Nx'tp't (Nish-TUP-tuh)
Nx'tp't (lit: "meat bounty") is a tropical meat roll commonly eaten by the island-dwelling B'ckth Komodo and is only authentically available on the B'ckth Islands, as the Komodan people do not share their most intimate cooking secrets to make it replicable anywhere else.
The Nx'tp't meat roll usually contains:
After being wrapped, the batch is lowered into a pit on an iron grate and slow cooked for approximately half a day, while the heat is checked and adjusted hourly through a channel into which tinder can be placed and ignited with a fire breath.
- a meat (commonly fish, sometimes seafowl or jungle rabbit)
- chopped garlic
- chopped onion
- chopped chilies of several varieties
- diced tomatulle fruit
- wild rice
Communal Cooking Ritual
The B'ckth Komodo will regularly cook Nx'tp't at least once or more per week. Several female komodo gather in the morning to start chopping the mass quantity of vegetables, boiling recently threshed wild rice, and awaiting the arrival of the fresh fish at mid-morning. Then, the males help with the preparation of the fish, including filleting and par-grilling, to be put into the communal bowl to be mixed and meted into the stack of 100 to 200 palm leaves awaiting filling.After being wrapped, the batch is lowered into a pit on an iron grate and slow cooked for approximately half a day, while the heat is checked and adjusted hourly through a channel into which tinder can be placed and ignited with a fire breath.
"The Miner's Meal"
Priority serving of these meat rolls are usually reserved for those who are going on or arriving back from mining expeditions from Hr'thath, in order to keep up their strength or replenish themselves before, during, and after mining shifts. Although it is a staple food, it has long been associated with the miners and mariners of the Islands, as they have relied on the heartiness of the portable Nx'tp't meat roll for two centuries.
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Greatly appreciate the pronunciation! I admit the title was intimidating, but I can see the logic behind the phonetics. I love how the meat rolls are communally made. Does that provide morale as well as nutritional sustenance to the miners who eat them?