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Lore appearances:
Elturian Grey and Green Calishite appear in Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalogue. I referred to askata in my Elminster Speaks web column at the Wizards of the Coast website.
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Askata is made in Impiltur, from a blend of goat and cow milk to which a particular moss is added (and later, of course, strained out). The result is a yellow, easily-crumbled cheese rather like real-world old cheddar in taste, that melts readily and that tastes...
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...more and more like roast almonds the older it gets. Some nobles jig askata in wines, to derive what they call a “wonderful” culinary treat, but some of their halfling servants and cooks describe as “vomitous.”
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Elturian Grey (also known as “dwarfcheese” and “stonework”) originated in Elturel but these days is made in many places between Amn and Scornubel. It requires a particular mold that grows on grass and clover, takes months to mature but also keeps in open air for...
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...almost a year, and looks like real-world blue cheese or Stilton, but has marbling of black, not green or blue. The stonework nickname comes from its looks, and it’s sometimes called "dwarfcheese” because almost all dwarves love it, hoard it, and rhapsodize...
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...over its taste. Elturian Grey has a very strong taste and smell, the latter almost like vinegar and the former like ham and pineapple fried together with hot sauce.
Green Calishite is made all over Calimshan, and is the longest-lasting, least-crumbly of the...
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...many curry-infused Calishite cheeses. The curry gives the pale beige cheese (which tastes like real-world Colby, and which Calishites call “rumnund” and eat ‘as is’ only as a sauce thickener) an aquamarine hue and an intriguing or “rich,” hot spicyness; ...
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