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What Do Elves Eat, Anyway?
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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 8258913" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p>It's no accident that we've skipped most of the "meals" associated with elves in <a href="https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G" target="_blank"><strong><strong>Heroes' Feast</strong></strong></a><strong><strong>, </strong></strong>but we finally came around to make one: bacon and asparagus. The bacon surprised us because we don't associate meat with elves.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]136200[/ATTACH]</p><h3>Not Just Vegetables</h3><p><a href="https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G" target="_blank"><strong>Heroes' Feast</strong></a> says a lot about elven cuisine by what it doesn't include. Of the elven recipes in <a href="https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G" target="_blank"><strong>Heroes' Feast</strong></a><strong>, </strong>two involve seafood (shrimp and Dragon Salmon), one involves eggs, and only one involves meat: Greenspear Bundles in Bacon. Why was it included? Because it's actually made by half-elves:</p><p></p><p>This is the first meal we served with guests and they found it surprisingly delicious. It's the sort of meal that's different enough to introduce as an appetizer but flavorful enough that it gets eaten quickly. I'm not fond of asparagus or bacon, but the combination is delicious.</p><p></p><p>It's also a meal you can feasibly make for your players with a very short baking time (15 minutes or longer if you prefer your bacon crispier).</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]136199[/ATTACH]</p><h3>Tolkien's Elves</h3><p>The association of elves with vegetarianism is likely due to their affinity with nature, established in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. There's much discussion of elven lembas, a kind of travel ration, but little else. The association with elves avoiding meat likely stems from the inspiration for wood elves, the Green Elves of Ossiriand, who decided that men as "<a href="https://tolkienforums.activeboard.com/t29341143/elves-diet/?page=1" target="_blank">hewers of trees and hunters of beasts</a>" were no friends of theirs.</p><p></p><p>Still, there is enough evidence throughout Tolkien's works to indicate that meat was present when elves served a meal or when they ate at a table, and the fact it wasn't mentioned that an elf skipped the meat portion of the meal argues that they were not vegetarian.</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]136198[/ATTACH]</p><h3>D&D Elves</h3><p>But what of elves in <strong>Dungeons & Dragons? </strong>Here's what <a href="https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G" target="_blank"><strong>Heroes' Feast</strong></a> has to say on the subject:</p><p></p><p>Ironically, D&D wood elves seem to be different from their Tolkien-inspired brethren:</p><p></p><p>So it seems that at least some elves eat meat after all. But you wouldn't know it from the recipes in <strong><a href="https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G" target="_blank"><strong>Heroes' Feast</strong></a>.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Your Turn: Do elves eat meat in your fantasy campaign?</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 8258913, member: 3285"] It's no accident that we've skipped most of the "meals" associated with elves in [URL='https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G'][B][B]Heroes' Feast[/B][/B][/URL][B][B], [/B][/B]but we finally came around to make one: bacon and asparagus. The bacon surprised us because we don't associate meat with elves. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="GS3.jpg"]136200[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [HEADING=2]Not Just Vegetables[/HEADING] [URL='https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G'][B]Heroes' Feast[/B][/URL] says a lot about elven cuisine by what it doesn't include. Of the elven recipes in [URL='https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G'][B]Heroes' Feast[/B][/URL][B], [/B]two involve seafood (shrimp and Dragon Salmon), one involves eggs, and only one involves meat: Greenspear Bundles in Bacon. Why was it included? Because it's actually made by half-elves: This is the first meal we served with guests and they found it surprisingly delicious. It's the sort of meal that's different enough to introduce as an appetizer but flavorful enough that it gets eaten quickly. I'm not fond of asparagus or bacon, but the combination is delicious. It's also a meal you can feasibly make for your players with a very short baking time (15 minutes or longer if you prefer your bacon crispier). [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="GS1.jpg"]136199[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [HEADING=2]Tolkien's Elves[/HEADING] The association of elves with vegetarianism is likely due to their affinity with nature, established in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. There's much discussion of elven lembas, a kind of travel ration, but little else. The association with elves avoiding meat likely stems from the inspiration for wood elves, the Green Elves of Ossiriand, who decided that men as "[URL='https://tolkienforums.activeboard.com/t29341143/elves-diet/?page=1']hewers of trees and hunters of beasts[/URL]" were no friends of theirs. Still, there is enough evidence throughout Tolkien's works to indicate that meat was present when elves served a meal or when they ate at a table, and the fact it wasn't mentioned that an elf skipped the meat portion of the meal argues that they were not vegetarian. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="GS2.jpg"]136198[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [HEADING=2]D&D Elves[/HEADING] But what of elves in [B]Dungeons & Dragons? [/B]Here's what [URL='https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G'][B]Heroes' Feast[/B][/URL] has to say on the subject: Ironically, D&D wood elves seem to be different from their Tolkien-inspired brethren: So it seems that at least some elves eat meat after all. But you wouldn't know it from the recipes in [B][URL='https://amzn.to/2S0Tw8G'][B]Heroes' Feast[/B][/URL]. Your Turn: Do elves eat meat in your fantasy campaign?[/B] [/QUOTE]
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