Lore:Orc Cuisine

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Because of their tight-knit tribal communities, the Orsimer cook many communal meals where a large central dish is shared among many individuals. ^[1]^:127 While some live in Orsinium, most live in strongholds scattered across the continent. Each stronghold needs to be self-sufficient, so their diet is predominantly practical fare that can be foraged, hunted, or easily grown, then stored. Stronghold Orcs don't have much room for ornamentation, but they make use of a wide variety of spices and seasonings, which they acquire through trade. The fires of their forges are often used to roast skewers of meat.^[1]^:12

Beverages[edit]

Name	Description	Image
Betnikh Twice-Spiked Ale	Ale brewed with barley, yeast, rice, and honey. ^[2]
Bog-Iron Ale	A yeasty ale enjoyed by orcs at celebrations.^[3] It is also made into a jam.^[4]
Cup of Wraith	A drink comprised of crushed wraithberries and ice stream water.^[5]
Grog	An orcish alcohol made from yeast and bittergreen, clarified with isinglass.^[6]
Howlwater	A popular Orcish spirit. The recipe for it is a trade secret, but Mammoth dung gives the beverage its distinctive smell.^[7]
Orzorga's Red Frothgar	A drink in the old Orcish style, also referred to as ice-cold dredged berry mash. It contains clear water, comberry, honey and mint^[8] as well as wrathberries and a skin of ice stream water. ^[5]
Pink Zinfandel	A light red wine made from grapes and flavored with rose petals and guarana.^[9]

Dessert[edit]

Name	Description	Image
Crow Trifle	A triffle containing crow meat common among Orcs of Wrothgar. It bears resemblance to the Reachfolk meal Blackbird Pie^[10]
Orzorga's Blood Price Pie	A pie containing stewed blood and minced heart as well as red Meat, potatoes, violet Coprinus and guts. It is traditionally served cold.^[11]
Spudmelon Pie	A flour crusted pie with a filling made from melons and potatoes.^[12]
Ventricle Pie	A pie containing echatere moss and Ogre innards. Ogre innards were a common ingredient in ancient Orcish dishes.^[13]

Fruits and Vegetables[edit]

Name	Description	Image
No-Rhubarb Salad	A salad containing apples, radishes, and garlic.^[14]

Meat and Animal Products[edit]

Name	Description	Image
Bear's Head Stew	A stew made inside of a bear's head using glacier tomatoes, tundra truffles or snow truffles. Made with bears that eat fish exclusively, as their meat and marrow taste better.^[15]
Bitter Goat Cheese	This cheese is an Orc feast staple.^[16]
Brain Pocket	A Shatul Clan recipe. Pockets of dough filled with Harpy brains and bile mixed in with sedge grass. Harpy bile is also a natural preservative.^[17]
Bratwurst On Bun	A cooked sausage on a bun.^[18]
Echatere	Echatere meat, is one of the main sources of food for the Orcs of Wrothgar.^[19]
Echatere Cheese	Cheese made from echatere milk. It functions as an aphrodisiac.^[20]
Honeyed Wolf Pie	A meat pie made from honeyed wolf meat.^[16]
Orzorga's Smoked Bear Haunch	A smoked bear haunch. It also contains tomatoes, White Cap, Frost Mirriam and perfect fish roe.^[21]
Orzorga's Tripe Trifle Pocket	A breaded pocket of minced gut sweetened with beet sugar. It also contains columbine. ^[22]
Stewed Mammoth Stomach	The stewed stomach's of wrothgar's mammoths.^[23]
Stonetooth Bash Chicken	A recipe from the Orcs of Betnikh. It is popular during the New Life Festival.^[24]
Troll Fat Jerky	Troll fat that has been dried can be eaten as jerky.^[23]
Venison	A staple in Orc strongholds, as deer are a plentiful resource.^[1]