Andorian Cuisine
From USS Takeda Shingen
Andorians practice herding, hunting and various forms of agriculture, so their diet is varied and omnivorous. However, they may require a minimum amount of animal protein in order to maintain their blue color.
A typical Andorian meal will be familiar to "pinkskins" in emphasizing what Humans commonly call a "square meal": a protein course accompanied by a vegetable course and a carbohydrate course. Andorians commonly eat meals with hari, a flatbread which is used as a utensil.
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Beverages
- Katheka - a stimulant beverage analogous to coffee
Hors d'Ouvres, Sweets and Fast Food
- Gristhera - these are brightly colored shapes of fried tuber root that appeal a variety of species and are consumable by most, and may be consumed in one bite. They commonly show up on the hors d'ouvres tray at Federation diplomatic functions.
- Skewered and grilled chunks of meat - similar to kebab or yakitori; these are a common "street food" sold by vendors at festivals, or at open-air markets
- Andorian pizza - an open faced sandwich covered with stewed dreeak and shredded redbat meat
- Shevt'ak - a sweet which is served in small portions. This is also a common endearment for a loved one, especially a child.
Entrees
- Necreena - chopped raw fish on ice
- Akkharad - fish cooked for fourty-eight hours in an underground pit
- Redbat - a flying mammal that is cooked over an open fire and served with hari, covered with Imperay sauce (to make Imperay redbat), or stewed with Andorian cabbage
- Teegh - the meat of this large bovine is commonly made into a variety of meat dishes.
- Shaysha - an insect delicacy which can be found in a variety of sizes and varieties. They are the featured dish at The Silver Shaysha Fork in Laibok.
- Alardi partinna - a grain dish served with a cream sauce and variety of meats
- Frost eel - a seafood native to the frigid north
Breads and Starches
- Hari - flatroot; commonly ground into flour and made into a flatbread.
- Duuploni - a type of grain
- Fatgrass - another type of grain (similar to wheat) which grows wild in Andor's more temperate regions
- L'treenya - pink-tipped rice
- Sohla t'pocowan - grain cooked until soft and creamy; similar to cream of wheat.
- Sour grain pilaf - a variety of grains which have been allowed to ferment
- Taqq - hard biscuits which are used as emergency rations
- Spice bread - bread liberally flavored with imperay spice
- Spice cake - a sweeter version of spice bread
- Skopar - a type of grain
- Tuber root - a starchy root vegetable similar to sweet potatoes
Vegetables
- Vithi - an edible flower. The whole plant may be eaten, and a variety of dishes are made from the various parts of the plant, such as a side dish of grilled vithi bulbs.
- Andorian tuber root - a tuber which is made into a variety of dishes, including gristhera.
- Native fungus - edible fungi of various kinds grow wild in Andor's underground caves; Shan-Zhess Keep is a major producer and exporter of domesticated fungi.
- Eth'la - an edible vine
- Kaizis sprouts - large green sprouts of the kaizis bean
- Xixu - a marine vegetable that is pureed into baby food
