Turkeys were wild and domesticated[11] plump[12] birds that often were a source of food.[9] Faerûnean turkey were sometimes referred to as "bustards,"[1] and wild turkey – as woodguth.[2]
Description[]
Turkeys produced a distinct gobbling bird call.[13]
Habitats[]
- Turkeys were found in the wild in the elven forest of Cormanthor,[7] in the settled lands of Cormyr, Sembia, and the Dalelands.[8]
- Azuposi people of Maztica hunted wild turkeys for food and raised domesticated turkeys for meat and eggs.[14] In Nexal and wider Trade World, wild turkeys were hunted along with other fowl – geese and duck.[15]
Usages[]
A roasted turkey's leg.
- In the city of Baldur's Gate, wild turkey and other game birds were used in making of buns and rolls that were sold first thing in the morning.[4]
- Turkeys were roasted in the Dalelands and the city of Tilverton.[6]
- In the Dessarin Valley and the town of Red Larch baked crumblecakes – loaves stuffed with turkey and other game birds, nuts, and chopped greens, mixed with chickpea mash.[5]
- The Moonlit Touch in Arabel offered turkey drumsticks to its guests.[16] In The Old Oyster of Monksblade, they served mock-wyvern's tail that was chopped mixture of pork, turkey, and rabbit.[17]
- Amphail's store called Maerlbar Eggs & Fresh Fowl sold eggs, living, and plucked turkeys, ducks, and pheasants.[18]
- Simple roasted turkey dishes were common, including the city of Ravens Bluff.[19]
- In Velen, a city on the Dragon's Head Peninsula, the dish called Pride of Velen was made with turkey smothered in white wine sauce.[20] The Yardarm tavern in Velen also offered turkey broth, clad with sherry.[21]
- In the old kingdom of Athalantar in the Western Heartlands, during the day's of Elminster Aumar's youth, turkey soup was a simple common food.[22]
- Turkeys were cooked golden in the ancient kingdom of Netheril, stuffed with chestnut and brown bread.[23] Their feathers were used in fletching.[10]
History[]
During one of the Wizards Three's visits to Earth and to Ed Greenwood's home, Mordenkainen consumed many of foods exotic to his world as well as Toril, including a sizable cheese and turkey sandwich as big as a man's forearm,[24] as well as cream of mushroom with turkey.[25]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
- Turkey buzzard
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- City of Gold • Murder in Baldur's Gate • Storm King's Thunder
- Novels
- Ironhelm • Viperhand • Sword Play • Mortal Consequences • Elminster: The Making of a Mage • Canticle • The Glass Prison • Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf • Maestro
- Video Games
- Before the Storm • Baldur's Gate III
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ed Greenwood (November 2000). “The New Adventures of Volo: Dragonwing Stew”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #277 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 93.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 90. ISBN 0786960345.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bruce A. Heard (October 1992). “The Voyage of the Princess Ark part 33”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #186 (TSR, Inc.), p. 46.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernett, Steve Winter (August 20, 2013). “Campaign Guide”. In Dawn J. Geluso ed. Murder in Baldur's Gate (Wizards of the Coast), p. 29. ISBN 0-7869-6463-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richard Baker, et al. (April 2015). Princes of the Apocalypse. Edited by Michele Carter, Stacy Janssen. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7869-6578-6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Monte Cook (April 1999). The Glass Prison. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 50–51. ISBN 978-0786913435.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Explorer's Manual”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 12. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Explorer's Manual”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 32. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Douglas Niles (1990). Ironhelm. (TSR, Inc), chap. 20, p. 294. ISBN 0-8803-8903-6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Clayton Emery (January 1998). Mortal Consequences. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 13. ISBN 0-7869-0683-9.
- ↑ John Nephew and Jonathan Tweet (April 1992). City of Gold. (TSR, Inc), p. 16. ISBN 978-1560763222.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (1990). Ironhelm. (TSR, Inc), p. 285. ISBN 0-8803-8903-6.
- ↑ Jeremy Crawford (September 2019). “Rulebook”. Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Kit (Wizards of the Coast), p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7869-6683-7.
- ↑ John Nephew and Jonathan Tweet (April 1992). City of Gold. (TSR, Inc), p. 17. ISBN 978-1560763222.
- ↑ Douglas Niles (August 1991). “Maztica Alive”. Maztica Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 1-5607-6084-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 102. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ slade, et al. (April 1996). “Cities & Civilization”. In James Butler ed. The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 0-7869-0391-0.
- ↑ Richard Rydberg, et al. (August 1989). Gateway to Ravens Bluff, the Living City. Edited by Jean Rabe, Skip Williams, Ed Sollers. (TSR, Inc.), p. 35.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (July 2000). Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Edited by Duane Maxwell, David Noonan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 92. ISBN 0-7869-1626-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (December 1995). Elminster: The Making of a Mage/MMP. (TSR, Inc), chap. 3. ISBN 0-7869-0203-5.
- ↑ Clayton Emery (January 1998). Mortal Consequences. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0683-9.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (December 1992). “The Wizards Three: Sorcery from Three Worlds”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #188 (TSR, Inc.), p. 29.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (August 1997). “The Return of the Wizards Three”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #238 (TSR, Inc.), p. 46.