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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 1274976" data-attributes="member: 6929">One thing to consider about a D&D tavern is that the ecosphere may be denser to support all the top-tier predators like dragons and manticores and so forth. Thus peasants will probably eat better - there's more grass (and wheat?), more grazing animals, etc.That said, cheese. If you have a cow, you don't kill and eat it, you milk it every day and make cheese. Lots of cheese. Cheeses that would look acceptable milling wheat. The same goes for goats, except then you call it quark. Not cheese. Any female mammal will give off milk, making it quite valuable.Humble pie? What about haggis? Same principle - take something horrible and concentrate it. It says something when 'and serve it all in a sheep's stomach' is the least nasty part of the recipe. In a fantasy world, this gets worse.Where do you draw the line at things to eat? If they talk? If they look like you? I can imagine Trog Tail Stew if you don't mind the stench (and considering haggis, I think people are quite happy with odd foods). In some Scandinavian countries, I've heard that hard times call for Sheep's Head Stew, which is pretty much what it sounds like. People will eat anything.However, an inn is likely to cater to clientele who have the wherewithall to travel, as opposed to the poor who can't leave home without starving. So I suspect they'd only serve the really nasty stuff if times were tough. Sigh.</blockquote>