The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark
Milk curds
Suet
Water
Porridge
Steak with bread and mushrooms (with gravy in one instance)
Crow and herbs / slow-roasted crow's guts
Burnt melted flesh (human)
Milk
Tea
Booze
Kebab
Goat, onions and bottles of something liquid (plus some oats)
Oats, meat and cheese
Apples, apricots and cimma fruit
Wine
Dried fish
Preserved lemons
Wine mixed with snow
Crushed gemstones mixed with wine and honey
Wine mildly dosed with hatha syrup
Candied dates
Flatbread topped with almonds and honey
Apple, bread and water
Wine (honeyed)
Grilled meat on skewers
Orchards, vineyards, wheat and salt
Small cakes flavoured with cimma fruit
Porridge (wheat) with milk and honey, studded with slivers of almond
Green bread
Water (with worms in)
Apples (pink)
Bread, cold meat and fresh apricots
Lemon tree (dying)
Spice and bread and beer
Water (scented with herbs, lemon thyme and basil)
Cold meat in a hot sauce and fresh bread
Honey
Skewers of meat
Sweet bread (thin cakes of)
Lemon water
Sherbert ice
Eggs cooked with chicken, green leaves and spices, fresh bread
Wine (mixed with lemon)
Pie (hot, served with a pint, to accompany stories about people being boiled alive)
Pork sausages
Brandy
Honey on bread
Beer
Firewine
Herbs
Water sweetened with honey
Bread, honey and cheese
Fruits and grains (and herds)
Honey cakes
Bread and cream and honey
Dried meat and dried fruit
Lemon water with ice
Bread and smoked meat, followed by wine, then salt and honey from a small white dish
Meat. Tea. Warm Bread. Wood Smoke.
Salt meat and eggs, bread and butter, tea and milk.
Bread, milk, tea and greasy fried meat
Brandy
Stale bread and stale meat
Fresh bread, dried meat and raisins
Sweet chestnuts
Stew
Tack
Sour grapes
Beer
Bread and honey and wine, ripe yellow peaches
Kebab
Sour wine
Local spirits
Honey and breadcrumbs
Curd cheese
Grain and raisins
Dried meat
Bread and sweet-cured meat and soft cheese
Lemon-scented water, ice cold
Flowery tea
Wine (sweet, dark)
Cimma fruit, crusted with honey and spices
Wine and honey
Horsemeat
Dried meat (fried)
Fish with thyme and wild garlic
Ripe plums
Saffron
Sweetmeats
Grapes
Milk spiked with brandy
Orchards (apples and cimma fruit)
Mint
Bread and cheese
Salt fish
Barley flatcakes and smoked fish
Fried pig
Hard tacks and salt meat
Candied rose petals
Sugar crystals
Grapes
Roasted lamb dressed with honey, warm bread, cold greens cooked with onions
Herbs
Pastries and fruit and cold meat and hot, spiced wine
Apricot
Little pies of pickled fish, crusted with honey and salt
Apples (with a star pattern when you cut into them)
Venison
Hippocras
Scarlet fruit
Lobster (pots)
Sweet water or salt
Milk and bread, and curd cakes hot from the oven
Milk, butter, warm bread, apples and a side of cured fish
Sage and lemon oil, avoid milk and sweet things
Candied apricots
Milk curdled with vinegar and spiked with brandy
Roast pork
Horse milk and dodgy mushrooms
Suet
Water
Porridge
Steak with bread and mushrooms (with gravy in one instance)
Crow and herbs / slow-roasted crow's guts
Burnt melted flesh (human)
Milk
Tea
Booze
Kebab
Goat, onions and bottles of something liquid (plus some oats)
Oats, meat and cheese
Apples, apricots and cimma fruit
Wine
Dried fish
Preserved lemons
Wine mixed with snow
Crushed gemstones mixed with wine and honey
Wine mildly dosed with hatha syrup
Candied dates
Flatbread topped with almonds and honey
Apple, bread and water
Wine (honeyed)
Grilled meat on skewers
Orchards, vineyards, wheat and salt
Small cakes flavoured with cimma fruit
Porridge (wheat) with milk and honey, studded with slivers of almond
Green bread
Water (with worms in)
Apples (pink)
Bread, cold meat and fresh apricots
Lemon tree (dying)
Spice and bread and beer
Water (scented with herbs, lemon thyme and basil)
Cold meat in a hot sauce and fresh bread
Honey
Skewers of meat
Sweet bread (thin cakes of)
Lemon water
Sherbert ice
Eggs cooked with chicken, green leaves and spices, fresh bread
Wine (mixed with lemon)
Pie (hot, served with a pint, to accompany stories about people being boiled alive)
Pork sausages
Brandy
Honey on bread
Beer
Firewine
Herbs
Water sweetened with honey
Bread, honey and cheese
Fruits and grains (and herds)
Honey cakes
Bread and cream and honey
Dried meat and dried fruit
Lemon water with ice
Bread and smoked meat, followed by wine, then salt and honey from a small white dish
Meat. Tea. Warm Bread. Wood Smoke.
Salt meat and eggs, bread and butter, tea and milk.
Bread, milk, tea and greasy fried meat
Brandy
Stale bread and stale meat
Fresh bread, dried meat and raisins
Sweet chestnuts
Stew
Tack
Sour grapes
Beer
Bread and honey and wine, ripe yellow peaches
Kebab
Sour wine
Local spirits
Honey and breadcrumbs
Curd cheese
Grain and raisins
Dried meat
Bread and sweet-cured meat and soft cheese
Lemon-scented water, ice cold
Flowery tea
Wine (sweet, dark)
Cimma fruit, crusted with honey and spices
Wine and honey
Horsemeat
Dried meat (fried)
Fish with thyme and wild garlic
Ripe plums
Saffron
Sweetmeats
Grapes
Milk spiked with brandy
Orchards (apples and cimma fruit)
Mint
Bread and cheese
Salt fish
Barley flatcakes and smoked fish
Fried pig
Hard tacks and salt meat
Candied rose petals
Sugar crystals
Grapes
Roasted lamb dressed with honey, warm bread, cold greens cooked with onions
Herbs
Pastries and fruit and cold meat and hot, spiced wine
Apricot
Little pies of pickled fish, crusted with honey and salt
Apples (with a star pattern when you cut into them)
Venison
Hippocras
Scarlet fruit
Lobster (pots)
Sweet water or salt
Milk and bread, and curd cakes hot from the oven
Milk, butter, warm bread, apples and a side of cured fish
Sage and lemon oil, avoid milk and sweet things
Candied apricots
Milk curdled with vinegar and spiked with brandy
Roast pork
Horse milk and dodgy mushrooms