A sausage was a collection of seasoned minced meat, fat, and/or offal that had been packed into a stadium-shaped container, such as a pig's bladder.[10][11] They were sold in Faerûn[4] and in the Underdark.[8]
Description[]
Spiced sausage links from Baldur's Gate.
Sausages were made and sold all over Faerûn, particularly in Berdusk,[12] Cormyr,[4][5] the Dalelands,[13] the Delimbiyr Vale,[14] the Dessarin Valley,[15] Khôltar,[6][7] Longsaddle,[2] Myrinjar,[16] Silverymoon,[17] the Sword Coast North,[18][19] Tethyr,[20][21] the Vast,[22][23] Sembia,[3] and Waterdeep.[24] They were also popular elements of dwarven and halfling cuisine.[25]
Sausages from the Western Heartlands were stuffed with copious amounts of garlic and cooked in mulled wine.[26] Rabbit sausages were common in Rashemen.[27] In the Sword Coast North, boar sausage was made using every piece of the animals' meat save for the trotters and tail cuts.[19] Sembians were known exporters of spiced sausages.[3] They were also produced and sold in the Underdark, such as in Menzoberranzan.[8][9]
Sausage stalls were common sight during the Festival of Blades in Colletro of the Blade Kingdoms.[28] In Cormyr, sausages were sold sold as street food in places like Arabel,[29] and slices of cold sausage were sometimes served as handfood at taverns alongside grapes, biscuits, and cheeses.[30]
Rumors & Legends[]
Circa 1360 DR, it was discovered that Barnall Ostever of Longsaddle had been including orc and goblin meat in his sausages, leading to a legacy of dark jokes and refusal to buy any sausage from him in the years after the scandal.[31] As of the late 15th century DR, it was said that the sausages made by the Ostever family had greatly improved, though customers were warned to "mind the tusks".[2]
Notable Products[]
A sausage plate from Cormyr including cheese, bread, and eggs.
- Arrabaran morningfeast included sauced scrambled eggs, hand-shredded bread, and baked fish, stuffed with potatos and sausages.[32]
- Braundlae's Best in Suzail served sausage rolls coated in silver dragon sauce.[5]
- Beldabar's Rest in Yartar served sausages that were 1 foot (30 centimeters) long.[33]
- Sembian wild boar sausages were stuffed with meat as well as sweet potatoes, from the creatures' own stomachs.[34]
- Thimmer, a food product that included stripped boar meat and diced sausages.[6][7]
- Corm Orp sausage, a product made from pork, squirrel meat, and ground nuts.[35]
- Oak-Father's Boon inn in Mosstone of Tethyr served mint-scented wine sausages.[21]
- The Old Troll's Foot in Kirinwood, Cormyr served local wild board sausages flavored with herbs (although for many, they were too herbaceous).[36]
- Wyrmkindler Sausage Works in Cormyr was known for many fanciful-sounding sausages such as "Best Hedgehog", "Long-Simmered Snake", and "Old Wolf" (all of which they claim were not named for their ingredients) as well as for their more ordinary-named "Stag Sausage" made of venison and pork.[10]
- Delmuth, the proprietor of Delmuth's Barrel general store in Hap, sold saveloy, a dried sausage made of heavily-spiced pigs' brains.[37]
- The village of Halfcrag was known for spicy fried sausages on account of how satisfyingly greasy their product was.[13]
- Salami was a type of large preserved and dried sausage available in the Western Heartlands and Baldur's Gate.[38]
- Sausages at the Fallen Tower tavern in Neverwinter were notably spicy and salty in order to encourage diners to order more drink.[18]
- Gelgur's Feast of Plenty south of Neverwinter was known for several kinds of sausage, including boar, duck-liver, and "upcountry dark" (filled with highly spiced blends of boar and red meat, mostly game).[19]
- Aumador Uldon of Uldon's Cleaver in Silverymoon was known for his garlicky bird-meat sausages and his pepper sausages, the latter of which was especially popular among dwarves.[17]
- The Inn of the Dripping Dagger in Waterdeep sold sausages drenched in sauce, and customers could specify how spicy they wanted their sauce to be.[24]
- Smallfowl sausage, sausage created by the dwarves of Faerûn using minced meat from pheasants, grouse, goose, and duck.[39]
Trivia[]
- In 1372 DR, there was a goblin-run sausage stand in Menzoberranzan.[9]
- Sausages could be magically sliced with the cut cantrip.[40][41]
- Roliver Thynd, proprietor of the Silver Taproom in Essembra, hated sausage, and it was thus the only handfood conspicuously absent from his extensive menu.[11]
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
A rope sausage, cooked in mulled wine with garlic and preserved.
Appearances[]
Adventures
Bloodstone Pass • Dungeon #19, "The Serpent's Tooth" • Test of the Samurai • Dungeon #30, "Elminster's Back Door" • Four from Cormyr
Novels & Short Stories
Spellfire • Crown of Fire • Elminster: The Making of a Mage • Murder in Cormyr • Dangerous Games • The Council of Blades • Tymora's Luck • Easy Betrayals • The Diamond • The Black Bouquet • The Sapphire Crescent • The Ruin • Blackstaff Tower • Honor Among Thieves: The Druid's Call
Referenced only
The Halls of Stormweather
The Halls of Stormweather
Video Games
Referenced only
Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor
Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor
References[]
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