millet

-Roodnat, gnome chef

"Millet is normally considered a peasant food or even livestock fodder, but one needs to be creative with it. I grew up poor but never hungry. My mother was able to make millet for her.   Millet is pretty bland but bland just means it takes on the flavor of the things around it. By itself, it is difficult to serve in any form other than a simple porridge.

  A simple porridge can be quite tasty with the right herbs and garnishes. For a cook on a budget, millet can be mixed with wheat flour or other grains and the millet will take on the flavor of whatever it is paired for. I'll take millet over brodesopp any day of the week, it doesn't have a mushroomy aftertaste."

by Me with Hero Forge

Basim, Confederate Satyr Apothecary And Reagent Dealer

"I'm not sure many people say millet is their favorite food. It is pretty bland and it cannot easily be made into bread or noodles like most other cereal grains. You are normally stuck with various forms of porridge.   It does grow quite fast in hot dry areas. East Colassia, Island of Khemarok, and Penarchia have lots of places that can be charitably described as "hot and dry" so we grow a fair bit of millet in these places. It also can be stored a long time in its dry form so it makes good light weight survival rations on long journeys."

by Eron12 with Hero Forge

Akeem of Magicland, Professor Emeritus Of History

 

"Millet was one of the first grains domesticated grains in Scarterra. The dragons of the the First Age grew it extensively. Though did not normally eat millet themselves, the dragon's food ate a lot of millet.   Millet is a hardy plant, and survived the First Unmaking and was quickly adopted as a food source by hungry elves in the the Second Age.

  It gradually was supplanted by other grains as so called "food mages" provided more palatable options but the crop never went away entirely.