[Sca-cooks] Fantasy foods was Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 5, Issue 43

[Susan Fox]

Cat Dancer wrote:
>> In addition to bread, fruit, cheese and sausages I
>> clearly remember bubbly pies, cookies, all sorts of
>> sticky sweet confections, roasted meats (Wherries and
>> Herdbeasts,) Fish, and fish balls (dumplings?) at
>> least in sea areas, and TUBERS (am assuming they are
>> potatoes.) I think she mentions other greens as well,
>> but am not in a place to hunt down the references.
>> Porridge (with too much sweetner in one particular
>> riders case) seems to be the breakfast of choice when
>> not on the run, then grabbing a meat roll was the only
>> option ;-)
>> and we cant forget the ubiquitus Klah (coffee/cocoa
>> beverage,) Wine, and juices.
>>
>> So she did have a little more than just 4 items, even
>> if it is not a truly well rounded diet.
>>
>> In Service
>> Gwen Cat
>> 12 books down, and need to hunt up at least 5 more.
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> And red roots, and legumes. I have oddly vivid memories of the feast at 
> Ruatha in the first book.
>
> Margaret FitzWilliam
What is the deal with the English language on Pern anyway?  How did they 
lose all their food words in favor of descriptions? I guess 
"heardbeasts" instead of "cows" and "red roots" instead of "beets" 
sounded more Fantasy somehow.  Meh.  I was never sure what a "wherry" 
bird was anyway.  Turkey?  I never lived with one so I don't know how 
good a turkey is as an intruder warning system.  Ducks are great at that 
though.

And didja ever notice how every planet has some kind of coffee, often 
with chocolate?  Klah, jaco, whatever you want to call it.  I think it 
says more about writers than alien worlds, frankly. 

Selene