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Celery, or arrath, was a common plant with its stalks often consumed as food by beasts and humanoids and used an aromatic vegetable in many savory dishes.[5]

I don't allow others to assist me. I wouldn't let my own mother try to dice this celery. The celery's the most important part.
— A cook of the Three Old Kegs[2]

Usages[]

Celery was consumed in the Dalelands, being grown in Mistledale and Battledale.[7] It was used as one of the ingredients for the High Dale Lamb dish served at The Swordsmith's House.[5] The dish of baked grick, also found in the Dalelands, was made with a stuffing of rice pilaf and diced celery.[9]

In nearby Cormyr, celery received a wide culinary use, including the recipe for roast gammon pie from Suzail's Golden Goblin eatery,[4] and Blentra's Oysters and Wild Rice in Mushroom Soup from The Platter of Plenty of Marsember.[10]

The cooks of the Elfsong Tavern and the Three Old Kegs of Baldur's Gate used celery in their cooking and considered it to be the most important part of the dishes' flavor.[2] The Red Sheaf inn in the town of Beregost on the Sword Coast was known for its cold potato soup flavored with celery and onions.[3] The City of Splendors, Waterdeep on the Sword Coast North, had access to celery. A Maiden's Tears tavern sold garlic and cheese melt breads with fresh celery,[11] and it was used in the recipe for roasted cockatrice from the Old Monster Shop.[12]

Amnian cuisine used celery as a flavoring agent in such dishes as Amnian Dragoon Soup,[13] as well as Dradeel's Vegetable Surprise.[14] In the port town of Velen on the Dragon's Head Peninsula of Tethyr, celery was served at Morgan's Inn, as a part of a cold highsunfeast, alongside olives.[6]

Other Uses[]

Celery possessed some minor medicinal properties. It was known to improve one's liver functions and was made into a tonic or a stimulant.[8]

Celery had some use in the venerable art of foodomancy, the school of magic that focused on the creation of magical food. Dragonblood soup, magical soup made with dragon blood, required celery for its creation.[15]

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References[]

  1. Christopher Perkins (November 2018). Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 298. ISBN 978-0-7869-6626-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Beamdog (March 2016). Designed by Philip Daigle, et al. Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear. Beamdog.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (1994). Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast. (TSR, Inc), p. 30. ISBN 1-5607-6940-1.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 29. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 169. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
  7. 7.0 7.1 James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “The Settled Lands”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 220. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
  9. Brian Cortijo and Christopher Perkins (January 2013). “The Vulture's Feast”. In Kim Mohan, Miranda Horner eds. Dungeon #210 (Wizards of the Coast) (210)., p. 12.
  10. Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 47. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
  11. Ed Greenwood (January 1993). Volo's Guide to Waterdeep. (TSR, Inc.), p. 96. ISBN 1-56076-335-3.
  12. Ed Greenwood (January 1993). Volo's Guide to Waterdeep. (TSR, Inc.), p. 151. ISBN 1-56076-335-3.
  13. BioWare (September 2000). Designed by James Ohlen, Kevin Martens. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Black Isle Studios.
  14. BioWare (May 1999). Designed by James Ohlen. Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast. Black Isle Studios.
  15. Kurt Samson (December 1998). “The Gentle Art of Foodomancy”. In Jeff Quick ed. Polyhedron #133 (TSR, Inc.), p. 20.
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