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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3017065" data-attributes="member: 14041"><p>"Corn don't grow at all on Rocky Top, its to rocky by far/That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get there corn from a jar..."</p><p></p><p>or </p><p></p><p>"Dooley was a trader when into town he come. Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton."</p><p></p><p>Basically, moonshining and the production of various sorts of spirits was a common practice of people in the Appalachian and Ozark areas of America. Such places were not very good for the kind of crops that are used in the production of such things. Thats what trade is for. </p><p></p><p>However, in a fantasy setting sugar could be derived from roots like dwarven sugar beets or even insects like dire honey pot ants. Other than that a starchy mash is typically needed. Again roots are a possibilty, terraces of rice along the mountain side, even a hardier tall grass like bamboo could be used by dwarves to make whiskey. Although, with the existance of magic why can't dwarves (other than their supposed traditional distate for it) have some kind of magically lit underground fields of wheat.</p><p></p><p>Might as well ask where they get fibers for clothing. Do they all wear leather all the time? Mountain goat wool? Dire giant silkworm fibers? Or do they trade for cloth?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 3017065, member: 14041"] "Corn don't grow at all on Rocky Top, its to rocky by far/That's why all the folks on Rocky Top get there corn from a jar..." or "Dooley was a trader when into town he come. Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the ton." Basically, moonshining and the production of various sorts of spirits was a common practice of people in the Appalachian and Ozark areas of America. Such places were not very good for the kind of crops that are used in the production of such things. Thats what trade is for. However, in a fantasy setting sugar could be derived from roots like dwarven sugar beets or even insects like dire honey pot ants. Other than that a starchy mash is typically needed. Again roots are a possibilty, terraces of rice along the mountain side, even a hardier tall grass like bamboo could be used by dwarves to make whiskey. Although, with the existance of magic why can't dwarves (other than their supposed traditional distate for it) have some kind of magically lit underground fields of wheat. Might as well ask where they get fibers for clothing. Do they all wear leather all the time? Mountain goat wool? Dire giant silkworm fibers? Or do they trade for cloth? [/QUOTE]
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