Radish was a hardy root vegetable (a fielding),[11] grown and consumed in many areas of the Realms.[7]
Availability[]
- Radishes were easily available in the markets of Westgate, an rowdy city on the Dragon Reach.[4]
- Hardy root vegetables were very common in the areas of the Land of the Lions, away from rivers. Radishes, onion, and carrots were grown by people of lesser means.[7]
- The abbey of the Goldenfields on the Sword Coast North grew carrots, onions, squash, tomatoes, potatoes, radishes, and other vegetables.[8]
- The town of Shadowdale in the Dalelands cultivated radishes.[3]
- In Cormyr, various produce, including radishes passed through Ghars on its way from farming communities to tables across the country.[1]
- The farming village of Elmwood grew radishes.[12]
- The hin farming village of Anqa Vled on the River Chionthar cultivated radishes, as well as parsnips, carrots, marrows, asparagus. All of these were used in baking the town's specialty spiced vegetable bread.[9]
- The towns of Bargewright Inn,[13] Grunwald[14] and Hardbuckler grew and offered radishes in their inns and tavern.[15]
- In the Vast, radishes were grown in the hamlet of Sevenecho.[16]
Usage[]
- The Blackthorn's Brew inn in the city of Velen served a dish called the Sixroots Salad – a collection of butter-fried root vegetables and rock crabs, garnished with carved radishes.[6]
- Radishes were used in preparation of specialty greens-platters at the Old Wheel in the caravan city of Crimmor. These cold bean and radish salads were served in a crust of blackrind cheese.[5]
- The High Helm festhall in Juniril, a town in Cormyr, offered a cold platter of saltfish, cheese, and radishes at any time of the day for mere 3 coppers.[2]
Some believed that radishes possessed medicinal properties to purify blood and liver.[17]
Significance[]
- There existed a halfling superstition that if you plant row of turnips or radishes and burry a circular stone underneath, the goddess Yondalla would send you "big fellers."[18]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Brownbud
- Daikon
- H'cathan doom radish
- Scuud
- Traethe
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Night of the Seven Swords • Storm King's Thunder • Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
- Novel
- Elminster in Myth Drannor • Stormlight • The Shadow Stone • The Rose of Sarifal • The Reaver • The Herald
- Referenced only
- The Ring of Winter • The Temptation of Elminster • Hand of Fire • Knights of Myth Drannor
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 182. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 193. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (December 1995). Elminster: The Making of a Mage/MMP. (TSR, Inc), chap. 1. ISBN 0-7869-0203-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard Lee Byers (February 2014). The Reaver. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-6458-8.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood (August 2005). “Crimmor: City of Caravans”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #334 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 30.
- ↑ 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. 91. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 123. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Christopher Perkins, et al. (September 2016). Storm King's Thunder. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7869-6600-4.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ed Greenwood (March 2000). “The New Adventures of Volo: Hin Nobody Knows”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #269 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 86.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 128. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (November 2000). “The New Adventures of Volo: Dragonwing Stew”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #277 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 94.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (November 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: Moonsea Shores”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #77 (TSR, Inc.), p. 7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 34. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1993). Volo's Guide to the North. (TSR, Inc), p. 49. ISBN 1-5607-6678-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1994). Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast. (TSR, Inc), p. 183. ISBN 1-5607-6940-1.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (September 1993). “The Everwinking Eye: Sevenecho, Then and Now”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #87 (TSR, Inc.), p. 8.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 221. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 100. ISBN 978-0786966240.