Bread

Bread was available in a number of forms on Toril. Every culture on the planet was known for producing one or more specific types of bread, which resulted in an enormous variety.

"I like bread. Especially herb bread. Though I'm also very fond of sweet rolls with raisins. Herb bread is good with little bits of cheese baked into it. Though not necessarily with stew. With stew, you want a plain bread you can use to sop up the gravy. One with a lot of bite to the crust, but soft inside. Of course, berry pie is always good."

- Emilo Haversack

History
The nomadic Bedine and the Nexalans were known to produce their own varieties of bread.

Bread was often expensive in the nation of Calimshan due to their severe shortages of grain.

Reputation
Bread was sometimes considered the staple meal of the gods, as much as wine was considered their nectar.

Notable Breads

 * Bagel: A chewy roll from Greenfields with a hole in the middle and sprinkled with sesame or poppy.


 * Blackbread: A tasty bread made from finely ground Wastel flour mixed with strong molasses from Amn. Four loaves cost about 10 silver pieces.


 * Butterbun: A dinner roll from the Western Heartlands, often baked in a dozen.


 * Crackers: Either plain or flavored with herbs and spices from the Dalelands. Popular flavors included Onion, Garlic, Pepper, and Savory. A 3-dozen piece package of flavored herb crackers cost about 5 silver pieces.


 * Elven bread: Made only in Evermeet. It was a light, sweet, fine-grained bread with extraordinary nutritional value. (The bread acted as very light-weight, double-strength iron rations.) A single loaf cost about 2 gold pieces.


 * Elvish seedcake: A loaf or bite-sized handfood made with crushed aniseed, caraway, and coriander seeds. Some seedcakes possessed healing properties.


 * Fruitcakes: Studded with dried fruits and nuts, and flavored with rum or brandy from the Pirate Isles of the Inner Sea. They could sometimes be found in decorative tins. A single tin of fruitcake cost about 10 gold pieces.


 * Gingerbread: Made with ginger from Shou Lung. They could sometimes be found in decorative tins. A single tin of gingerbread cost about 1 gold piece.


 * Hard-tack: Made from flour and water. It was dry and bland, but kept for a very long time, so it was good on long sea voyages. A dozen pieces of hard-tack cost about 10 copper pieces.


 * Helm's Hold Journeybread: Simple and long-lasting hard biscuits from the citadel of Helm's Hold.


 * Honeyed bun: A sweet treat from Arrabar.


 * Noodles: Normally found in Kara-Tur. Kozakuran Udon noodles were fat, white, and long; they were usually simmered with onion and bits of cooked egg. Soba was a fine, thin, vermicelli-like, buckwheat noodle from Wa; it was usually simmered in a broth made from green tea. Bean Curd Noodles were from Shou Lung; they were made from tofu. Ramen was a very curly noodle that cooks in minutes. Since noodles must be imported from Kara-Tur, a pound of any noodle type cost about 15 gold pieces.


 * Roundloaf: A type of bread that was known to be served hard-crusted at the bakery of the same name.


 * Salbread: A popular type of bread baked by the halflings of Luiren.


 * Sourdough: From the Pirate Isles of the Inner Sea. A, round loaf cost about 15 silver pieces.


 * Spread bread: a simple type of food made with crusty rolls smothered in garlic butter and a fish paste of silverlings.


 * Sword Mountains spice cake: Obnoxiously-spiced and glazed sweet cake from the hamlets of Sword Mountains.


 * Tarts: Pastry shells baked in Waterdeep that could hold savory or sweet food inside.


 * Thaek bun: Spicy meat, mushroom, onion, and tomato-stuffed buns from the city of Arrabar.


 * Tortilla: From Maztica. It was made of mayz, which was a grain native to Maztica. Any tortilla must be imported from Maztica; 2 dozen pieces cost about 25 gold pieces.


 * Wafer: Thin and crispy types of bread, topped with sweet jellies or savory liver spreads.