Matron Leýma's Book of Wholesome, Healthy, Hearty Meals
Matron Leýma's Book of Wholesome, Healthy, Hearty Meals was a book of recipes compiled from the journal of the household cook Leýma a'Motlani and published at the behest of House Dovyndë in the early 13th millennium. As the printing press had not yet been produced at the time, all of the copies of the book produced during Leýma's lifetime were handwritten. Matron Leýma wrote many of the copies herself, by her own insistence despite House Dovyndë's overtures that she did not need to burden herself with the production of the book.
Matron Leýma agreed to the publication of the book because she believed that the recipes contained within, which had been passed from one generation to the next in her House, would help improve the health of other citizens of the Dominion. In addition, Matron Leýma agreed to the publication of the book because House Dovyndë guaranteed that proceeds from the sale of the book, after production costs had been deducted, would go entirely to House Motlani in perpetuity in order to help with the not-insignificant financial burden that House Motlani had undertaken as a result of caring for Matron Leýma's chronically-ill twins.
Matron Leýma's, as the book would come to be known to the public, exemplified the best of Naboreni medicinal cuisine. It is best known for its liberal use of nynasë, the sap of the bone tree, as a component in many of the dishes. Matron Leýma's children were said to have suffered from "fits" that modern scholars believe are seizures characteristic of epilepsy, which would have been incurable with the medical knowledge of the time. The indulgent use of nynasë in Matron Leýma's recipes is believed to be one of the first recorded instances of nynasë's ability to mitigate the symptoms of epileptic neurological conditions, and indeed is thought to have led to an increased quality of life for sufferers of such conditions in the aftermath of the book's publication.
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