Caviar, or roe, were fish eggs harvested from several species of fish and used as flavorful food,[7] usually smoked[4] or salted.[9]
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Some of the fish that produced roe used as food included hammerscale – an extremely expensive and valuable variety,[7] and sturgeon, a more common fish.[4] Sturgeon from the Sea of Moving Ice in the Frozenfar was valued for its caviar, small eggs, black in color.[2] Sahuagin caviar was a rare delicacy in the city of Baldur's Gate, served to His Grace, Judge Marthius Warman in the late 15th century DR.[6] Sea urchin roe was also a popular food item across Faerûn and on the Sword Coast.[12]
Fish eggs were considered more of an exotic delicacy in the city of Westgate[8] and were sold in the fish markets of Ravens Bluff just outside of the City Gates.[1] Inhabitants of the City of Splendors, Waterdeep, enjoyed biscuits spread with fish roe from The Elfstone Tavern.[5]
The city of Kwachow – the City of Melons, of the Merket Depression in the Hordelands, produced smoked sturgeon and caviar, exporting it to Rashemen and Murghôm, where it was a prized delicacy, popular among the courtiers.[4] Similarly, salted caviar was eaten by the nobility of Arrabar in Chondath.[9] Another major exporter of caviar was Lapaliiya on the Chultan Peninsula. Lushpool's freshwater fish roe was considered a delicacy across Faerûn and brought Lapaliiya much wealth.[3]
The Ancients of the Malatran Plateau brought caviar to their cities via spelljammers in the region's past.[10]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Walter M. Baas, Kira Glass (March 1991). Nightwatch in the Living City. Edited by John A. Nephew. (TSR, Inc.), p. 7. ISBN 1-56076-068-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cryptic Studios (June 2013). Neverwinter. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd, Darrin Drader (July 2004). Serpent Kingdoms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 98. ISBN 0-7869-3277-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Curtis M. Scott (1991). Horde Campaign. (TSR, Inc), p. 76. ISBN 1-56076-130-X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1993). Volo's Guide to Waterdeep. (TSR, Inc.), p. 25. ISBN 1-56076-335-3.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ed Greenwood (August 1999). “Dark Dancer, Bright Dance”. Silverfall (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-1365-7.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak (July 1995). Masquerades. (TSR, Inc), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0152-7.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Thomas M. Reid (August 2005). The Emerald Scepter. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-3754-8.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Template:Cite organized play/LJ/Snake Time/Certificates
- ↑ Timothy J. Kask ed. (August 1979). “Inns and Taverns”. Dragon #29 (TSR, Inc.), p. 25.
- ↑ BioWare (June 2005). Designed by Keith Hayward, Rob Bartel. Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast. Atari.