Flatbread was a common type of bread found throughout Faerûn,[10] and Zakhara,[9] often taken on the road as part of provisions.[4][5]
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- In Waterdeep, the City of Splendors, flatbreads were commonly baked for sale in street stalls and their aroma attracted prospect customers.[2]
- In the city of Baldur's Gate and the Western Heartlands, a certain type of flatbread was called pizza and it was a round flat base, topped with no fewer than three different cheeses and sausage.[11] Other flatbreads found in Baldur's Gate (and other large cities, like Waterdeep) included regional varieties from Calimshan, Silverymoon, and Tethyr. Calishite flatbreads were topped with olives and pistachios, Tethyrean – with cheese and herbs and consumed with a glass of good wine, and flatbreads from Silverymoon were sugary dessert dishes made with cinnamon.[12]
- Flatbreads could be found in the town of Shadowdale, as well as in Phlan and the wider Moonsea, where it was sometimes purchased as part of travelers' provisions alongside flour, salt, jerky, dried fruit, sugar, and lard.[4][5]
- The dish called Three Crabs was served on a platter of two toasted flatbread loaves in the Singing Sprite inn in Secomber. The flatbreads were smeared with a mixture of chopped greens in white sauce made with leeks, garlic, parsley, vinegar, and egg yolks.[7]
- In the ramshackle Owlroost Head Inn of the Amnian town of Purskul, shield-sized flatbreads were used to serve ornabra stew. It was drained and wrapped in flatbread, had to be eaten by caravaners on the road.[10]
- Buttered flatbreads were a snack available in the merchant nation of Sembia.[3]
- The Maid of the Moors in the village of Longsaddle served circular fried flatbreads as a side of a platter-full of game birds drowned in gravy.[6]
- In Aglarond of the Unapproachable East, flatbread was eaten topped with berries and nuts.[1]
- Calishite traveling rations included flatbreads along with prunes, dates, dried peas, goat cheese, cakes of pounded almonds, and mint leaves.[8]
- Zakharan flatbreads were served with coked rice and meats, while most foods were consumed using fingers or via flatbread scooping.[9]
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Appearacnes[]
- Adventures
- Reunion
- Novels
- Soldiers of Ice • The Simbul's Gift • Star of Cursrah • Pool of Twilight • Midnight's Mask • The God Catcher
- Referenced only
- The Alabaster Staff • Murder in Halruaa
- Video Games
- Baldur's Gate III
Reference[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lynn Abbey (1997). The Simbul's Gift. (TSR, Inc), chap. 21. ISBN 0-7869-0763-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Erin Evans (February 2010). The God Catcher. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8. ISBN 978-0-7869-5486-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul S. Kemp (November 2005). Midnight's Mask (MMP ed.). (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 18. ISBN 978-0786936436.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 David Cook (December 1993). Soldiers of Ice. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 1. ISBN 1-56076-641-7.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 James Ward, Anne K. Brown (November 1993). Pool of Twilight. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-5607-6582-8.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 67. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 83. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Clayton Emery (January 1999). Star of Cursrah. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3. ISBN 0-7869-1322-3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 55. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2023-04-10). "Flatbreads in Calimshan and Ruathym". Greenwood's Grotto (Discord).