Selugadu - ᏎᎷᎦᏚ (Say-loo-gah-doo)
(Image from: Crusty Corn Bread Recipe by Real Life with Dad )
The wastelands of Boncly aren't titled as such for theatrical reasons. They are arid wastelands that, even though they have a biome that caters to flora and fauna all their own, make it difficult for any mortal to live there, especially in the past of the nation. But, as mentioned before, life still does grow in that wasteland, and one such key crop is called the Crackcorn, a maize that is notable for growing on little water and stabilizing itself within the cracked earth that riddles the biome. For the Wasteland people, historically referred to as the Gigadaquali1, it was a key source of workable fibers, vegetation, and most relevant for this food, ground flour for bread.
Selugadu, literally meaning maize bread or corn bread, is a popular dish within Boncly that few households go without for more than a week. In the past, it was an essential food for those who lived or traveled throughout the wastelands, as it was easy to make and transport with the benefit of being filling and, like with all things in the wasteland, high in iron and other mineral content to keep bodies hale and healthy.
While bread of all sorts can be found throughout Edda, Selugadu is a uniquely Boncly meal and not just because of it's core ingredient. The way it was cooked was also specific to the region, as it utilizes Red Clay Oven Cooking, a method that involves carving or molding an oven out of the malleable and ever-present red clay of the wastelands, and using its high heat retention and the relentless heat of the region to slowly bake the bread, or other items.
Throughout the vast history of Boncly, this dish has remained, from the time of native people in the wastelands, to the exploitation by Agartha as it's territory, to the modern liberated day. From famine, piecemealing what rations could be shared, to wartime when a hot meal might've been the only warmth in the day, to times of peace and plenty where campsites and households can gather with butter and cheeses, the Selugadu has seen every era, and will continue to do so for many generations to come.
1: From Cherokee Gigage meaning red and Gadaquali meaning Clay, unlike with the title, it didn't let me copy and paste the unicode for these words. To find the words I used this linked tool from the Cherokee Nation website.
Found in every household and cooks wagon in Boncly.
Common Ingredients
Selugadu is an easily made dish, as the Crackcorn provided the grain meal, salt crystals are abound in the wastelands, yeast could be found and harvested from a number of sources (even if it was a bit more of a gamble in the older days), and while water was precious in the wasteland, it didn't require so much as to be wasteful.
These days, it also tends to include some sugar and fats like oil or butter as part of the essentials, and then all sorts of spices, herbs, and garnishes to enhance the flavor.
Common Tools
In the past of the dish, all that was really required to make it was a dish to mix the ingredients, a cloth to set over it while the yeast did it's work, and then a red clay oven to bake it with the help of the sun itself. In the modern day, while clay or stone ovens are still the way to go, it can be made in all sorts of heating units, and many find placing it in a deep clay dish helps it form into an ideal shape as well.
Trivia:
Selugadu is one of the main dishes served for The Lone God on the new year as part of his feast day, but it's also the favored food of Ulisi, Saint of The Hearth, and it's customary for a loaf of Selugadu to be the first thing baked in a new hearth or oven to honor/invoke her.
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