Asterismi Cuisine

Asterismi cuisine is the culinary traditions, practices, and specific food and drink of the Lunari state of Asterism and its peoples. As a result of the prominent blending of cultures that has occurred there, as well as favoring of what most would consider to be non-standard ingredients, Asterismi cuisine has developed in a unique way compared to the rest of Lunaris. Though seafood is still broadly favored by the people of Asterism, there is very little sushi and other dishes of the like to be found. Instead seafood is typically cooked in some manner, with the most common being grilling and roasting. The staple foods of Asterismi cuisine are barley, seaweed, potato, various fish, various shellfish, and sheep's milk and sheep's milk products.

Techniques
There are a variety of cooking and food preservation techniques used in Asterism. Meats are most commonly grilled, roasted, or braised, vegetables most commonly grilled, boiled, or pan fried, and fruits, though most often eaten uncooked, are usually grilled, baked, or poached. Of course, these are not the only techniques utilized in Asterismi cuisine, but they are the most common by far.

When it comes to preservation of food, salting, jellying, drying, and sugaring are the prevalent methods for the majority of foods, with smoking and candying coming in close behind. Asterism also makes a large amount of cheese which is enjoyed by most everyone there due to its high availability because of sheep's milk giving more cheese per batch for the same amount of milk than that of cows.

Sea Star Crackers
The most common snack among all of asterism is the sea star cracker, a cracker made with seaweed, various types of flour, and various types of seasonings to create many different variations. The most common variation is made with barley flour and a blend of seasonings colloquially called "standard seasoning" that consists of fennel and sea salt.

Marzipan
A very popular confectionery component and standalone treat in asterism. It is eaten in quite simple forms among the working classes, plain or flavored with maybe a bit of filling, but in upper class households, marzipan is elaborately molded and sculpted in various shapes, mixed with colorful edible pigments, and decadently filled with fruit preserves and purees and creams.