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The staple foods of Chlouvānem cuisine common | The staple foods of Chlouvānem cuisine common across most areas are rice (''lūdya''<ref>Uncooked rice is called ''maɂika''.</ref>), sticky rice (''ñañām''), plantains (''jaɂukas'') soy (''miltai''), purple yam (''hunai''), lentils (''mahīra''), chickpeas (''gubham''), many kinds of nuts (generically ''dāneh''), and, among greens, various kinds of cabbages (''hauša'', ''šųlah'', and ''prāšan'' being three of the most common ones). Rice is the main staple food (starch source) in about half of the country, with ''saišah'' - a [[w:nshima|nshima]]-like dish made from Calémerian maize flour or ''læmāh'' (the flour of the ''lambā'' tuber) being predominant in the other half<ref>The division between rice and ''saišah'' areas is, unsurprisingly, mainly climatic: ''saišah'' predominates in areas that are more arid. The northernmost areas (Aratāram island and Kēhamijāṇa) have rye as their main starch source as they're too cold to grow reliable amounts of rice, lambā, or maize.</ref>. Spices are extensively used, as are many fruits, both fresh and pickled. With only a few exceptions (most notably tea, cocoa, and cane sugar), Chlouvānem cuisine is also often local well into modern society; buying products and ingredients from elsewhere in the country is not a common practice. | ||
The ingredients used in Chlouvānem cuisine are extremely different from place to place, which reflects the tropical climate of most of the nation and its abundance of fruits and other agricultural products. In most of the country, fresh fruit is commonly eaten throughout the whole day, and in most cities there are trees - especially of coconuts and bananas, that are extensively grown throughout the whole country - that can be harvested freely by citizens. | The ingredients used in Chlouvānem cuisine are extremely different from place to place, which reflects the tropical climate of most of the nation and its abundance of fruits and other agricultural products. In most of the country, fresh fruit is commonly eaten throughout the whole day, and in most cities there are trees - especially of coconuts and bananas, that are extensively grown throughout the whole country - that can be harvested freely by citizens. | ||
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Breakfast (''ājvalunai'', literally "dawn tea") is an important meal among Chlouvānems. Different areas of the Inquisition have different breakfast habits — some areas prefer a sweet breakfast (as in the South, where a fast, workday breakfast is usually as simple as tea with lots of fruit; or in the Northwest, where Western colonial influence means that sweet bread rolls are more common), while others have a generally savoury one. Tea is, however, common everywhere - breakfast teas are often strong but usually more sweetened. | Breakfast (''ājvalunai'', literally "dawn tea") is an important meal among Chlouvānems. Different areas of the Inquisition have different breakfast habits — some areas prefer a sweet breakfast (as in the South, where a fast, workday breakfast is usually as simple as tea with lots of fruit; or in the Northwest, where Western colonial influence means that sweet bread rolls are more common), while others have a generally savoury one. Tea is, however, common everywhere - breakfast teas are often strong but usually more sweetened. | ||
Some common breakfast dishes were born as a way to use the previous day's leftovers, for example the very common Jade Coastal ''drabhyaše'' (nowadays eaten not only at breakfast, but a very common fast food) - savoury pancakes, kinda like Japanese [[w:Okonomiyaki|okonomiyaki]], with noodles as their base. Steamed rice (or, depending on the area, ''saišah'' | Some common breakfast dishes were born as a way to use the previous day's leftovers, for example the very common Jade Coastal ''drabhyaše'' (nowadays eaten not only at breakfast, but a very common fast food) - savoury pancakes, kinda like Japanese [[w:Okonomiyaki|okonomiyaki]], with noodles as their base. Steamed rice (or, depending on the area, ''saišah'') is also commonly eaten both with savoury and sweet breakfast. | ||
A typical breakfast in most of the eastern Plain and in the Jade Coast, which is also a general menu popular elsewhere in the nation, consists of steamed rice with pickled fruits or vegetables or fresh fruit, savoury ''drabhyaše'' pancakes with various toppings (lentil- or chickpea-based gravy is common, or hot ''paren'' (a cheese-like spread made of nuts or beans) and/or sweet ''pahālyekye'' - rice [[w:gnocchi|gnocchi]] served hot and eaten in a bowl of (cold) coconut milk; drinks include tea (sometimes, especially in Ilēnimarta, with some special sweet small buns, not unlike French brioches) and fruit juice. Meat breakfast dishes may serve grilled or pickled fish, often eels, with the rice. | A typical breakfast in most of the eastern Plain and in the Jade Coast, which is also a general menu popular elsewhere in the nation, consists of steamed rice with pickled fruits or vegetables or fresh fruit, savoury ''drabhyaše'' pancakes with various toppings (lentil- or chickpea-based gravy is common, or hot ''paren'' (a cheese-like spread made of nuts or beans) and/or sweet ''pahālyekye'' - rice [[w:gnocchi|gnocchi]] served hot and eaten in a bowl of (cold) coconut milk; drinks include tea (sometimes, especially in Ilēnimarta, with some special sweet small buns, not unlike French brioches) and fruit juice. Meat breakfast dishes may serve grilled or pickled fish, often eels, with the rice. | ||