A Task For The D'ni Zoological Society?

[Printehr]

The discussion on Ahnonay recipes over in the D'ni Cuisine board got me thinking: now, obviously the quab's Surface analogue is the crab, and shark could be substituted in recipes calling for laki, but what about some of the other, less obvious creatures or plant life known to inhabit the Ages the D'ni had access to?

The D'ni Zoological Society is of course the place to go for information on animals and plants in the D'niverse, so I propose we contact them requesting the following information:

1.) A list of known plants and animals within Ages that the D'ni would have had access to before the Fall.

2.) Whether any of those plants and animals are inedible or otherwise unsuitable for eating: maybe they're poisonous, or, in the case of the Laki, nearly extinct.

3.) What the Surface equivalent might be, should access to the Age in which they can be found prove difficult, especially since the closing of the Cavern.

So, are any of you lurkers out there a member of the DZS? Or should we start composing a letter to them?

[ryuutenshi]

I approve of this plan but am not a member...

[Printehr]

Anyone know who's the head of the Society? I'll start drafting a letter to them soon and we'll see about getting their thoughts on edibles in the Ages we've seen so far.

[Printehr]

Ok, this place has kind of been dead the last few days, and with good reason, as this is probably the most hectic time of year for everyone here, but I finally managed to write a draft of the letter to the DZS. I'll post it here for your comments and suggestions, and then when we have a version everyone likes I'll email it to Tofer, the admin on their forums, and ask him to post it for everyone there to discuss. So, without further ado...

An open letter to the D'ni Zoological Society:

Shorah b'shemtee, fellow explorers! We over at the Guild of Caterers have just recently come together to start investigating the secrets of the D'ni culinary arts. Our first goal is to come up with reconstructions of recipes the D'ni ate before the fall, but as information on this is scarce, we also are encouraging our members to construct new recipes based of ingredients in the Ages we know the D'ni had access to. Since the D'ni Zoological Society is of course the number one source for information on plants and animals in different Ages, we thought we would come to you and ask for your help. We're looking for you to compile a list of the following information for us:

1.) A list of known plants and animals within Ages that the D'ni would have had access to before the Fall.

2.) Whether any of those plants and animals might be inedible or otherwise unsuitable for eating: maybe they're poisonous, or, in the case of the Laki, nearly extinct.

3.) What the Surface equivalent might be, should access to the Age in which they can be found prove difficult, especially since the closing of the Cavern. Just give us your best guess- we're looking for things that could be substituted for in a recipe.

Thank you immensely for taking the time to read this letter and helping us further our pursuit towards recreating the D'ni kitchen. We look forward to hearing your answers!

Sincerely,

Printehr,
Acting Grand Master of the Guild of Caterers



Thoughts? Criticisms? Praises? ;D

[soniclight]

(Transcribed from a PM):
"I just looked over the letter for the Zoological society and I think it works pretty well.
It covers all that we really needed to cover. You might want to direct them to the posts that we already have in regards to the Caterer's Ages and the animals we are currently aware of. That might help them see where we are at present with regards to lists."




Andrew

[Printehr]

I'll be editing the letter to include a link to our discussions on that, thanks for the suggestion! Now all that remains is to post in on their boards...

I'd like for this place to not be dead when they come looking, though. Soniclight, you and me need to get posting! And I'll try and track Ryuu down by PM... she can't have gone far!

[soniclight]

I'll go ahead and start that new thread for the wraps and copy over the relevant information so that we have more than just two posts regarding the recipes

Good luck on your tracking!

[Printehr]

The letter's been posted over on the DZS boards... that only took a couple of months... ;D