Archanea Food Headcanon

I'd post this kind of thing at the anon meme except most people don't care about Archanea so discussion of it is not very anon, is it?

Food.  Characters in stories gotta eat.  Archanea and Valencia have almost no detail regarding food up until FE12, wherein we learn that Caeda can cook and that Linde has never seen wild strawberries.  Also, there's that scene in FE11 where the old woman is fleeing Altea carrying what looks like red delicious apples and a baguette of white bread.  Hello, anachronisms... unless Altea is so well-off that commoners eat nice fluffy baguettes.  And maybe that is the case, which would explain why everyone seems to hate Altea.

Ahem.  History geek that I am, when I started writing for FE I decided that Archanean cuisine would be strictly Old World (Pre-Columbian contact) food.  That means no potatoes, or sweet potatoes, or corn, or Lima beans, or tomatoes, or other things we mostly take for granted as, well, FOOD.  Also, no chocolate.  Or vanilla.  No wonder these people are miserable!  I also decided to be sparing about the kinds of things that made their way to Europe via the Crusades or contact with China-- the original vibe of FE1 is clearly ancient Greece, so I wasn't averse to cracking open Homer in search of menu advice.  But the remakes added some different cultural vibes to some of the countries, especially the distinct Romanesque feel to Pales (domes!), so that opened up some more variety.

First off, Archanea is not a great landmass like Magvel, or Elibe, or Tellius.  It's an archipelago, with a "mainland" surrounded by islands.  Fake!Europe feel aside, a comparison to Japan might not be unwarranted.  That doesn't necessarily mean everyone eats fish, though.  Great Britain is an island, and what are they known for?  Beef.

( Nation-by-Nation Breakdown )

I'm hungry now.  -_-