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dead Emiya, do not eat ([personal profile] steelmyself) wrote2015-06-09 08:00 pm
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Foodstuff log for [community profile] thehometree

General
♥ Food provided on the altar is "a mix of nuts, berries and other tasty forest treats."
♥ Archer makes butters and oils out of the nuts and seeds and jams out of the berries.
♥ He has also regularly been attempting to make herbal tea from whatever's available for Rin.

Starting April 27th
Dandelions, which have nutritious leaves which can be used in salads and roots that can be used to make tea.
Chickweed, which can be used in salad.
Anise, a spice which has a strong licorice-like taste and can be made into tea. Medicinally, it's good as a treatment for flatulence.
Thyme, an herb. Medicinal tea for treating coughs can be made from it, and if someone is able to press it into oil, this produces thymol, an antiseptic.
Nettles are difficult to safely harvest at this size...but Archer is tough and will manage. They can be used to weave fabrics or make tea.

May 7th through 10th
♥ Earthworms appear after the rain. Archer kills several of them and grinds them up into a powder or paste to provide actual animal protein to tree-dwellers. He hasn't told anyone about this so far; he's just casually slipped it into jams and nut butters. He'll continue to harvest earthworms for their protein every time it rains and they emerge, because he's horribly practical.

May 18th
♥ The adventurers killed a viper and cooked its meat. Some was stored in the iceboxes.

Starting May 19th
♥ A lone poppy has appeared. Archer plans to harvest its seeds when they're available for their important culinary and medicinal uses.

Starting June 1st
Ginger has appeared! It's a great spice and can be used to make tea; it's also well-known as a treatment for nausea. Archer is initially suspicious of the fact that only the roots and not the flower can be seen, but he harvests it anyway.
♥ The food altar is overflowing with its bounty. "Aside from the normal berries, nuts and seeds, a chunk of honeycomb will be added as well - and in addition to that, a very limited number of tiny root vegetables, such as a baby carrot and a radish." Archer takes advantage of the overabundance of berries, nuts, and seeds to make more oils, butters, and jams and store what's left over.

Starting June 8th
♥ Finally, edible mushrooms are starting to appear. Archer harvests some but leaves others in hopes they'll get bigger. Fortunately, even small mushrooms provide a lot of food for tiny fairies.