Pots, Pans, Eating Utensils and Storage Containers.

There are good clay deposits found locally but the wood needed to fire ceramics is fairly scarce in this area - so locally fired ceramics as fairly expensive. Imported pots and crockery are also fairly expensive due to shipping fees - so earthenware pots tend to be recycled and used again and again and again …

Liquids can also be stored in leather skins, and in many cases you are expected to provide your own container when you buy a liquid. (be it a pot, a water skin, a bucket)

Dry goods are generally stored in baskets made from local reeds.

Most households will use a simple copper pan to cook with. The standard shape is fairly flat and round like a chinese wok or a balti dish. Iron pans can be imported, but they are more expensive.

Most people use cups and bowls to eat and drink from - These are most commonly made from leather, wood or pottery. The better off will have tin lined copper from Baraduum. The really wealthy will have imported silver or gold cups and plates.

Forks aren't common in the area, and people eat with a spoon and knife. Spoons for the masses can be made of wood, pottery or leather - with the metal spoons being more expensive. Knives are always made of metal - bronze from Braduum being the cheapest, while imported silver or gold is a lot more desirable. Many people will buy a steel knife, which functions as general utility knife as well as an eating utensil.

Reed matting makes a good flooring surface and can be woven thicker to make fairly rigid structures when desired.