LIFE IN THE FAIRY KINGDOM
Forests are treated with the utmost respect partly due to the natural world being better treated now the magical battles have stopped and partly because all know many kinds of creatures live in these woods. Naturally not all of them are friendly! Some of the trees themselves are open to question on that too. Forests are far greater in scale than we have in Britain with a wider variety of trees and shrubs but some Earth species have been imported here. The Kingdom is not above pinching things it likes. The Queen has a Forest Keeper, who, with the aid of the transporter trees, and six deputies cares for the forests. Wood is taken to be used as it is here on Earth but it is always done in a sustainable way. As far as the Kingdom is concerned there is no other way.
Most species have their own gardens though the sprites take almost no interest in theirs. They tend to use their personal space to practice what magic/moves they’re going to use the next time they fight another group of sprites! Elves do garden, appreciating the beauty of plants in themselves and knowing the sprites have no clue. There is much pleasure to have from being snobbish with justification. Dwarfs tend to have a practical streak and so focus on growing food. Elves naturally go for beauty, not practicality. The trolls and orcs just see their land as their land - why do anything with it other than defend it to the death? The Queen is and remains the only royal to take any interest in gardening, though all the fairy royals are devoted to flora and fauna generally. There is no Alan Titchmarsh figure as yet in the realm though the Queen has dropped hints she would like to see gardening programmes similar to those she’s seen humans have but tailored to the needs of the magical world. We may need to worry about slugs. They worry about giant, meat eating slugs!
All species can cook a wide range of dishes based on the practical knowledge if you had to kill a mythical beast, it paid to know how to skin it, stuff it and what the cooking time per kilo was. After all there’s a lot of meat to be had on a dead dragon! Sweet dishes and cakes have all been imported from Earth - most recognize this as one of the few positive things humanity has given to life in general. The Queen’s cooks, particularly her Head Cook, are acknowledged as artists. Every so often they produce a wide variety of confections to show on FNN to encourage other species to try these recipes out for themselves. Pixies are surprisingly good at baking - Wes can turn out a really good bread roll for instance - and some of their recipes make it into the royal kitchens as the Queen insists on tasting cuisine from outside her own species on a regular basis. L’Evallier always refuses to eat anything he knows is produced by a sprite though, much to the annoyance of his boss given this kind of snobbery, to her mind, serves no useful purpose.
Most species have their own gardens though the sprites take almost no interest in theirs. They tend to use their personal space to practice what magic/moves they’re going to use the next time they fight another group of sprites! Elves do garden, appreciating the beauty of plants in themselves and knowing the sprites have no clue. There is much pleasure to have from being snobbish with justification. Dwarfs tend to have a practical streak and so focus on growing food. Elves naturally go for beauty, not practicality. The trolls and orcs just see their land as their land - why do anything with it other than defend it to the death? The Queen is and remains the only royal to take any interest in gardening, though all the fairy royals are devoted to flora and fauna generally. There is no Alan Titchmarsh figure as yet in the realm though the Queen has dropped hints she would like to see gardening programmes similar to those she’s seen humans have but tailored to the needs of the magical world. We may need to worry about slugs. They worry about giant, meat eating slugs!
All species can cook a wide range of dishes based on the practical knowledge if you had to kill a mythical beast, it paid to know how to skin it, stuff it and what the cooking time per kilo was. After all there’s a lot of meat to be had on a dead dragon! Sweet dishes and cakes have all been imported from Earth - most recognize this as one of the few positive things humanity has given to life in general. The Queen’s cooks, particularly her Head Cook, are acknowledged as artists. Every so often they produce a wide variety of confections to show on FNN to encourage other species to try these recipes out for themselves. Pixies are surprisingly good at baking - Wes can turn out a really good bread roll for instance - and some of their recipes make it into the royal kitchens as the Queen insists on tasting cuisine from outside her own species on a regular basis. L’Evallier always refuses to eat anything he knows is produced by a sprite though, much to the annoyance of his boss given this kind of snobbery, to her mind, serves no useful purpose.