Yes...rice pudding is delicious and i have no means of aqcuiring it for the forseeable and brief future. I am also hungry, hence the rage. I am in a place that the only rice is gross mainland rice. I am from Hawaii so no rice makes me sad. Rice is BIG there. Spam is just as big though. We have very refined pallets.

You are tempting me and the link to the spam song...

Hawaiian food is very good. I like spam once and a while, it's an acquired taste. :3
Absolutely no Asian markets nearby to sate your (good)rice craving?


Another thought, would the climate in that part of Akavir support hot weather crops like pineapples, guavas, mangoes, papayas, tangerines and lemons?

Maybe in the good parts of the place. In Snow Hell... Yeah, no.

Darn it OP, your making me hungry again!

Nothing. I looked. Except for possibly one store 100 miles away or something. Friggin midwest.... All the rice is pretty bad here. No wonder no one really eats it here lol.

As for the Crops? Hard to know. Depends how big it Akavir is, its shape and whether or not the Kamal's kingdom is in the north or south. I do not remember the details if there are any. The kamals kingdom placement will not matter if their area is magically icy though. Not enough info to really say. I like Lady Nerevars speculation though.

I just now read through this thread out of curiosity. Geez, did the lore forum respond poorly to the thought of the Tsaesci, so far presented to us as a stereotypical asian culture, being given stereotypically asian food to eat. If you all are so averse to unoriginality how are you going to handle Dawnguard? Besides, there's no set lore on the matter, so what's the harm in reasonable speculation as long as it's not actively passed off as canon?

Why can't they be made interesting?
For instance:

"Of the sparse accounts of Tsaesci society, one constant across all subcultures is the fortune cookie, or siiscin as they are natively called, gifted exclusively to foreigners and strangers to the Snake Palace. A mixture of flour, cane sugar, egg yolk, and blood paste pressed into saucer-like shapes and baked in closed mud or stone ovens, these delicacies are hand-made, as per custom, in a process that involves much time and effort. As such, their construction has come to be considered something of a high art, with reports of high status individuals visiting from surrounding nations receiving cookies bearing intricate swirls and designs, crafted by teams of the Potentate's own royal chefs.

The inside of the cookie itself is hollow and contains a fortune, traditionally written on papyrus, although poorer, more rural areas will inscribe the fortune onto a strip of the cook's own shed skin. The process of inserting the fortune into the sealed cookie is highly complex: the paper is actually mixed into the batter before baking. Therefore, the cuisinier cannot only be skilled in the culinary arts, but also adept at Tsaesci fang magicks, as he must create a space inside the cooking dough and maintain the temperature within so as not to destroy the fortune.

Interestingly enough, despite all the effort put into crafting the fortune cookies, there has never been a recorded instance of one actually being eaten. The recipient is always instructed to crack open the food beforehand, and to read the fortune inside before savouring the cookie actual. And the fortune is always the same: "You are being eaten". At which point, the gifted party is promptly devoured by the surrounding snakemen. Strangely, if the fortune cookie is refused the would-be prey is spared (for the moment, at least), allowing knowledgable or less-trusting travelers the chance to observe this ritual enacted on other, less lucky individuals. When questioned why they go to such lengths for such a simple treachery, the usual Tsaesci response, approximated to our tongue, is that it is for 'the sake of the dramatic'. "

Your explanation is lovely.
I think the timing of the food thread was poor, after such a heated discussion as the recent http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1384437-looks-like-akavir-is-japan/.
It was more to not confine any culture on Nirn into one RL box, because they take from many.

Well, for one, the Tsaesci have hardly been presented at all. Their architecture is heavily Japanese on the outside, but the interior of Sky Haven Temple is anything but. Their art (Alduin's Wall, as well as other reliefs in the area) doesn't necessarily look any sort of Asian either, but rather reminds me on various classical and antique civilization of the mediterranean and near east. Katanas, wakizashis, tantos and the like are Japanese, but the Blades armor bears striking resemblance to the Roman lorica segmentata, and, if 2920 is reliable, they're not fond of armor in the first place. Lastly, but most importantly, the Tsaesci worldview bears little, if any, resemblance to anything "stereotypically Asian."

Saying that the Tsaesci are Asian based on the a few art decisions is like looking at the Hlaalu architecture and deciding that the Dunmer are Middle Eastern.

The reason I object to it is because we are faced here with a huge blank space and the invitation to create. It is an unanswered question, a place to act as concept artist and designers and writers, a place to integrate forgotten cultures and say things about the world (food is not just food). Given all that, people want to default to some strip mall "Chinise" buffet?

Depends which part of Akavir. I'm guesssing tiger fricasse, snake-on-a-stick, or broiled monkey brains.

Also: this thread gave me a craving for Moon Sugar Laksa. I blame you all.

How do we know the Tsaescii drink blood?

The "vampire" part of Immortal Vampire Snakemen. Though some take it to be metaphorical.

Thats why I'm saying "How do we know". I know what the source is, I'm just asking why he's so certain.