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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6853078" data-attributes="member: 92511">You seem stuck in thinking of &quot;what elves do&quot; as relates to &quot;what humans do.&quot; The question of farming is the question of diet. Instead of asking how to elves make food like humans...ask what do elves make food of. Wood elves, and elves in general, but wood elves in particular, are going to live the lives (and make their cities) in communion with the forest...not taming/subjugating it. They will hunt and gather most of their food. They will also have an innate ability to encourage the most/best out of the vegetation (and other agricultural products) they attend. Parks and green areas will be everywhere and undoubtedly food (fruit, vegetable and/or nut) producing vegetation will be incorporated throughout the community.I see some wild/loosely cultivated vinyards (for wine, naturally), fields and glades of grain (mostly outside of, though not particularly far from the &quot;city&quot; center), and orchards that are more &quot;natural groves&quot; than neat rows of apple/pear/orange/nut trees, their city is probably full of fruit bearing trees and vines, berry bushes, etc... Meat, what little might be enjoyed, will be hunted and/or fished...preserving and respecting the freedom of the beasts/birds than the rather abhorrent and diminishing &quot;raising for slaughter&quot; that other races do. Deer, boar, rabbit, partridge and pheasant, whatever varieties of fish from the rivers, streams, and secret woodland lakes. Perhaps some goat, but more likely small wild herds might be kept/followed/used for their milk, and thus to make yogurt and cheese, than their meat. Bee hives will be carefully cultivated for honey. Obviously, along with all of the other plants, the use of fresh green herbs will influence a good deal of their &quot;classic elvish&quot; dishes. Grains and meal will be used, as normal, to produce some form of bread...for wood elves, whole grains and nut breads are probably quite common, as well as {perhaps for holidays?] breads sweetened with honey and/or dried fruits. That seems like a perfectly logical and suitably diverse array of ingredients for a thoroughly enjoyable cuisine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6853078, member: 92511"] You seem stuck in thinking of "what elves do" as relates to "what humans do." The question of farming is the question of diet. Instead of asking how to elves make food like humans...ask what do elves make food of. Wood elves, and elves in general, but wood elves in particular, are going to live the lives (and make their cities) in communion with the forest...not taming/subjugating it. They will hunt and gather most of their food. They will also have an innate ability to encourage the most/best out of the vegetation (and other agricultural products) they attend. Parks and green areas will be everywhere and undoubtedly food (fruit, vegetable and/or nut) producing vegetation will be incorporated throughout the community. I see some wild/loosely cultivated vinyards (for wine, naturally), fields and glades of grain (mostly outside of, though not particularly far from the "city" center), and orchards that are more "natural groves" than neat rows of apple/pear/orange/nut trees, their city is probably full of fruit bearing trees and vines, berry bushes, etc... Meat, what little might be enjoyed, will be hunted and/or fished...preserving and respecting the freedom of the beasts/birds than the rather abhorrent and diminishing "raising for slaughter" that other races do. Deer, boar, rabbit, partridge and pheasant, whatever varieties of fish from the rivers, streams, and secret woodland lakes. Perhaps some goat, but more likely small wild herds might be kept/followed/used for their milk, and thus to make yogurt and cheese, than their meat. Bee hives will be carefully cultivated for honey. Obviously, along with all of the other plants, the use of fresh green herbs will influence a good deal of their "classic elvish" dishes. Grains and meal will be used, as normal, to produce some form of bread...for wood elves, whole grains and nut breads are probably quite common, as well as {perhaps for holidays?] breads sweetened with honey and/or dried fruits. That seems like a perfectly logical and suitably diverse array of ingredients for a thoroughly enjoyable cuisine. [/QUOTE]

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