Limli Culture: Food

Pronunciation table

POA	labial					dental				alveolar		palatal					glottal			vowels
IPA	/m/	/φ/	/β/	/w/		/n/	/t/	/l/		/s/		/ŋ/	/k/	/ɣ/	/j/		/h/			/ä/	/e/	/o/	/u/	/i/
Latin	m	f	v	w		n	t	l		s		ń	k	ǵ	y		h			a	e	o	u	i
Hangul	ㅁ	ㅍ	ㅂ	1		ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ		ㅅ		ㄲ	ㄱ	ㅋ	2		ㅎ			아	에	오	우	이
Name	Mi 미	Fi 피	Vi 비	Wi 위		Ni 니	Ti 디	Li 리		Si 시		Ńi 끼	Ki 기	Ǵi 키	Yi 의		Hi 히			a 아	e 에	o 오	u 우	i 이

Notes

• ¹ The compound vowels are used for <w>, e.g., ㅘ, wa.
• ² The iotified vowels are used for <y>, e.g., 요, yo.

Foods - tane yi

• Obviously, the species of plants and animals that live on Litoria are not the same as those that live on Earth. I will, however, use English words to name the Litorian plants and animals that resemble their Terran counterparts.
• The men hunt for various reptiles and birds. When eggs are available they are collected.
• Both the men and the women glean from rivers, lakes and tidal pools: fish, crayfish, frogs, turtles. If the village is near the ocean, the villagers can find fish, crabs, oysters, and seaweed. If a sea turtle is sighted, the villagers will try to capture it. However, they are afraid of the various sea predators.
• Various roots and tubers, fruits and nuts, seeds and fungi are collected by the women. Eaten fresh at first, they are dried to keep over the dry season. There are a number of species of flowers that are edible.
• Grasshoppers, cicadas, locusts and grubs, when they are in season, are added to the menu.
• In the fall honey is gathered from wild bees. Various tree saps are also used as sweeteners.
• In the areas where they are available, cattails are harvested for their stems, leaf bases, flower spikes, pollen and rhizomes.

Beverages - ara yi

• If enough fruit is harvested, some of it is made into an alcoholic beverage.
• Tisanes are brewed from various species of leaves and flowers.
• Game is not dressed in the field so that the blood will be available for drinking to those back home.

Meals

• The Limli eat two meals a day. Breakfast (yala tane) is eaten shortly after sunrise (savi uńna). Supper (hole tane) is eaten just before sunset (reva tane). These times take full advantage of daylight for work. A mid-day snack (wema savi tane), usually of fresh fruit or vegetables, may be taken, especially by the children.
• The Limli eat while seated on the floor around a rush mat on which are placed the various foods of the meal.
• Dishes are made from wood, stone and bone. Coconut shells are frequently used to make cups/bowls.
• The only table utensil is the obsidian knife. There is plenty of obsidian (rona kaka) on the islands. Hands are used for every other eating task.

Limli Culture: Manners