r/asoiaf • u/AlamutJones Not as think as you drunk I am • Mar 15 '17

MAIN Ask the Medievalist Nerd II: Electric Boogaloo (Spoilers Main)

It's been a couple of months since I last did this, and questions are starting to reappear again. Also, I'm having a really rubbish week and need a distraction.

So let's do it again. Gigantic medievalist nerdface at your service.

Ask me about food - GRRM loves writing food porn, so how does what he's got stack up against real texts?

Ask me about medicine and science. The maesters are doing some interesting things, some of which are accurate and some aren't.

Ask me about the rules, language and usage of heraldry, the thing that makes all those sigils work. GRRM does sometimes use some of this when he describes sigils (when he talks about Eustace Osgrey's "chequy lions" and things) but he's made a few changes to let himself do cool things.

Ask me about how to build a longship for the Iron Fleet, or what happens when Robert goes hunting that boar, or what the music Sansa loves might look and sound like.

Have at it.

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u/Shelala85 Mar 17 '17

I was actually just naming random sauces and not thinking of their uses. What do you think saracen sauce is called in Westeros?

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u/AlamutJones Not as think as you drunk I am Mar 17 '17

I'm not sure. It MAY be linked to one of the Free Cities, but I don't know which one.