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 alpacs, 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. 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.