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 Goods[edit]

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 Vegetables[edit]

Name	Description	Image
Cracked Peach Pits	Cracked Peach Pits are served to guests at Alinor's 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]

Desserts[edit]

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]

Drinks[edit]

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 Seafood[edit]

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 Stews[edit]

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]