Gravy

Gravy was a term used to describe various simple sauces found throughout Faerûn and beyond, usually made using stocks, broths, and roast drippings, sometimes served poured over a dish, served in pitchers, used as a salted method of food preservation, and prepared using a gravy pan.
==Description==
There existed different types of gravies, but they generally all shared similar methods of preparation. Some additional flavorings to gravies varied from wine, like Stonesulder, to peas, spices, and herbs.
==Availability==
===The Sword Coast===
In the City of Splendors, Waterdeep, the gravy was an eatery common sight. Hot buns filled with mussels and gravy were one of the available dishes, others were fowl roasts soaked in gravy, common across Faerûn, such as roasted squab with rustic rosemary gravy. Sliced sausages in gravy was a more humble meal in Waterdeep, one of the places one could purchase the dish was Zestra's Hot Soups. In a nearby village of Amphail, Ammakyl Flowers and Foods sold meat skewers dipped in gravy.
Further north, in the city of Neverwinter, gravy was sometimes served with a thin stew of greens or atop a mound of mashed potatoes.
Down south alongside the Sword Coast, gravy was sold to sailor customers of the Blushing Mermaid in Baldur's Gate, ladled over nutbread and alongside cheese handwheels. Other dishes that included gravy in the area included poutine, a mound of fried potatoes doused in gravy and curds, pork loin cooked with apple and cider gravy, and roasted beef in mustard and gravy.
The city of Crimmor in Amn was home to The Old Wheel tavern known for its rich wine gravies. Purskul Platter dish from Amn's Purskul, was pheasant, grouse, and smoked beef, served in gravy.
In Tethyr, Blackthorn's Brew, a festhall in Velen, served Sunsplash, a salad of cheese, ferns, lettuce and gravy. In Rumnthorygh's Welcoming House of Mosstone, chicken was stuffed with breads and onions and served in a chaotic smattering of gravies and sauces, while the Drover's Last Drink sold pies filled with gravy. Further south, in the Calishite town of Tulmon, gravies were used to cover tough overcooked meals served at Havalanker's Tavern.
===Interior and North Faerûn===
In Cormyr and in the capital, Suzail, gravy was flavored with roasted venison and lamb kidneys.
In the Dalelands, gravy was a usual condiment served with roast boar and roasted phledge, a local ground-partridge, was accompanied by thick pea gravy.
Across the Dragon Reach from the Dalelands, gravy was common in the Vast. Namely, stag in gravy was served at The Jellied Eel, a renowned restaurant in Ravens Bluff, and spiced gravies were found on Sword Tables Dining Lounge's menu.
===South and East Faerûn===
In the Old Empires, spicy gravy was consumed in Unther, and sometimes was served as a smallbite.
===Other Regions===
Even the drow of the Underdark appreciated a good gravy. They served rothé roasts with mushroom gravy and a recipe for mushroom gravy was recorded in the Cookbooks of the Underdark, recovered from a ruin in the Vast in the 14 century DR.
==History==
Gravy was an ancient type of sauce that was consumed as far back as the Empire of Netheril and the time of the ancient Cursrah, a city-state in Calim Caliphates. In the glory days of the ancient Myth Drannor, the elves served roasted stag with nut-and-leek gravy.
In the late 14 century DR, bread soaked in simple gravy was a meal served to slaves of the Cult of the Dragon that were forced to excavate the ruins of Myth Drannor under the command of Kya Mordrayn.
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