Iron Delight

A delicious staple found on every dinner table

An Iron Delight is a dish commonly found on most tables in regions surrounding the Blood Rivers. The particulars of the dish can vary widely, including any combination of ingredients that are found in the rivers themselves. What matters is that it came from the river and because of that, be it seafood, seaweed, or seasoning, it's rich in minerals and metals. Locals proudly declare that their food gives them stronger bones, quicker reflexes, and better memory because of the supplements in the food they pull from the water.

Heavily argued amongst many in Lokrea and worldwide for self proclaimed experts in health or cuisine, it cannot be argued that people seem to get sick less around those parts, while a foreigner will likely find themselves queasy after a plate or two of Iron Delight. Whatever's in the food, it's doing something and the local inhabitants have grown accustomed to it.

Many enjoy it from the southern reaches of the Era Peaks to the desert lands to the east, even as far south as Kethel City for the few there that have acquired the taste for it. On the other hand, somebody not used to the food will find the delicacy of salt replaced with the humbling tone of iron and the bitterness of copper. Bland is a kind description from many who are not accustomed to the food.