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Dwarven Food Culture, General Dwarven Culture - Coggle Diagram

- - - - smith
      - potter
  - - - wealthy dwarves are more likely to own surface farms/flocks, and will employ lower class dwarves to maintain their investments
        
        high altitude wealthy have flocks
        
        low altitude wealthy have farms
        
        grapes
        
        crops
  - - - many adventurers become part of the upper echelons of dwarven society once they amass enough wealth or knowledge to come back and commission a new home for themselves
        
        most then go on to create breweries or start farms or flocks on the surface, or sponsor craft houses
  - - - less illustrious craft houses will cater to the needs of the people, and work on commission as well as trying to create the next big thing
- - - - tea
      - hardy orchard trees
      - starter plants that are then brought inside and "forced" in darkness
      - rubyspice
        
        equivalent to saffron, but with a uniquely dwarven flavor profile
      - roots of plants
        
        yo what if there were upside down farms, where you plant the seed on the surface and wait until the roots grow down into a cavern and harvest from there
    - - Mushroom farms
      - sprouts
    - - fermented vegetables from halflings
      - dried fruits from halflings/drakes
  - - - mountain goats
      - bighorn sheep
      - elk/deer
    - - bears
      - wolves
      - coyote
      - wolverines
      - cougars
- - - - tea as a cultural staple
        
        nourishment
        
        dwarven tea has a high nutrient content that makes it a somewhat acceptable substitute for a meal
        
        dwarves have a meal called "Tea" which literally is a pot of tea with some light snacks to go with it that fully counts as a meal
        
        medicine
        
        when combined with other ingredients, dwarven tea can have naturally healing properties without the use of magic
        
        status
        
        to grow/make your own tea is seen as a very high honor among dwarves, especially if your tea is extraordinary in some way, (taste, healing properties, etc)
        
        fermented tea
        
        kombucha
        
        kombucha left to ferment more will be alcoholic
  - - - wealthy dwarves with land at the base of the mountains can grow crops to make alcohol which is then aged/fermented inside the mountain
        
        wine
        
        cider
        
        ale
    - - a symbol of wealth, as fresh fruit is hard to come by inside a mountain
        
        limited to those with land on the surface
  - - - dried ingredient mixes for soup stock
      - hotpot
        
        spice mixes to flavor broth so that fresh ingredients can be cooked in broth and eaten
      - grinding beans/grains to make "milk"
- - - - The Golden and Silvered Books
        
        Golden
        
        The Golden Books of Merit are the ledger of Dwarves whos achievements and deeds are the most notable out of dwarves as a species. it is said that having your name in the Golden Books of Merit allow dwarves to enter into a vahalla like afterlife
        
        Silvered
        
        Each predominantly dwarvish city maintains a silvered book of merit, which records the names and achievements of just those who live/lived within the cities walls.