14. What to order to eat like a local.
"The primary crop grown by the Zem is mez, a tall plant that glows in the dark when it is ripe. Mez can be eaten raw, grilled, boiled, fried, or as a tortilla if ground. Mez is the chief of all crops and takes the place of honor during the Harvest Festival. Mez is central to Zem culture.
"The most popular mez dishes include succotash (lymohayo beans and mez), pomezola (potato mez soup), pazzti, (a mezbread pastry of potato, rutabaga, and meat or xikpeas), and meztacos (mez tortilla shell tacos).
"Several crops are grown in rotation with mez: xik peas, lymohayo beans, zing beans, viridi peas, viridi beans, soy beans, potatoes, rutabaga, and zeleri.
"Zem also eat much fruit, some of which is grown in orchards, some of which are gathered wild. These include limes, lemons, oranges, reds, melons, bananas, tomats, wrathberries, stareberries, sublime peppers, magenta peppers, and naphtha peppers. Many are eaten raw or used in simple dishes.
"Some popular dishes include maagshu (primarily mez and peppers) and bananahalla (a kind of banana bread).
"The Zem trade mez, beans, and fruits for foods from other tribes, such as shrimm, fish, coconuts, pynaps, rice, and xocolat.
"Some popular intertribal dishes include zhambalai, gumboha, terrazeen, xozuwi, and xomayin. An intertribal drink known as xocofi is commonly offered on special occasions, particularly at the culmination of festivals and intertribal meetings.
"Spices are used in many dishes and are grown locally or obtained through trade. These are too numerous to name, and some are known only to a few who guard their secret."
—Fernettica, Chief of the Zem in Null
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