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What type of cuisine is typical for their region? What does she like to eat for her favorite holiday?
In her region, foods come in the form of starches, sea foods, hearty meats, and berries/veggies that can survive the harsh winters a bit better than the southern foods. That being said, they can still have more decadent meals like seen in the south, caviar is native to Fjallgard thanks to a plentiful population of sturgeon.
Grilled salmon, bison, boar, turkey, lamb, herring, plaice, pollock, and white fish make up much of their meals. Each meal is served with some form of meat or fish, and potatoes or bread. For veggies, you can find kale, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes, green beans, leeks, onions, garlic, zucchini, etc. For fruits, juniper berries, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, lingonberries, black/red currants, pome fruits, and apples. Some of these are seasonal, and only seen during the short summer months.
In the mornings, a typical breakfast is something along the lines of smoked salmon with dill on a slice of toast, a serving of fruit and goat's milk yogurt. Lunches tend to be higher in veggies, with lighter meats like white fish, herring, and turkey can be seen in these meals. Dinners are the hardiest and heaviest of the meals, typically with a heavy meat like bison, boar, or lamb and starches with kale salads or other veggies. Pickled and fermented foods also typically accompany dinners to aid in digestion. Desserts are typically pastries, custards, cakes, cookies, tarts, or ice treats like shaved ice. Eistlja's favorite dessert is Lagkag, which is a vanilla sponge cake typically made with a mixed berry jam and vanilla custard cream and topped with a whipped cream icing and berries.
Eistlja's favorite holiday for a long while was Yule, the winter solstice. Her favorite Yule treat is sugar-iced juniper berries. Her favorite Yule meal is a hearty bison pot roast over mashed potatoes. During this time, a tea very similar to chai is popular---she loves that as well!
After meeting Hagford and being invited to experience their holidays, she fell in-love with Mabon and Samhain. Something about all of the leaves changing put her in awe, so spending autumns in the Isles of Glenroch became a true favorite of hers. Apples quickly became her favorite fruit, so apple pie is a real favorite during these holidays. Hagford then introduced her to wassail, a warm apple cider-esque drink, and shepherd's pie and those quickly followed.
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