Foods

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*"To be edible, is to be possible to be consumed. And to be living, is to consume. Thus we find that the nature of the unliving is to be consumed. In fact, therefore, anything that is not living may be consumed - "*

With the Sun blocked off by a mile of dirt, the Neath has developed its own cuisine of delicacies and comestibles that are both similar and different from their Surface counterparts. Good Surface-food is in high demand down here, and is considered a luxury; it can be harvested in Aestival (good luck making it there, though) or be imported by the upper class.

Nightmare-plagued individuals in the Mirror-Marches may be tempted by somewhat, well, nightmarish fruit: decadent, Surface-fruit-like plums, grapes, and cherries. Yum... until you choke on an expanding grapeseed. Or gorge on plums for an entire day, your hunger never sated.

But there's no need to worry about unreality; for now, feel free to browse our menu of the Neath's Finest! You can read our drinks menu here: Drinks.

## The Neath's Finest

But if you crave something more luxurious, we have those in plenty as well. Cooked according to the Apicius Club's secret recipes, we offer **'Slippery Jack'** - strips of dark brown fungus glistening with oil (don't let its plain look fool you - it tastes amazing), **'Plums and Custard'** - purple tops and bright yellow gills in a creamy white sauce (avoid eating too much though; these can be indigestive), and **'Golden Topper'** - slender stalks and golden cups, lightly fried in a Greyfields sauce.
If you're looking for something bizarre and new, try **Peppercaps**. Those mushrooms are the only thing grown on Upper River farms, and they are as wild as the Hinterlands themselves. Approach them with corresponding caution: bite a small piece first, to know how spicy one you have really is. Just one of these can't poison you, but the hottest are... quite unpleasant.

Soup from Mutton Island is thick and briny, with unmistakeably chewy chunks of succulent but salty greyish meat. Notes of seaweed, jillyfish, and definitely not mutton. Tasting Mutton Island soup leaves the diner with a melancholic yearning and longing for places they've never seen.
In her Boarding House in Spite, Mrs Chapman offers free soup to all those who temporarily have nowhere else to go. Mrs Chapman's own recipe is made from mushrooms, blanched chunks of meat (or extra mushrooms for those of non-carnivorous persuasion), and a range of spices which elevate the soup from its earthy grit to a nourishing meal. It is not designed to be a good experience, but one which would do the diner good. Mrs Chapman's cookbook also includes the **Surface Soupçon**, a recipe eaten since the first days of the Fall. The soupçon's taste resembles the cultural delicacy of the diner's home region.
**Iremi Stew** never arrives. Everyone agrees the soup will be delicious, but not yet. It is perfect compared to any other soup a kitchen could have served. Dining on Iremi Stew fills a lunch-hour completely with contemplation of its inevitable and manifold delights.

Plenty's **rubbery lumps** are pale imitations of the genuine stuff over at Mutton Island (though her pies still, somehow, keep for weeks). Don't say that to her face, though.

## References

2. ↑ 'Slippery Jack', *Fallen London*
3. ↑ 'Plums and Custard', *Fallen London*
4. ↑ 'Golden Topper', *Fallen London*
5. ↑ Gathering of gourmets, *Fallen London* *"Each plate bears a label. Which will you try?"*
6. ↑ Hand-picked Peppercaps, *Fallen London* *"The Upper River farmlands grow these abundantly"*
7. ↑ A preparation for the stomach, *Fallen London* *"you identify the most concentrated specimens..."*
8. ↑ Tin of Murgatroyd's Jellied Mushroom Cakes, *Fallen London* *"Deliciously flaky, gorgeously sweet."*
9. ↑ Harvest a little something, *Fallen London*
10. ↑ The Wisp-Ways, *Sunless Sea* {{{4}}}
11. ↑ The Mirror-Marches, *Sunless Sea*
12. ↑ Search the shroom-top, *Sunless Sea* {{{4}}}
13. ↑ A Recipe for Zzoup, *Fallen London* *"Winewound chanterelles, exile's rose, paprika..."*
14. ↑ A taste of Mutton Island, *Fallen London*
15. ↑ A recipe of Mrs Chapman's own, *Fallen London*
16. ↑ A soupçon of the Surface, *Fallen London*
17. ↑ An Iremi stew, *Fallen London*
18. ↑ Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits, *Fallen London* *"They never go off. Arguably they were never on."*
19. ↑ Sausage About Which No One Complains, *Fallen London* *"You'll never hear a word spoken against it."*
20. ↑ 'Try something mysterious', *Sunless Sea* *"What exactly is 'tyrant's treat'? "*