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Lore:Altmer Cuisine

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Being isolated in the Summerset Isles has allowed the Altmer to perfect their own cuisine without much interference from the outside races. When they do open their shores to the other races, they will embrace their culinary contributions. The Altmer have strict rules when it comes to table manners and deportment[1] with several details and rules about how to behave at the dinner table. Some of these rules include refilling the glass of the diner to your left and never refilling your own, never resting utensils on the edge of any vessel, not eating more than the most prestigious attendee at any function, always allowing the head of your table to lead the discussion, never watching another while they chew, and never using the wrong utensil as it is considered barbaric. It is better to watch and follow the example of the other guests than to make such a mistake.[2] Altmer royalty may eat with up to fourteen different forks during a meal.[3]

Baked GoodsEdit

Name Description Image
Candied Nectar Bread A sweet High Elven treat. Often served at the Festival of Defiance.[4]
Cherry Pie A pie made with a cherry filling.[5]
Everfresh Bread A delicate type of bread.[6]
Meat Pasties Pastries baked with a meat filling.[6]

Fruits and VegetablesEdit

Name Description Image
Cracked Peach Pits Cracked Peach Pits are served to guests at Alinors various orchards.[7]
Millet A bowl of millet makes for a simple dish.[8]
Wilted Greens An exquisite Altmeri dish from Alinor consisting of kale and wine so rare, the Altmer insist fresh sapphire garnishes be placed in each goblet.[9]

DessertsEdit

Name Description Image
Candied Beets A sweet High Elven treat. Often served at the Festival of Defiance.[10]
Honey Pudding Honey Pudding is common in Summerset.[11]
Isgareth Honey More of a status symbol than a typical sweet, drinking the honey of the Isgareth Bee is said to grant "limited immortality." One must continually drink this honey to maintain their supposed immortality. This reputation led to the honey commanding a high price and entire hives were destroyed to supply the demand which possibly led to the bee's extinction. However, rumors persist that Altmer royalty maintains their own private hives.[12]
Old Aldmeri Orphan Gruel Porridge that is traditionally served during the New Life Festival. Surprisingly tasty, it's made with barley, roses, and pumpkins.[13]
 
Summerset Rainbow Pie A pie with filling made from game, bananas, beets, and frost mirriam.[14]

DrinksEdit

Altmeri beverages must all be brewed according to the "rules of conformance."[15]

Name Description Image
Aurum An alcoholic beverage.[16]
Clarified Coffee The Altmer take special care to even such a simple drink as their coffee, clarifying it with isinglass before adding comberries for flavor.[17]
Cloudrest Golden Ale A Golden Altmer ale produced from fermented yeast and lotus flowers. It is named after the city of Cloudrest.[18]
Crystal Tower Whiskey A rye whiskey clarified with isinglass, named for the Crystal Tower.[19]
Fiorallian Muskwine Fiorallian Muskwine is an alcoholic beverage described as foul spirit fermented with a mixture of fine Elven fruit and corrupting magics. It allegedly has the potential to spread plague and is favored by Ogrim and Harvesters.[20]
Golden Pear Ale An exquisite ale from Summerset[21] that is very popular.[22] It was illegal in Ebonheart Pact territory in the Second Era.[23]
Golden Pear Punch An exquisite punch served in Shimmerene that was considered ambrosial.[24]
Honey beer[25] Beer with honey mixed in.
Isquelian Brandy An alcoholic beverage with a robust flavor.[26]
Metheglin An Altmeri honey liqueur.[21]
Old Epiphany An alcoholic beverage.[21]
Russafeld Red A brand of wine from Russafeld.[27]
Shimmerene Surprise An alcoholic drink from the city of Shimmerene.[28]
Shimmerene Tonic A tonic made from the acai berry and clarified with isinglass.[29]
Sylph-Mead[22] A delicious type of mead.
Tonic Tea A tea produced by steeping jasmine flowers and the bark of the ginkgo tree.[30]

Meat and SeafoodEdit

Seafood is commonplace on Summerset Isle, which is surrounded by sparkling seas.

Name Description Image
Auridon Mudcrabs Auridon Mudcrabs are deemed tasty when steamed and cracked.[31]
Gryphon The meat of gryphons is said to taste like a cross between a goose and a cat.[32]
Indrik Heart Indrik Hearts are a delicacy, sometimes eaten through ritual consumption by Summerset's nobility.[33] It is believed that eating them forestalls aging.[34]
 
Indrik Meat Though many find eating indriks to be "unpure", they still find themselves to be a part of some Altmer's diets.[32]
Kippered Silvertrout Exquisite fare fit for High Elven celebrations where royalty is involved.[21]
Mollusks Mollusks are the fare of choice for some, who use specialized hooks to pry snails from their shells.[35]
New Life Roast Pig Roasted pig served during the festivities of New Life.[27]
Peacock Confit Peacock Confit is popular during High Elven celebrations.[21][26]
Peacock Roasts Peacock Roasts are served during Altmeri festivals and banquets.[36]
Rabbit Meatball Pie Rabbit Meatball Pies are one of the dishes served in Alinor Royal Palace.[37]
Roasted Haunch Roasted haunch of an animal.[38]
Silver Crawdad Surprise An Altmer seafood dish made with:[39]
  • Two silver crawdads, cleaned
  • One onion, chopped
  • Two carrots, diced
  • Two tomatoes, Sliced
  • Two cups of stock
Summer Sausage A preserved sausage made from white meat and melon. Flavored with various seasonings.[40]

Soups and StewsEdit

Name Description Image
Century Soup Served during the celebrations of the return of Queen Ayrenn to the Summerset Isles. It is typically eaten together with bread.[21]
Direnni Hundred-Year Rabbit Bisque Direnni Hundred-Year Rabbit Bisque is a Direnni dish made from rabbit meat, jazbay grapes, corn, and frost mirriam.[41]
Turtle Stew Served as a main course, made by slow-roasting turtles.[42]

GalleryEdit

FoodEdit

  • Cherry Pie (ESO)

  • Millet (ESO)

Dishes and CookwareEdit

  • A carved wooden bowl (ESO)

  • An embossed plate (ESO)

  • A scalloped platter(ESO)

  • A complete table setting (ESO)

  • A serving bowl (ESO)

  • A dinner plate(ESO)

  • A platter (ESO)

  • A gilded platter (ESO)

DrinkwareEdit

  • A chalice (ESO)

  • A chalice (ESO)

  • A silver chalice (ESO)

  • A silver goblet (ESO)

  • A stamped silver goblet (ESO)

  • A glass goblet (ESO)

  • A goblet (ESO)

  • A bottle (ESO)

  • A gilded carafe (ESO)

  • A gilded cup (ESO)

  • A glass decanter (ESO)

  • A gilded flask (ESO)

  • A wine flute (ESO)

Vineyard EquipmentEdit

  • Wine press

  • Grape stomping tub

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
  2. ^ Protocol and Propriety in Summerset
  3. ^ Garikh's dialogue in ESO
  4. ^ Khajiit Skywatch Celebrant's dialogue in ESO
  5. ^ Alinor Pie Dish, Cherry Pie furnishing in ESO
  6. ^ a b Anginil's dialogue in ESO
  7. ^ The Feast of Saint Coellicia V — Arfons Jellicandante, Expert on Nibenese Cuisine
  8. ^ Alinor Bowl, Millet furnishing in ESO
  9. ^ The Feast of Saint Coellicia III — Arfons Jellicandante, Expert on Nibenese Cuisine
  10. ^ Shamiri's dialogue in ESO
  11. ^ Urjurra's dialogue in ESO
  12. ^ On Immortality — Anonymous
  13. ^ Old Aldmeri Orphan Gruel in ESO
  14. ^ Summerset Rainbow Pie in ESO
  15. ^ Riharai's dialogue in ESO
  16. ^ Tilanfire's dialogue in ESO
  17. ^ Cloudrest Clarified Coffee recipe in ESO
  18. ^ Cloudrest Golden Ale recipe in ESO
  19. ^ Crystal Tower Whiskey recipe in ESO
  20. ^ Tamriel's Finest Wines — Samuel Gourone
  21. ^ a b c d e f The Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel: The Summerset Isles: Auridon — Flaccus Terentius, 2E 581
  22. ^ a b Darkvale Coster's dialogue in ESO
  23. ^ Altmer Golden Pear Ale quest item description ESO
  24. ^ Canonreeve Elquisa's dialogue in ESO
  25. ^ Bosmer Skywatch Celebrant's dialogue in ESO
  26. ^ a b Altmer Skywatch Celebrant's dialogue in ESO
  27. ^ a b Gracious' dialogue in ESO
  28. ^ Elphregor's dialogue in ESO
  29. ^ Shimmerene Tonic recipe in ESO
  30. ^ Lillandril Tonic Tea recipe in ESO
  31. ^ Elam Drals dialogue during Dark Brotherhood Contracts in ESO
  32. ^ a b Rindelma's Dialogue in ESO
  33. ^ Valtarion's dialogue in ESO
  34. ^ Half-Moon Indrik Heart item description in ESO
  35. ^ Shimmerene Snail-Hook item description in ESO
  36. ^ Roast Peacock Serving Platter item description in ESO
  37. ^ Proxy Queen Alwinarwe's dialogue in ESO
  38. ^ Earunlad's dialogue in ESO
  39. ^ Silver Crawdad Surprise
  40. ^ Lillandril Summer Sausage recipe in ESO
  41. ^ Direnni Hundred-Year Rabbit Bisque in ESO
  42. ^ Nerassil the Bound's dialogue
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