Food & Beverages

Everyday Food
There are many foods that the citizens of Brightfog enjoy but the main staples consist of the following:


 * Some form of carbohydrate in the form of a starchy grain like rice or a milled grain in the form of flour made into flat bread. Small rolls and dumplings are also prevalent but loaves of bread are uncommon as it tends to get too wet.
 * Protein in the form of either fish or shellfish or protein rich insects. These are usually cooked but raw fish and raw insects are also common. Cooked fish is either baked, roasted or fried. Shellfish is the same. Larger bugs can be roasted or baked in the carapace. There are dozens of culinary traditions within the city that all do things a little differently.
 * Vegetables and leafy greens are usually either cave dwelling tubers or aquatic in nature. Sea kelp is a major staple on tables as are baked or steamed tubers. Most meals have some combination of sea kelp and underground vegetable. There are even some kinds of aquatic plants that produce vegetables akin to our fibrous gourds or peas.
 * Fruit is a treat and often grows from the higher up plants. Fruits are very waterfilled, much like melons in our world and there are very few that are not saturated with held water. Fruit in Brightfog is expensive and does not grace most tables. It is usually eaten raw.
 * Mushrooms are a stable and there are thousands of ways they show up on everyday tables. If you can dream up a culinary craft, someone has probably done it to at least one type of the thousands of mushrooms that grow in the city.

Street Food
Restaurants and sit down eateries like the Automarkets are available in Brightfog but the bustling pace of the city has made street food vendors a way of life. There are many different types but the most common type of street food found in the city is some kind of chili or flavorful paste slathered on flatbread or over rice. Also cooked dumplings full of cooked shellfish or insect with veggies in sauce is very common.

Alcoholic Beverages
There are many types of alcoholic beverages made from many types of fermented ingredients but the most common are the following:


 * Crab Beer - made specifically from the shells of Skip Crabs, Crab Beer is one of the two most common ales you will find anywhere. Skip crabs like to live and leap about the rocky cliffs of Brightfog and they have a fast and prolific breeding cycle. There is always skip crab meat and shells to be had somewhere (although skip meat is pretty tasteless and is the cheapest meat you can get on the street). When brewed, Crab Beer gives off a bioluminescent shine, especially the foam when it is poured. Everyone drinks it, everyone likes it, and it has just enough alcohol to get you buzzed after a few mugs but not make you fall down or throw it up.
 * Harsh Rainshine - This cloudy, brackish liquor is made from the acid rain that falls three months out of the year. It is incredibly hard on the body but is cheap to make and makes up most of the hard liquor in most lowcity dives. Be careful though, too much will make you throw up and burn your throat bloody.
 * Clearstock - A highly distilled spirit, Clearstock is often made from a mixture of grain and fungus and moss found around the city. Clearstock is the rich person's drink in Brightfog. It has a million flavors but is always clear. A true connoisseur can smell the difference between one and the other since Clearstock always has no distinguishing features one bottle to the next.
 * Fish Mead - There is a particular fungus that infects flowers and sucks them dry of necter and pollen. This fungus will eventully spore and spread most of that pollen to other flowers and then die. After it has done that Hunigkeepers collect what is left when the fugus in the form of spore honey. This spore honey is a natural sugar that Brightfogians use on everything but most notably they use it mixed with salty fish to make Fish Mead. Next to Crab Beer, Fish Mead is the most common drink you can get in a bar in Brightfog. It is usually made by fermenting a Salfin fish in honey water. The result is a low alc beverage that is both sweet and tangy.

Non Alcoholic Beverages
It's water and fruit juice. Sometimes they carbonate it for fun but that's about it. Also teas are popular but since its dry leaves and plants its hard to get a hold of and seen as a luxury. Most Non-Alcs are sweet in some way but also have a hint of spice to them in the form of chili powder added.