LJ's accepting crossposts again.

We'll see how long it lasts this time.

This author clearly knows her setting

It's obviously Appalachia, and judging from her bio I'm guessing it's specifically the Great Smoky Mountains. A post-Columbian exchange Appalachia, with domestic Eurasian livestock and introduced, naturalized Eurasian flora such as dandelions, mullein, and rosemary. (And it looks like no American Chestnuts, but maybe they just haven't bumped into any.)

Which would be fine, except it's pretty jarring when the described society is a pre-gunpowder Standard European Fantasyland where everybody mostly lives in the same places that they've lived in for the past thousand or more generations, universally ruled over by hereditary monarchs. There don't appear to be displaced Native Americans, but then, there also don't appear to be Roma or Jews.

Setting: 5 stars, feels like you're there
General worldbuilding: it wouldn't clash so badly if the setting wasn't so great

Tonight's dinner

Pork and Pineapple

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That's pretty filling. You can serve green beans or broccoli on the side, steamed, or roasted with garlic, or cooked however else you like.

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