Tapu

Tapu was a Seven Cities term that could refer simply to a food-hawker or more broadly as a general term for 'street food' or for 'food of the locality' (especially when speaking about simple foods, usually spiced, served on skewers). The word originated in the language of the Bisbrha and/or Debrahl tribes.Deadhouse Gates, Glossary, UK MMPB p.937Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 2, US TBP p.49-50
==Examples of Specific Tapu-hawker Categories==
*Tapuharal - a seller of goat meat (roasted)
*Tapusepah - a seller of unleavened bread
*Taputasr - a seller of pastries
==In The Bonehunters==
Apsalar ate food bought from a "tapu-hawker" in Ehrlitan which were skewered pieces of fruit and meat.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, US HC p.93
==In Toll the Hounds==
Scillara (while helping out in K'rul's Bar) made "skewers of meat and vegetables and fruit" seasoned with pungent greenspice. She called the food "tapu" and indicated that it was one of the only kinds of her native Seven Cities' cuisine she knew how to prepare.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 15, US TPB p.481
==In Dust of Dreams==
Deadsmell (eating in an open-air tavern in Letheras) likened skewered chunks of orthen meat and vegetables to that of "Seven Cities tapu, though not as spicy".Dust of Dreams, Chapter 5, UK HB p.169
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