Food, Continued

This post dedicated to the lovely Zmia Garinia. A continuation from this post, this time focused solely on the Barony itself. Baronials farm in sustainable and out-of-focus ways, because I don't know much about farming. The Barony is fairly sparsely populated compared to its neighbours, and its food requirements are not centrally organised. The Baroness takes a great interest in the possibilities of modernising this system, and imposing better state information-gathering and direct taxation and control. The Traveller's MealNearly always fried grain porridge with salted meat mixed through it, flavoured with wild berries, nuts, whatever spices or greens can be foraged, or candied fruit for the wealthy. Oil, porridge grains, salt-meat, and ground coffee are the traveller's necessaries, and all provisioners and merchants will keep a supply in stock due to the insatiable demand. Where does the coffee come from? Probably the mountains. The Poor MealSuperficially similar to the Traveller's…