilled Peppers
Artichokes with Mayonnaise
Chocolate Banana Yogurt
Smoked Chickpeas
Grilled Olives and Truffles
Rosehip Limonade
Blue Tea

>>54651737
We used to have a chili drawer when I was living at a summer-house with four other guys. We just devoted a drawer in the refrigerator to chili, caulked the edges so it didn't leak, then filled it with chili. Every day someone would refill it (we had a rotating schedule). Some of the best chili I've ever had.

But when we cleaned it up a the end of the summer, there was a thick carpet of mold/fungus growing on the bottom lining of the chili-drawer, so take it with a grain of salt.

>>54654275
there's a reason they invented ceramic, metal and eventually plastic containers.

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>>54651242

Something from page 2 suit your fancy?

>>54653645
>Everyone brings an unmarked can and adds it to the pot

Dogfood, pickled moose balls, and expired condensed milk soup it is, then.

>>54654341
Hard to go wrong with carrot soup and onion rings.Or maybe some paella and french fries...

>>54654532
>>54654388
Do you need to try and solve or point out the flaws in every game or exercise like that? Is it some sort of compulsion?

Or do you not realize that by doing such a thing, you'd probably end up ruining the exercise and possibly alienating your friends as well?

>>54653953
Sure, totally different. Blood isnt the same as blood if the bleeding thing thinks. "Don't worry, the one who took that dump is fully self aware".

I like the experimental food ideas but I just love the classic tavern/inn atmosphere too much.

Your party wearily plods towards the crossroads as dusk rapidly descends into dark. The first stars begin to twinkle and the waxing moon shines brightly on the dirt road. Some farmers restless cow moos in the dark amongst the haystacks in the surrounding fields. As you near your rumored destination and you see a glow at the crossroads ahead your aches and pains remind you of the battles you have fought. The massive bruises and the broken stitches that now let a trickle of blood run down your thigh and into your boot. You arrive at the three story tavern just as true night calls and the hoot of an owl heralds your arrival as you step down bowlegged and saddlesore to hand your horses off to a silent stableboy. You approach the threshold of a well made wooden door and are bathed in the golden light shining from the foggy windows and enticed by the off tune strumming of some lazy musician and the boisterous throng of voices muffled by the thick wood but escaping with the yellow light creeping from the crack at the base of the door. Your steps feel lighter as you cross the threshold to walk on the sawdust strewn floorboards and a wave of noise washes over you. The terrible but enthusiastic efforts of the musicians. The rough talk of country folk unwinding after a hard days work. The gentle voices of pilgrims breaking bread. The sighs of road weary travelers all combining to create a song of home and hearth. A busty bar maid gives the town drunk a shove and seats you at a table near the glowing hearth and wanders off. The fat tavern keeper waddles over and offers a redfaced welcome and asks if you will be in need of food and board for the night.

That kind of environment needs hunks of bread, mugs of ale, hearty stew, roast mutton. The classics. Doesn't feel the same without it.

>>54655757
You paint an excellent image. 10/10 would need food and board for the night.

>>54653953

Let's assume for a moment that the eggs are unfertilized, as could presumably be the case if they're being served in an egg dish - that means that the harpy is capable of laying unfertilized eggs in the first place, probably at regular intervals.
That means that the harpy could actually make a living, or at least supplement her income by selling the eggs, which, being harpy eggs, would be large and quite rich in nutrients, to say nothing of the novelty aspect that probably makes them worth more.

tl;dr - Harpies work hard to be a party of the economy, don't slander their quality organic products.

>>54655850
Thanks. I always find games that lack imagery and atmosphere a bit unsatisfying. I've met people that don't like it when GM's read prepared stuff at new locations and I don't get it. It's the perfect vehicle for establishing an atmosphere and tone along with the more functional aspects of giving players a good sense of where everything is and dumping exposition. I love that stuff.

>>54655850
Also when I GM I like to give well rested bonuses to give players incentive to seek out good food and comfortable rest in the game. It seems banal but when your players have the real motivation to find a place to take a bath and seek out a real bed I think that adds alot to immersion.

Not completely relevant but I will post the guy who made custom trail rations for every race.

http://imgur.com/gallery/BWnHF

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Whatever I'm just going to post the images. I like this thread and I want it to be a good boy.

>>54651242
Is there literally anything in that pic without meat or are the eggs of a sapient species?

>>54656507
I'd like to say that scorpions kinda push the definition of meat a bit far but you are right. Are you advocating vegetarian or vegan options at taverns? Might as well make it gluten free, non-GMO, organic, grass fed, cage free, without BPO then.

>>54651242
look sonny jim I don't know what city you're from but around here we have both kinds of food
onions and turnips

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>>54656461
These are pretty cool. Where did you find them?

>>54656632
Vegetarian options. Gotta have something to feed the druids and elves.

Also vegetarian option does not equal gluten free or anti-gmo, Anon. I don't give a fuck about those.

>>54656695
Some /tg/ thread a couple months ago. I already posted it but I'll do it again because it's pretty neat. It's some imgur or reddit crap but it's good stuff either way.

http://imgur.com/gallery/BWnHF

I think it was an artist or chef doing it. I'd like to see a real DM make those or something like it for his players as a to-go box after sessions. I think that would be pretty rad.

>>54656632
Don't be a dick. Wanting to eat more naturally shouldn't result in social ridicule

>>54656711
I was kinda joking and messing with you. I completely agree that stumbling across a hermit druids hut in a forest that offers you a meal isn't going to give you any meat. I imagine that a tavern of any significant size would be able to cater to specialized diets in a diverse world build. I also think that in places with races or cultures predisposed towards a vegetarian diet would be the inverse and probably have either little meat or none available for various travelers.

>>54656844
I was a dick. Hence my clarification. I will say that whatever counts as standard fare in a game world is highly contingent on the GM's world building.

>>54654127
Jesus, is the innkeeper just falling over money? Cause thats one hell of a varied shopping list

>>54656928
when the adventurers come into town with a million gp between them all the innkeepers can splurge a bit

>>54654275
What the fuck

How does a person in the modern era not understand the concept of putting food into a SEALED container to keep it safe to eat

There's a bunch of different kinds of fungus that grows on food, and most of it is more gross than harmful, but there's a few strains that WILL. KILL. YOU. if you eat them

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>>54657044
what's that meant to be?

>>54656928
When I GM and the party walks into a city or large town I give them a range of taverns/inns. Depending on how broke or on the run they are they usually choose the most appropriate. If I was to example what I would order at a range on taverns it would say

Cheap:
>Hunk of bread
>Whatever is stewing or on the spit that night
>Porridge
>Watery ale

Prosperous:
>Mutton or lamb with garlic and onions
>Bread with cheese, jams, honey, and dry meats
>Wild game like venison or duck
>Good ale, cheap wine, or mead
>Pie or pudding

Wealthy:
>Beef
>Multiple side dishes of vegetables and wild game
>Exotic imported spices on things
>Fine wine, mead, high quality ale, and brandys/liqours
>Cake and flaky pastries

Obviously this is just a sample. Geography has a lot to do with it. In and inland area fish would be a luxury dish as opposed to a coastal area where it would be food for the poor etc. My point is that I imagine that in a well of city or town, the best inn will be able to offer quite alot to merchants, lords, clergy, and other wealthy citizens.

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Fuck it I love this thread.

>>54654275
You are absolutely disgusting

>>54657110
if you want to be historical I'd say stuff a lot of spices into the "prosperous" and "wealthy" foods, back in medieval times the lack of canning or refrigeration meant a lot of the time the food you were served was a little old and the taste was hidden by a thick layer of spices, honey and the like

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I like the idea of subverting the innkeeper with the towns rumors. I want to see an innkeeper that just gossips about inconsequential shit and wastes the players time and breaks expectations.

>>54657211
Thanks for the pic. I needed a good generic tavern pic for my sourcebook.
Saved

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rollable food table

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>>54657233
I feel like feeding players rotten food should be a chance to instill status effects and diseases on the party instead of just the daily grind.

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>>54657272
Thank you. Saved and stored fellow traveler.

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>>54657256
I'm just dumping a shitload of fantasy tavern images so take your pick homie.

>>54657272

and some medieval food reading

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>>54657306
HERP DERP

>>54657274
well that's why half of all babies never made it to adulthood
also why adults lived surprisingly long if they survived childhood

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>>54657306
In lieu of old food have you checked out

https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson/videos

It's a channel where a offensively non-offensive man cooks colonial food enthusiastically. I highly recommend it.

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>>54657321
and if your really autistic, some medieval recipies

>>54657340

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVAnxQ2YMC_qlc7QfPA2YQ

I have this labelled as food porn, but it probably can be used for light ambient camp noises

>>54651737
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_stew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_soup
If you're feeling fancy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potage
If you're not

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>>54657327
But... my party isn't a party of babies. That would have some interesting implications gameplay and story wise but I don't think it's exactly the trajectory my campaign currently has. I once has a player who was trying to do good by his abandoned son. Basically sending money to the mother. That was interesting. I later had a villain kidnap his child and kill his wife as an incentive to return to his origin.

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>>54657341

I wish I was autistic enough to slog through all this shit. It's going to go on the backburner and I'm going to eventually read it.

>>54657341
the problem with those kinds of recipes is tht most medieval recipe books were written for the chefs of lords, people who had to make food for a few hundred people a few times a day, it's not exactly what the poor would be eating
non-aristocrats probably would never see saffron or sandalwood and spices they used would universally be local ones tht they could scavenge
even pepper was quite expensive and rare being imported, commoners would usually use ginger
interesting aside, aristocrat food was usually either rather sweet or sweet and sour, savoury foods were peasant foods and basic
even the finest grades of bread were made with milk (also a luxury, no storage and milk spoils quickly) and honey

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>>54657372
I am subscribed to the channel already but it never occurred to me to use it as ambient camp sounds. Thanks for the idea.

>>54657410
>>54657410

I wouldn't know much about that kind of stuff. The donjon has a random tavern generator where you can set it as poor townsfolk though

http://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/inn/

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>>54657466
I see the donjon generators as a good starting place but not how things should be related directly to players. I think they work really well as a starting place for world building when you run out of ideas.

Freshly baked bread and some sort of roasted fowl. Duck, goose, or wild turkey, whatever they caught for that day

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>>54657494
I like the idea of any river or coastal village offering the equivalent in fish.

And I am spent.

>>54653730

WHAT IS AN OMLETTE?! A MISERABLE PILE OF INGREDIENTS BUT ENOUGH OF THAT HAVE AT YOU!

>>54656808
Goes to show if you sift enough shit you'll find a diamond.
I'd totally make these if all my games weren't online, cheese and jerky making is a hobby of mine.

>>54657321
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>>54657401
Look up Townsend on youtube, he makes 18th century recipes at least.

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I got a Roanoka area with a witch's academy. Magical tavern food is the best

>>54656711
Why the fuck would a being engrossed in nature, who regularly shapeshifts into predatory creatures, be a fucking vegetarian?

>>54658243
because doood nature is pacifist haha try some more of this herb maaan

>>54658215

I already acknowledged his weird prowess.
See
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>>54658516

I don't have proficiency Moonrunes

>>54656632
>medieval tavern
>not expecting everything to be Organic, GMO-Free, not factory farmed, local produce

If your medieval fantasy has genetic modification, artificial pesticides and factories then I don't know what to tell you, except that probably isn't fantasy

>>54658887
You can't eat the food through your computer screen, either, but that doesn't stop you from enjoying the art.

>>54659155
What about Eberron?

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>>54656461
The author has made another. Duergar trail rations.

"The Duergar (gray dwarves) are the hated subterranean cousins of the surface dwelling shield dwarves. Vast Duergar kingdoms exist beneath the Surface in the Underdark. Duergar are known for their foul tempers, penchant for cruelty, grim and bitter dispositions. Their food is as coarse and uncouth as they are. Clockwise from top left: Sour Deep rothé pepper cheese (Limburger), boiled Deep rothé kidney (whole beef kidney), foraged roots and tubers; skirret and Fellroot (ginger and turmeric roots), contorted strangler fungus (Enoki mushrooms), onion & mushroom gravy hand pies."

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/cqXBn

>>54659155
Organic is just a scheme just to make you shell out more money for the exact same food you get anyways. Also GMOs have no side effects either.

>>54658200
>cheese and jerky making is a hobby of mine.
A bit late to the convo, but I have to say my wife and I both love drying our own homegrown produce and making jerky. I've never made cheese tho, but I think we should try it... I mean why not our food dehydrator was 350 bucks, the cheese specific stuff can't be that much more

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>>54651242
We order the chef.

>>54658192
...blood seasoned with garlic?

>>54651242
Any adventurers that brings in animal meat should have a free meal

>>54660000
quads confirm

>>54656928
you fail to imagine what kind of trade town would have easy access to such variety.

>>54656944
this guy gets it.

>>54657110
yep. that was the "wealthy" version. :D

>>54658887
try -learning-
you might like it, or even find it a useful skill

>>54651242

>order
>chef

You London-types, coming up here with your balls all shiny. Think you own the place. Well you don't own this place. Jeff does. There'll be no "ordering from the chef" here. You'll eat what Jeff eats.

>>54659292
Nice, hadn't seen that one yet.

>>54659155
I was just giving the guy shit and being edgy. I know what you mean and you are right.

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>>54651737
Sounds like a bowl o' brown in Flea Bot'om

>>54656711
elves eat meat

>>54654341
>onion soup
Sign me the fuck up.

>>54657272

>No High Elf Cuisine.

Always wondered how elves of Ulthan ate at the islands.

Has this thread been archived?

Also: >>54662912
Depends on the setting; sometimes they're vegetarians or even vegans, sometimes they exclusively eat meat & animal products.

Occasionally they're even normal, but not very often.

>>54656401
>im gonna eat a hunk of amythest tonight
but otherwise these are all 10/10 presentations

>>54663324
As far as I know no one has bothered to archive it. Not certain it's quite earned it.

>>54657242
I do this. I have a few different lists of plothooks pre-set and 5/20 results are automatic bullshit gossip. the players are aware of the chances of just "hearing" about something ending up a wild goose chase, whereas postings at the town center job board are only a 2/20 wild goose chase, as most of those are posted by people actually needing shit done. the oddball is from that weird guy who lives on the edge of town and keep saying he sees stuff in the woods across the fields, but its actually just coyotes.

>>54657303
that guy on the rafter is about as visible as a goddamn fire at night. that guy on the left knows it too. he glanced upwards while resting his head against the bench back and is turning his head from the ensuing violence.

>>54657963
hat fucking half-orc
>im tired
>can someone stop alphonse from butchering that chord right next to my ear
>my feet hurt
>that wench needs more muscles before i tip

>>54663451
I think that's a great idea, i'd love to incorporate that. It reminds me of the posts in the urban encounters thread that's up right now

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>>54653424
>>54654247

I like the way that guy thinks.

>>54654341
Those are the biggest fucking herring ever.

>>54663493
You spent a lot more time reading into that image than I did. I just perceived it as a sleepy dockside tavern or something. Didn't notice the guy in the rafters. Now it's an impending assassination. Good eye.

>>54663545
That bard does look like an Alphonse.

>>54663384
>Not certain it's quite earned it.
Surely those gorgeous pictures of fantasy rations alone warrant archiving?

Also: >>54663361
If you notice, all the other meals have some fantasy coins next to them. I assume this represents the cost of the meal.

The Drow meal alone has no coins, so perhaps the semi-precious gem cluster represents currency of some sort?

>>54663679
I didn't start this thread. I just kept it alive all morning by posting the trail rations and 50 pictures of taverns. The racial trail rations are easy to find on imgur or reddit.

Also I didn't think about the crystal thing like that until now. I think you are right. Up till this point I thought it was an unusual meal choice as opposed to a representation of value. Also I didn't think about the coinage in the other pictures that way, I just thought it was for flair. Good eye.

>>54663769
Thanks! I now notice that the Lizard-folk meal has no coins either; maybe they barter? If you notice the half-orc meal uses some orc coins and some... I think dwarf coins? It's a nice touch from whoever did these.