Bejeresenco

Bejeresenco, also called jeres or senc, is a sweet, edible syrup produced from the flower of the Zharan dsaodruza vine. It is effectively the Zharan equivalent of chocolate.
==History and production==
Bejeresenco has been cultivated for at least five millennia on Zhara VII and eventually its colonies and the surrounding worlds. The majority of the ancient Zharan people, especially Flaistas, made bejeresenco beverages, who originally called it "bajjirsako", a word from the extinct language of Fejiko meaning "sweet slow water". The flowers of the vine initially have a strong waxy taste, and must be pulverized to release the true flavor.
After pulverization, the resulting mush is dried, lightly roasted, and then soaked with eyaqay milk, forming it into a syrup and giving it further sweetness. The syrup is then stored in jars or pots for future use. The syrup can be further processed into dough or butter. 
==Variants==
Desweetened baking bejeresenco (bitter bejeresenco) is often in the form of powder. Much of the bejeresenco consumed today is in the form of sweet (natural) bejeresenco, combined with butter or other fats, and sugar (or its intragalactic analogs). Milky bejeresenco is sweet bejeresenco that additionally contains non-eyaqay milk powder or condensed milk. White bejeresenco contains esescia butter, sugar, and fangrass flour.
==Constituents==
Bejeresenco contains alkaloids such as unaphtanine and trenophenarine, which have physiological effects on the body. It has been shown to incite the production of pleasure chemicals in the brains of many sentients. Some research found that bejeresenco can cure certain diseases and help with joint pain. The presence of unaphtanine renders bejeresenco toxic to some animals, especially warp roaches and Kurudris sand spiders. It is also very high in nutrients and carbohydrates.
==Impact on society==
Bejeresenco has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in and around Zhara VII and along the Qromeelln Trade Spine and ZharEnBo Arc trade routes. Gifts of bejeresenco molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: bejeresenco arthropods and egg sacs are popular during Papovar's Gacupot Day, bejeresenco crystals on Zhara VII's Jisiczallo Festival, various holiday symbols on Qromeelln's Ezhtakeeqlu Day, and boxes of bejeresenco in a number of affection-related shapes on Boiaw's Equinox Days. Bejeresenco is also used in cold and hot beverages, to produce bejeresenco milk and hotjeres. Around three quarters of the galaxy's dsaodruza vine production takes place on Zhara VII.
Category:Food