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Daistallia is an ethnic mixture of SE Asian, Chinese, Korean, Swiss, Tibetan, and Nepalese. Thus the national cuisine is extraordinarily varied. Agriculture is a major industry in Daistallia. In the south, rice and wheat are staples. In the north, the staple grains are barley, wheat, and oats. Beef based agriculture is a major industry. (OOC: we define beef based industry as including Lish, Lam, sheep, and goats. Lish is a local animal resembling a mix of yak, water buffalo, rhino, and cattle. Lam is a local llama variant.) Trout farming is also important.

In the south, the cuisine reflects the SE Asian, Chinese, and Korean roots. The food is usually quite spicy. Common spices include garlic, chille peppers, mint, cilantro, cardomen, cumin, nutmeg, black pepper, saffron, sage, cloves, cinnamon, and lemon grass. Common sauces and condoments include soya sauce, curry paste (generally made at home), and Kin Nam. Kin Nam is a cross between Korean Kim Chee, Vietnamese Nuc Mon, and various SE Asian fish based sauces. It is very pungent and spicy, being made from chille peppers, fermented fish broth, and mixed vegetables. Fresh tropical fruit and vegetables, and seafood are major ingredients. Pork and chicken are also important. Tea, rice *wine*, and beer are common beverages.

In the north, the cuisine reflects a mixture of Swiss, Neapalese, and Tibetan cusines. The food usuallly contains large quantities of dairy and beef products. Trout is a major food stuff. It is usually served smoked or in a delectable cheese sauce. Bread, potatoes, and pastas are very common. Bread is often of a flat nan or tortilla style. Beef or pork sausages and pates are common. Mutton, Lish, Lam, and goat are also eaten. Lish blood pudding is a unique local specialty. Tea, schnapps, barley/potato vodka, are common beverages beer. However, there are numerous fine wines to be had. The smokey full bodied red wines are particularly recomended.


A Guide to Daistallian Dining
Regular everyday Daistallian food is very healthy, nourishing , practical and surprisingly tasty.
Generally, breakfast is generally eaten between 6:00 and 8:00 am. The main
meal is lunch, eaten around noon or 1:00. Dinner is eaten around 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening. Most southerners use chopsticks, spoons, or their hands, depending on the food. One should never touch food with the left (dirty) hand. Most northeners eat with knife, fork, ans spoon, or their hands. The left hand is also taboo in the north.
The first meal of the day in the south consist of a breakfast of rice, lentil soup, vegetables, and a small amount of pickled vegetables or kin nam. Lunchj is usually rice, pickled vegetables, and a small bit of meat or fish. The evening meal usually consists of numerous small dishes and rice.
In the north, musli, oatmeal, or barley porridge are common breakfast foods. These are often served eith cream, cheese, or yogurt. Lunch is often a light sandwich or pasta dish. The evening meal is often heavy, with lots of meat.

The national dish of Daistallia is Kae Map. Kae Map is a very spicy curry-like dish of tofu and shredded meat in a very, very spicy sauce.

Desserts are often sweet and sugary. Chocolate and ice cream are very popular.

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A mix between traditional middle eastern food (non-Jewish) and the Jewish foods. Lately, some Western influence has crept in as well as French Cafe-Latte ideas.

Got me thinking! Now I have make stuff up :(

A mix between traditional middle eastern food (non-Jewish) and the Jewish foods. Lately, some Western influence has crept in as well as French Cafe-Latte ideas.

OOC: That*s the idea! Be creative and have fun. I know I did. :wink:

See Russian Cuisine; Kolskiy Poluostrov is the part of Russia bordering to Finland and Scandinavia. (we under RF authority and protection)

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We eat crud in very, very nice packaging.

More, More! Enquiering Daistallia wants to know! :D

Seafood is the most important source of protein for Borealans. Herring, cod, tuna and salmon are all part of the everyday diet. The climate is ill-suited to agriculture, but potatoes, turnips and fruits are grown in geothermally heated greenhouses. Sheep are used both for meat and wool. The southernmost islands have valleys where cattle graze all year round. Grain is imported, with rye being a favourite.

National dishes are mosty based on fish and other marine products as well as lamb and cheese.
Shark soup was eaten by the first settlers and never went out of style. Today, it is served as an appetiser. Whale and seal meat are reserved for festive occasions. A whale steak with a strong porter-based sauce is considered a delicacy.
The Scandinavian custom of eating raw salmon spread here with the recent Swedish and Finnish immigrants.

The Dictatorship eats just about anything, so finding a national cuisine is hard.

We have yet to establish a national cuisine, but there are particular items in which The Reichers take favor to.

They would be various expensive seafood items, freshly caught from The Dictatorship's shores. Another being rare meats in which some people pride themselves in preparing.

There is no particular food item, for we have too complicated a past to have ever cared about establishing a national cuisine, but it has been noted and one will be picked. Get back to you on that later, when The Reich decides.

Anything with cheese.

In fact, Fondu is the natinol food. Scientists are currentley working on the F-Bomb-A.K.A the Fondu Bomb.

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Yay Nianacio, influencing Daistallia's cuisine! ^_^ Although our cuisine apparently has changed a bit since your people decided to copy it.
Agriculture is very important here (we get two or three crops a year), so people tend to get their protein from plant products instead of meat products (although we do eat insects!).
A typical dinner might include all of the following:
A fresh salad
Beans, seeds, and/or nuts mixed in with either multicolored whole grain pasta arranged so the colors alternate in a regular manner and covered a light sauce, or rice (which of these two depends on the region)
Fresh fruits.
We eat using chopsticks (and have for thousands of years), in our unique style. Our chopsticks are typically rectangular with a pointed end, 7" long for females and 8" long for males. Rich people eat with silver chopsticks. :D Since the 17th century, our chopsticks have been lacquered, making them slippery but usable. Our first disposable wooden chopsticks were made in 1878.
Between 800BCE & 500BCE, people preferred their food unadorned, holding complicated techniques & rich & sticky sauces in disdain. Following that time, there was a period of extravagancy, which ended with a cuisine somewhere between the two extremes, that's lasted into the present, based on constant, rather modest, local elements, with lots of spices.
It is customary to have most of the day's calories at a late-morning meal, followed later (but before dark) by a small dinner.
We do not drink alcoholic beverages, although we do drink (and cook with) a lot of nonfermented fruit juices.
Our meals may seem to last forever to foreigners, frequently taking around half an hour.

We have a combination of Japanese and Russian cuisine. There are others in there, but those two are dominant.

Fish and vegetables are one of the main foods, with fruit also being a major part of the diet. Very spicy, beef and lamb based products are very popular, and sandwiches are sold almost everywhere, as they are a very popular food a well. Esryian-style spicy pancakes and fresh oranges are a common breakfreast. various juices are the main drink besides water. a typical meal here would have:

1.Fish, mostlikely salmon
2.Freshly Grown fruits
3.Mixed vegetables
4.Coffeecake for desert