Kardakouk Cuisine

This page is to hold the information about the local specialties of the planet Kardakouk and what you can expect of their food there if you should ever visit.

Flora based Food

 * Coral platter
 * This appetizer comes with a diverse assortment of corals in various colors, flavors and textures that is sure to make any meal fun. The selection is wide but after trying the gambit most people find themselves sticking to their favorites. The coral is grown commercially in an isolated area to protect it from pest and parasites, and is a sustainable though expensive food source. The fresh, still living coral has a better taste than  dried coral, however they are rarely exported due to cost. The corals used in this dish have gone through many experimentation and treatment processes to make them palatable to humans.


 * Sea Salad
 * This vegetable dish takes some of the more popular fauna depending on which zone of the planet you are on. It usually includes Seaweed, Seagrass and algae and some coral slices, usually covered with some Grentsd Snail oil. 


 * Seaonge Bread
 * Made from Seaonge sponges this bread has a very light airy texture. If left in water it collects oxygen bubbles. It's common place on Kardakouk for human scuba divers to take some bread on dives in case their oxygen line breaks, as the bread can capture the escaping air.


 * Sewral Boiled Bread
 * This bread is made by grinding coral into powder and mixing it with a special type of seaweed that when it is placed in boiling water for a long time it sucks up all the ingredients around it and removes the water from it. This bread will remain dry in the water no mater how much water it is subjected to. does not last for long as it will keep setting until it becomes like a rock at which point you have to grind it up and start the process over again

Fauna based Food

 * Blurek Nutrient Bar
 * The species Queltl once offered a bloodworm to the humans to eat but a lot of them were repulsed, so instead of just offering the raw worm for them to swallow they made a nutrient bar and they refuse to tell humans what is in it.


 * Grilled Smarkovk
 * Grilled Smarkovk is a human recipe. Hot water is pumped from the surface into small tubing. Placing the lungfish on the pipes, the salmon colored fish is grilled out of the water. This technique leaves nice scoring lines and is a favorite among the alien species. Traditionally they tend to cook fish inside vents of boiling water.


 * Kardakouk medley
 * This dish features a variety of krill, shrimp and oysters which are then cooked under the stars light through a vent in the rocks it is glazed in sea honey and served in a shell of a crab.


 * Shredded Fish Coleslaw
 * A side dish that takes on many flavors a lot of it depending on the fish that is used for it. The Fredish String is popular for this one cause when shredded it keeps its form. It is then mixed in with some fermented algae and Seaweed.


 * Srerktoc Crab
 * This giant crab is a favorite among the Tar'et, so much so that they have made a breeding ground specifically to farm them for their cuisine. They enjoy just eating the crab raw after breaking open their shells but have evolved a dish so that humans can enjoy it, although they say that the taste is the best after just cracking the shell.


 * Srerktoc Crab Tartare
 * The crab meat gets minced into tiny chunks then mixed in with some spices and edible coral zest to provide a delicious raw dish which is usually served with some leafy Sea Salad

Other

 * Algaenate
 * A dressing made from the many types of algae on Kardakouk. It is spicy, bitter, tangy and sweet if all the recommended algae are used to make it. However there are just regular ones that only encompass one of the flavors depending on which type of algae is used


 * Grentsd Snail oil
 * This oil is produced by extracting the oil out of the mucus of a snail with pressure. It has a tangy taste to it. however the snails are small so it takes a bunch to make enough to just serve on a salad 


 * Sea Honey
 * A by-product of a creature which is used in the farming of seagrass, it collects the pollen released from the seagrass and helps fertilize the others when it goes from plant to plant. It has a very sticky like substance that leaves behind a sweet scent in the water.

Drinks

 * Coralcral
 * A drink that is made from an edible coral that has the texture of jelly. the juice is pressed out and then mixed with some mineral spring water that settles in surface area of the ocean. Other ingredients are also used in the making the alcohol but those are kept secret by the brewers. 


 * Grarnegalsh
 * When humans arrived they were offered this drink by the aliens. It was one of the natural occurring liquids on their planets which they could actually tell was different to water. It comes from an anemone that secretes it as a protective measure but that the Queltl really liked. The anemone also keeps some cleaner fish that would give them their version of a shower. However it turns out that humans are allergic to the protective liquid.


 * Kardakouk sambva
 * A liquor made from sea grass pollen it is rather strong, suggested that you find your limit by popping one bubble of liquor at a time and not near anyone with gills