Sweet potatoes, also known as yams, were common edible tubers found throughout Faerûn. Beloved for their versatility, sweet potatoes were often roasted, steamed, and candied.[1]
Description[]
Sweet potatoes were oblong tubers, similar in size to regular potatoes. Many yams that grew in the wild remained in the ground through the colder times of the year, serving as food for wild pigs and other foraging beasts[5]. Humans learned to cultivate yams.[3]
Availability[]
Sembia's nobility often hunted wild boars in the winter as the beasts foraged for sweet potatoes left in the ground since fall.[5]
The Inn of Seven Stars in Ormath served candied yams to its guests.[2]
In Mezro, sweet potatoes could always be found among many cultivated crops of the Agricultural Quarter.[3] Chult was known for its species of sweet potatoes called koko-yams.[6]
In Sams Bandar, yams were part of the rich regional food culture.[4]
Outside of Toril, yams were cultivated in one of the Domains of Dread, Markovia.[7]
Usages[]
Sembite boar hunters used to roast whole beasts who, in winter months, survived on a rich diet of sweet potatoes; as the beasts were roasted, the potatoes in their stomachs cooked as well. Yams were also used to stuff boar sausages.[5]
In Sams Bandar, many foods, including yams, were fried in palm oil or stewed in coconut milk. These dishes were traditionally accompanied by palm wine.[4]
Some chefs in the Western Heartlands were known to have prepared a dish of candied yams.[8]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
External Links[]
Sweet potato article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Swords of the Iron Legion • The Great and Dread God • Candlekeep Mysteries: "The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale"
- Novels
- Ring of Winter
- Referenced only
- The Halls of Stormweather • Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter
- Video Games
- Baldur's Gate III
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bill Connors, Christopher Mortika, Rick Reid, Scott Bennie, John Terra, Jay Batista, Roy Schelper, Rick Swan (April 1988). Swords of the Iron Legion. (TSR, Inc.), p. 17. ISBN 978-0880385596.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 James Lowder, Jean Rabe (1993). The Jungles of Chult. (TSR, Inc), p. 13. ISBN 1-5607-6605-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 David Cook (October 1992). “Al-Sartan”. In Bill Slavicsek ed. Golden Voyages (TSR, Inc.), p. 10. ISBN 978-1560763314.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Warning: edition not specified for The Halls of Stormweather
- ↑ James Lowder (November 1992). The Ring of Winter. (TSR, Inc), chap. 5. ISBN 978-1560763307.
- ↑ Adrew Cermak, John W. Magnum, Andrew Wyatt Ravenloft. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 129. ISBN 1-58846-075-4.
- ↑ Kienna Shaw, Christopher Perkins, Hannah Rose (March 2021). “The Curious Tale of Wisteria Vale”. In Christopher Perkins, Hannah Rose eds. Candlekeep Mysteries (Wizards of the Coast), p. 156. ISBN 978-0-7869-6722-3.