Tilennan cuisine

Tilennan cuisine is a mix between traditional Avalonian ingredients and influences from the Artemian continent. It also makes heavy use of spices, but dishes generally aren't spicy.

Meats
The most consumed animal in Tilenno is the sereelian turkey. Orginally from Tilenno, this bird is featured in many Tilennan dishes. Seerelian turkey is generally prefered over traditional Artemian meat chickens, because it has a more rich taste. However it is slowly being replaced by it, especially in the processed meat products. Also native to Tilenno is the Odeitan ox. while not good for anything else but eating, the ox has known a long history of domestication and is mainly kept in the mountainous regions of Tilenno. Other animals that are common in Tilennan cuisine are cloud alpacas, sheep, goat and deer. Deer is seen as a high quality meat and is saved for special occasions. Traditioanlly it was only eaten at religious holidays, but lately regulations on the distribution of deer meat have become more lenient.

Fish
Fish is a big part of Tilennan cuisine, with most major settlement located either close to a sea or lake, fish is highly consumed in Tilenno. The most popular fish in Tilenno are Atrivan Seahawk, Pertian Salmon, Kaeran Cod and Tethian Tuna. Atrivan seahawk in particular is easily the most preferred fish among the population. It is utilized in many traditional dishes, the most well known seahawk in green (Tilennan: kemeibes i seleti).

Besides fish other seafoods are very popular in the federation. Especially moules d'Orena are highly valued and one of the most wanted variation of mussles. Octopus and squid are also consumed, in particular Chivese Octopus and St. Martin's Squid. Chivese Octopus is however prone to overfishing and recently the supply has been lacking, driving prices up, which has made int unavailable in many parts of the country.

Grains & Potatoes
Generally Tilennan cuisine features three main types of grain. Tiresta, a thick calorie heavy grain, used in dishes like Tilennan doughballs, tiresta pancakes and Tedeemo cookies. Corn, mainly used in fajitas (Tilennan: fajitae), nachos (Tilennan: naxaa) and Tilennan style popcorn. And lastly Gantian rice, which is bigger and fluffier tahn regular whire rice. gantian rice is mainly featured in Tilennan rice bowl (Tilennan: pamosa)

Tilenno is also known for its enormous variety of potatoes. this is mainly due to the great potato cultivation programs instituted by the government to create the best potato possible, leading to all the different varieties we have today. Currently the most consumed one is the standard sweet potato, but other varieties like the mountain potato, red potato, purple giant potato and St. Isabelles's potato are also very popular. Especially the mountain potato, also known as Tilennan potato or Odeitan potato, has been highly praised for its size and taste by international consumers.

fruits
-oranges and lemons

-sereela berry

-apples

-dates

-figs

vegetables
-Avocado

-White Carrot

-Sweet Honey Tomato

-Napales

spices
-dragon

-basil

-cumin

-cayenne

-ginger

-safran

-cinnamon

-peppers

-lavender

-tenaseira

-karaeti (Tilennan spice mix)

use of salt
-mountain salt -> red meat and potatoes

-sea salt -> fish and food prepared in water

-rock salt -> special occasions

-lake salt -> white meat and others

noteworthy dishes
-Tilennan dough balls or Tirestes

-Sweet potato stuffed turkey

-Alpaca ribs karaeti

-Pasta karaeti

-Tilennan style rice bowl or Pamosa

-Kaerisan Salad

-Potato Plank

-Apple-chili curry

-Darugon Crêpes

-Stew of Deer or Apatera

-Pampanae Chiveso

-Seahawk in Green or Kemebes i seleti

-Sweet potato mash

-Tedema cookies

-Tilennan frozen cream

-Moules d'Orena

Drinks
-Shiiza (Red, Orange or White)

-Limoneta

-Saki

-Genasae (Tomato alcohol)