RE: potatoes and pizza

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:03:28 +0100

> >"Pomme de lune" is the closely-related Tomato, surely? Or
> if you're playing
> >Dart Wars at the time, the also-closely-related Deadly Nightshade?

Stephen:
> So tomatoes are a Lunar speciality... and according to ILH1, the
> biggest cattle-breeding areas in the Lunar empire are in the upper
> Oronin Valley, in Doblian and Pelanda. Presumably cheese forms a
> large part of the diet in these regions. Put them together, and it
> seems that in Glorantha, pizza will be a Pelandan invention...

I'm sure of it. And spreading from there to be generically Lunar. Circular, red base, assorted toppings with regional variation - it works so well! What do you bet there's a chain of pizzaries spreading across the provinces and under-cutting Geo's?

For some reason the GloranthanCookery list doesn't seem to have discussed this yet. We're slipping. Or maybe it just wasn't weird enough for us?