Oddities for a Fantasy Menu!
Will Thrasher's list of pie fillings got me to thinking about the utility of a list of fantasy dishes. So here is a board of fare for the Orc barbarian, gnome rogue and elven sorcerer at the corner table. Feel free to add your own:
[Art is by Kazuya Takahashi]
1. Dire boar with raisins and cloves
2. Hart in a white wine reduction
3. Tarts of Brie, selkie and sea anemone
4, Questing Beast and quince pie
5. Purple Worm in aspic
6. Spicy giant cricket buns, steamed over volcanic vents in the Kobold fashion
7. Hippogriff Tartar with Devil Sauce
8. Roast of Drake, with underworld mushrooms and garlic
9. Smoked Skybull drumsticks
10. Deep-Fried Dryad Fingers with a creamy dipping sauce
11. Pegasus Steaks - rare
12. Hippocampus tacos with sea cucumber kimchee
13. Ceviche of Fire Beetle in Gelatinous Cube Acid
14. Roasted Seedling Ent and root vegetables
15. Smoked Triceratops Ribs in Dragon's Breath barbeque sauce
16. Giant Wasp, skewered and flame seared
17. Landshark Liver and onions
18. Peppered Giant Red Elk skewers with baby onions
19. Cheesy Giant Frog's Legs
20. Giant Mushroom caps stuffed with a mince of hydra kidney, garlic and asafoetida