Thread:Bizippo/@comment-24448826-20180602075712/@comment-24448826-20180701044934

As written in the list from Jean-Luc Villon, court cook of Baron Michael de Noailles who is one of the Oxenfurt Academy's benefactors:


 * That, what common inhabitants of Nilfgaard eat daily, in me, a gourmet of a palate both sensitive and delicate, rather doesn't arouse any kind of admiration. But what to do, so many countries, so many customs... The poor inhabitants of the Empire, from what I heard (because I myself didn't dare to check), like to eat mushes from shredded wheat with water. At times they eat the mush with herbs or vegetables, adding cheese at the end. Hmm, that sounds like something better - wonder how it would taste with croutons. Poorer Nilfgaardian can rarely afford to eat meat, and even if they happen to slaughter some kind of cattle the meat is usually smoked.
 * This fact gets more horrific if one just thinks of the might and wealth of the Empire and realizes that the poorest of the Empire's inhabitants can't afford bread! Many of those who actually have it make their own at home. To fill their bellies the wretched eat plenty of various olives.
 * The rich eat somewhat better, among that is food close to our palate like good roasts. However, there are also such disgusting meals as roasted storks or dormice, rat-like monstrosities, more expensive than oysters served with honey or poppy seed. At feasts, where these unpleasant delicacies are served, it is thankfully possible to eat something more digestible, namely eggs and apples, the first being served as an appetizer while the second as a dessert, both in large quantities. Nilfgaardians, when talking about large, proper meal usually call it as being "from eggs to apples".
 * Both among the rich and those truly-not-rich, great popularity is enjoyed by a smelly and tasteless fish sauce (it's also popular in the areas where one needs to journey quite a way for a fish, imagine how fresh they are during the sauce preparation...). This sauce is often improved by adding both honey and vinegar and Nilfgaardians eat it with almost everything, including the disgusting dormice...
 * Generally, they drink wine, exceptionally heavy and strong, and thus usually diluted with water.