Post Apocalypse Shopping List: Foodstuffs for Rifts

[MurderCityDisciple]

When I get into a game I like to flesh things out. One of the things I like to do is add some realism by giving what usually is generic stuff names. In this case food and drink. I was actually writing this list for my own game's sake and thought it would be cool to share. That way folks could add to it and use it if they want to in their own games.

That way instead of saying, "Gimme a beer." or "Do you have any food...duurr?" You can now say, "Hey barkeep, do you have any Skyclad Ale or perhaps a bottle of that Wishpoosh stuff?" or "Hey bro I'll trade you this totally deelish pack of Rich Lentils and Rice Stew for that totally pedestrian bag of Beenie Weenies you got in your hands."

I initially started listing prices (domestic, exported and black market) but decided it wasn't needed. This is the stuff I came up with in the last hour (I'm getting tired). I will add to it periodically. PLEASE! Feel free to add whatever you want to my list.

Here it is, listed by name brand with the region of origin in parenthesis and some well known products from each company:

Great Northern Brand GNB (Manistique)
Full line of foods, sanitary and household needs.
Known for:
GNBWinter Sausage (won't freeze)

GNB Heat-N-Pak's (MRE style field rations, pull tab, shake and self heats):
Chicken N' Dumplins
Saucy Spaghett-ooh's
Big Beef Stew & Vegetables
Beenie Weenies
Sheppard's Pie
Great Lakes Chowder
Rich Lentil & Rice Stew (unpopular flavor)
Hearty Chili w/ Beans
Firedrake Chili (hot)
Hot Breakfast (pancake wrapped sausage and scrambled eggs)
Hot Coffee

Apple-Dapple (Vitamin enriched powdered apple juice, self purifies water and prevents scurvey)



Ishpeming Mills (Northern Gun)
Known for:
Jimmer's Famous Meat Pastie (open and wait, heats in the bag)
Vaccu-Fresh Breads (Stays fresh for up to 2 years)
Morning Glory Oatmeal and Cereal Products (Travel versions-Self heating oatmeal, Just add water cereals)
Mr. Chipps Inc. (Nachoritos, Salty Joe Potato Chips, Cheezoo's, Olden Time Pretzels)

North Star Products (Northern Gun)
Known for:
High Quality Canned Goods and Sanitary Products
'Basa Boy Meats (kielbasa, hot dogs, hunter's sausage, ham, bacon, lunch meat)
Yooper's Dairy (cheese, ice cream and other dairy products)





COALTION BRANDS:
Freeman & Greeley (F&G) (Generic/Burbs grade)

Town's Pride (Name Brand Quality for Chi-town and better off Burb folk)

Imperial Seal (Guaranteed Quality 100% D-Bee Free) Top Quality Products for Coaliton Citizens


Southern Star (Lone Star)
Known for:
Hell's Furnace Chili (comes in both cans and field rats)
Zowie! Tamale's (cans and field ration packs)

Northern Hearth (Free Quebec)
Known for:
Gagging Gosling Foie Gras in a can (spray aerosol can)



ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Spirits:
Imperial Label Whiskey (Chi-town)
Imperial LabelVodka (Chi-town)
Imperial Label Zlager (Chi-town)
Ishmayel Perez: Bronze Bull Tequila (Lone Star)
Wizard's Sleeve Amber Rain Rum (New Lazlo)
Scalded Goblin Absinthe (New Lazlo)
Hilltopper Old Kentucky Whiskey (Federation of Magic)
Northern Hammer Backwoods Whiskey (Ishpeming)
809 Aurora Blended Whiskey (Lazlo)
Yonzo's Blackberry Brandy (Lazlo)


Breweries-Beers and Ales:
Old Chi-Town (regular, light and premium)
Skullweiser (Burbs)
Wishpoosh Demon Beaver Lager (Lazlo)
Timberland (Manistique)
Drakkenbrau (Lazlo)
Moondog (Ishpeming)
Wiley Coyote (Lone Star)
Skyclad Ale (Tolkeen)
Wolverine (New Lazlo)
Sui-Cider: Bad Apple Octane Plus (Kingsdale)


Wine Brands:
Imperial Acres (Chi-Town)
Farragot's Farm (Cheap Burbs)
Blackbrier Hills (Lazlo)
Starchilde (Lazlo)
Serpentine Cellars (Federation of Magic)
Loolon Latimour (Tolkeen)
Silver Chateau (Free Quebec)
Finkels Folly Vinyard (New Lazlo)

[MikelAmroni]

If you have it, check out Rifter 54. Deadboy here on the boards is the author. Has some really cool stuff for New Chilicothe in it, including consumer electronics, cigars, foods, "personal" services for borgs, etc.
Here is the list from the PX in my game

Base PX

Chi-Cola

The most popular soft drink in the Coalition States!
Cost: 3 credits per 12 ounce bottle; 15 credits per 6 pack, 58 credits per case of 24.

Diet Chi-Cola

The most popular soft drink in the Coalition States, with no calories!
Cost: 3 credits per 12 ounce bottle; 15 credits per 6 pack, 58 credits per case of 24.

Super Cherry Chi-Cola

The most popular soft drink in the Coalition States, now in cherry! Also available in Vanilla, Lemon, Lime, Lemon-Lime, Black Cherry, and Blueberry.
Cost: 4 credits per 12 ounce bottle; 21 credits per 6 pack, 80 credits per case of 24.

Orange Spike

Highly caffeinated, with a sweet orange taste, Orange Spike gets you going! Also available in Lemon-Lime, Citrus Mix, and Black Cherry.
Cost: 4 credits per 12 ounce bottle; 21 credits per 6 pack, 80 credits per case of 24.

TEX Palm-Pro 1500 PDA Mini-Computer

These units are about half the size of a paperback pocketbook (and a thin one at that) and are excellent for utility purposes. They are commonplace and very popular in the Coalition States and are used for a variety of portable entertainment and organizational purposes. Regardless of its functionality, the 1500 lacks a full-powered holographic laser display, instead having a square 3-inch screen that has the illusion of a 3D image, but larger and/or more sophisticated monitors can be hooked up to its utility port. The TEX Exo-Mon A-15 is common and popular accessory for this item. Cellular Phone functionality and messaging are part and parcel with mini-computers these days, but the services only work within five miles of a CS City or within 1.5 miles of a CS base. Carriers in Ishpeming, Whykin, Fort Eldorado, and several other places have roaming agreements with CS Carriers, and as such allow data and voice access, at twice the normal cost.
Utility Ports: 1; accepts one-inch disks only.
Weight: 4 ounces/113 grams (small case only has 1 M.D.).
Power Cell Life: 120 days of continuous use on a single power stick.
Cost: 2,500 credits. Cellular Plan Extra.

TEX BSC-750 Basic Cellular Phone

A compact, lightweight, and portable hand-held telephone, the BSC-750 is the ideal solution for the on the go traveler. With roaming contracts in all of the Coalition States, plus allied territories, you have one point of contact for all your friends, family, and business associates. Unlimited basic messaging services are included in all service plans.
Utility Ports: none; does not accept any external data discs.
Weight: slightly over 2 ounces (59.7 g)
Power Cell Life: 180 days of continuous use on a single power stick.
Cost: 150 credits. Cellular Plan Extra.

TEX Compu-Book 4200 Handheld Computer

This is a common tool for field researchers and authority figures that need access to large amounts of information and data storage space. Others like to use it as a depository for massive amounts of data so they can download the information from it to their more handy Palm-Pro 2300, but still use it in the 4200. The unit uses the popular design of the PC-3000 (seen but not described in Rifts® Sourcebook One Revised, page 69, above the PC-2020), letting people use it while on the run, when a fiat surface isn't available, or just walking around.
Utility Ports: 3; accepts both one-inch and three-inch disks.
Image Projection Size: Opens up into a big, 10-inch (25 em) 3D fiat screen similar to the Palm-Pro's that also can double as a touch-screen keyboard in any desired language or configuration.
Weight: 2 lbs/0.9 kg.
Power Cell Life: 18 days of continuous use and takes two power sticks.
Cost: 6,500 credits.

TEX Datastream 220 DCDS

This is Tech-tonic Electronics' brand spanking new, top of the line Data Compilation and Display Station. It is capable of handling all of one's entertainment, vid-mail, and commerce needs for the rest of their days on Earth. Should the inconceivable happen and storage space start to become sparse, a person can either command the computer to erase old and unwanted files, or transfer the data to another computer or a storage unit (like PDD disks).
Utility Ports: 3; plays and can record on both one-inch and three-inch disks.
Image Projection Size: As usual, a DCDS uses a bolo-projection system with a 9:16 aspect ratio and a variable size display than can be as small as 3.5x6.3 inches/9x16 em to as huge as 5x8 feet/1.5x2.4m.
Weight: 2.2 lbs/1 kg.
Power Cell Life: Made to be plugged into a stationary
power source.
Cost: 3,600 credits (which can be financed for enlisted personnel and city residents).

TEX Datastream 120 DCDS

The previous generation Datastream 120 model is half as powerful, but also half the cost at 1,800 credits.

TEX Datastream 20 DCDS

The 6 year old model 20 has a quarter the power of the 320 and
a quarter the cost of a new one, and is in good availability now
with many people trading up for a better model.

TEX Datastream 10 DCDS

For the truly poor there's the 11-year-old model 10 which has an eighth the
computing power of the 220 and an eighth its price tag, costing a
scant 450 credits.

TEX Exo-Mon Eyewear:

O-12 Optics only version (with dual tint settings)
A-15 Audio-Visual version (with optional controllable tint settings)
For many people on the go, the idea of carrying around a monitor of any size is just too much of a hassle. They want something that will give them a great view of their computer's video output, and yet be next to invisible at the same time. To fill this role, TEX has come up with their Exo-Mon brand of sunglasses. With the touch of a sensor in the frames, the dominate eye is filled with MD-video quality holo-imagery while the other eye is free to keep tabs on the real world, and no one else can see what's being projected. The holo-image can be made to appear to be anywhere from a faded transparency to allow the Exo-Mon's wearer to see through it and keep a better eye on the world about him, to a solid, opaque image so the user can focus on the image all the better. In the stems of the "A" models are a set of ear buds that can be inserted in the ears to provide full stereo audio, or mono if one prefers to keep one ear open to the world. The "0" models are "optical only." The Exo-Mon comes in a wide variety of styles and lens tints (some have fully controllable variable tints), and all lenses are coated to protect the wearers' eyes against the sun's UV A, B & C emissions. The included point blank range wireless transmitter (must be within three feet/0.9 m of the transmitter to receive signal) must be plugged into the computer's utility port which the Exo-Mon taps into.
Weight: The lightweight frames and lenses are only a quarter of an ounce (7 g) for maximum comfort.
Power Cell Life: The Exo-Mon has a built-in rechargeable battery cell that can provide up to a week's worth of continuous viewing in the "A" model and ten day's worth for the "0" model.
Cost: Varies by Model

A-10 Audio-Visual Single Tint EXO-MON (choice of 5%, 15%, 35%, or 50% tinting; includes earbuds and point blank range wireless transmitter) - 170 credits
A-12 Audio-Visual Dual Tint EXO-MON (5% and 35%; based on external light conditions; includes earbuds and point blank range wireless transmitter) - 250 credits
A-15 Audio-Visual Variable Tint EXO-MON (Ranges between 0% and 55% - automatically adjusts to light conditions, or by user settings; includes earbuds and point blank range wireless transmitter) - 325 credits
O-10 Optical Single Tint EXO-MON (choice of 5%, 15%, 35%, or 50% tinting; includes point blank range wireless transmitter) - 150 credits
O-12 Optical Dual Tint EXO-MON (5% and 35%; based on external light conditions; includes point blank range wireless transmitter) - 190 credits
O-15 Optical Variable Tint EXO-MON (Ranges between 0% and 55% - automatically adjusts to light conditions, or by user settings; includes point blank range wireless transmitter) - 295 credits

TEX Imperia-tron 301A & B

In essence, these are add-on accessory, laser holographic projectors. They are made so one only has to simply plug it into a computer's utility port to drastically increase the size of the projected image. The "A" model projects a variable sized image that is as small as 9x16 inches (22.8x40.6 em) to as large as 9x16 feet (2.7x4.8 m), both flat or 3D. And of course, the larger the image, the less resolution it has. As for the more expensive "B" model, which is often used to entertain or brief large numbers of people at a time, it can project an image as large as 18x32 feet (5.5x9.7 m) in size, flat or 3D. Not only can the "B" model make a larger image, but it has an "image re-analyzer" that gives the image better clarity at larger sizes, making its resolution equal to a monitor a third its size.
Weight: The A model is only 2.2lbs/1 kg and the B model weighs in at 6 lbs/2. 7 kg.
Power Cell Life: Made to be plugged into a power source, but can go for 24 hours of continuous use on battery power with four power sticks.
Cost: 3,500 credits for the popular A model and 14,000 credits for the more elaborate B model.

Vid Mat P-2020 & P-5050

For those that don't need a giant monster holographic projector, or just don't want to drop 3,500 credits the big laser projectors demand, there is the Vid Mat. In effect, a Vid Mat is an MDTV video plasma screen that is soft to the touch and can be rolled up like a mat or a poster when not in use. To be used, all one has to do is pull it out of its carrying sheath, unroll it, and prop it up on its collapsing travel stand. Alternately, they can be hung on a wall, leaned against the back of a chair, or whatever's handy. And best of all, should it be damaged, lost, or misused, they're cheap enough to be replaced with little concern about the finances. These are ideal accessories for small PDA and book sized computers that lack a large display. The P-2020 model has a 20 inch (50.8 em) screen with a 9:16 aspect ratio and the P-5050 has a 50 inch (127 em) screen.
Weight: The 2020 model is only a pound/0.45 kg and the 5050 model weighs in at two and a half pounds/1.1 kg.
Power Cell Life: Made to be plugged into a power source, or with its power cell adapter and two power sticks the 2020 can play for 175 continuous hours whereas the 5050 can display for 70 continuous hours.
Cost: 150 credits for the popular 2020 model and 375 credits for the bigger 5050 model.

Power Sticks

Every computer made under the TEX brand name uses the same kind of power cells. Small utility batteries called Power Sticks, designed to be efficient and cheap. These batteries share the same shape and size of a stick of chewing gum, but use EPG to store a large amount of power, just like an E-Clip only smaller. When dead, the power stick can either be discarded or recharged and reused.
Weight: Each weighs a third of an ounce/9.4 grams.
Cost: 5 credits each, usually sold in packs of 4 for 20 credits.

Power Stick Rechargers

And of course, to recharge a power stick, one needs to buy a power stick recharger. These rechargers can replenish the power of up to four sticks at a time in the span of three hours. Needless to say, they are woefully inadequate for the purpose of recharging E-Clips. That is, unless one has the patience to make the connections by hand (Basic Electronics and Weapon Engineer skills needed) and then wait 120 days for it to charge, or 180 days with a Rifle E-Clip.
Cost: The Power Stick Recharger costs 150 credits

PDD One-Inch & Three-Inch Disks:

These universally used and formatted Pocket Digital Disks are very versatile and durable mediums that have large amounts of storage space. Made to be read by and written on with an X-ray laser, they can be recorded on and re-recorded on a million times over before they start to wear out. The disks are made from multiple layers of a semitransparent polymer-ceramic material (and are tough enough to warrant having an Armor Rating of 18 and 35 S.D.C.). In other words, they were made to be stomped on, thrown in the dirt, run over by a truck, and hit with a rock, and they should still play well so long as they're adequately cleaned off. The one-inch variety of these disks can be loaded with as much as 3 hours of Matrix Definition video (uses a hundred layers of High Definition imagery sandwiched together to create a three dimensional picture, the current movie and television standard). Alternately, they can be loaded up with 300 hours of 2-D High Definition video, about 170 million songs (using the high-quality eight-channel format of HV A-7 - short for Hexagonal Vectored Audio #7), or 390 million pages of text or computer code. Needless to say, except when packed with MD-video, most of the time the vast majority of the disk's capacity is never used and goes to waste. But that's what this format was originally made for; MD Video disks of prerecorded material, usually movies of all types and lengths and the obligatory bonus material. The three-inch PDDs store eight times as much material and are typically used for things that require the greater space. They are commonly used in the sales of commercial-free versions of popular TV shows that the entertainment networks sell, typically having a whole season of a program on a single disk with room for extras such as interviews, bloopers, and behind the scenes material. Another popular use for these larger disks is for interactive movies with multiple possible storylines and endings, all dictated by the viewer's choices. But as far as the "techie" community is concerned, there is only one real use for the three-inch disks, and that's for the storage and transportation of complex computer programs.
Cost: 5 credits apiece or 100 credits for a pack of 25 blank one-inch disks. Pre-recorded, commercial one-inch disks with new movies and TV specials range from 20 to 40 credits, to 50 to 120 for entire seasons of TV shows.
Music is usually bought on a download basis on local intranets and in person at storefronts, going for anywhere between 1 credit for any two songs, to 4 credits for an album by a single performer/band, usually containing twelve or so songs. But for the more devoted fans there are limited runs of one-inch disks of the various albums that cost 15 to 50 credits depending on who performed it, and what kind of bonus material is included. Three-inch disks cost 30 credits apiece or 600 credits for a pack of 25. Disks containing software programs can cost as little as 50 credits to as much as 250,000 depending on their level of sophistication and how new it is. Three-inch PDDs with pre-recorded seasons of TV shows or interactive movies can usually cost between 50 and 120 credits brand new, while older titles tend to run considerably less.

Old Joe Brand Cigarettes

"Smoke what Old Joe did during the Battle of Old Chicago!"
Chemically treated to reduce the chance of Heart Disease. Regular check-ups
and treatments from your doctor make this product safe for use and reduce the
risk of lung cancer. No tobacco product is without risk of lung disease.
Cost: 16 in a pack: 8 cr. (80 credits a carton of ten packs, often on sale for 75 credits a carton)

Gold Standard Cigarettes

"From the fields of Fort Eldorado to you, the best money can buy."
Chemically treated to reduce the chance of Heart Disease. Regular check-ups
and treatments from your doctor make this product safe for use and reduce the
risk of lung cancer. No tobacco product is without risk of lung disease.
Cost: 16 in a pack: 6 cr. (60 credits a carton of ten packs, often on sale for 58 credits a carton)

NC Viceroy Chillicothe Cigars

"Taste the real gold standard of tobacco! Full of flavor!"
Chemically treated to reduce the chance of Heart Disease. Regular check-ups
and treatments from your doctor make this product safe for use and reduce the
risk of lung cancer. No tobacco product is without risk of lung disease.
Cost: varies by specific cigar

4 inch "Bossman" 38 credits per box of 4 cigars; sold singly for 10 credits each
6 inch "General" 58 credits per box of 4 cigars; sold singly for 15 credits each
8 inch "Imperial" 78 credits per box of 4 cigars; sold singly for 20 credits each

Cigarette Lighter (refillable)

Cost: 10-25 cr.

Cigarette Lighter Fluid

Cost: 6 credits per 16 ounce can.

Disposable Lighter or Box of 200 matches

Cost: 1 cr.

Clothing of Note
CS General Issue Duty Uniforms (Must have military ID)

Includes shirt, wool sweater, thin warm neoprene gloves, and pants in standard Black and Grey; Shirt has two breast pockets, one pen pocket, and one (left-side) interior pocket. Pants equipped with hip, rear and thigh pockets.
Cost: 145 credits

CS General Issue Dress Uniforms (Must have military ID)

Includes dress shirt, wool sweater, dress jacket, dress pants, dress gloves, dress belt/shoulder harness, and dress shoes in standard Black-Blue/Grey; Shirt has two breast pockets, one pen pocket, and one (left-side) interior pocket. Pants equipped with hip and rear pockets.
Cost: 350 credits

Generic Battle Dress Utility

Shirt and pants in choice of arctic, desert, jungle or autumn forest camouflage. Shirt has two breast pockets, one pen pocket, and one (left-side) interior pocket. Pants equipped with hip, rear and thigh pockets.
Cost: Varies

Lightweight (desert and jungle): 85 credits.
Medium Weight (forest and mountain): 130 credits.
Arctic Weight (down lined): 450 credits.

[MurderCityDisciple]

Great contribution Mikel...I like how you have your list formatted.

Maybe if I'm up to it I can edit my stuff up a bit.

[Aramanthus]

NNice lines of products for consumption by the masses. Any chance on more of this coming out since then?

[Icefalcon]

When I have a bit more time, I will add some of my stuff to this list.

[taalismn]

Excellent work here. I'll have to see what I can contribute, if you don't mind some out of the way places and non-canonical kingdom brands?

[Killer Cyborg]

Good stuff!

[taalismn]

CS Cigs wouldn't still be known as 'death sticks' would they?

[Wooly]

I'd like to think some pre Rifts brands survived. Particularly Kentucky Bourbons.

[MurderCityDisciple]

Excellent work here. I'll have to see what I can contribute, if you don't mind some out of the way places and non-canonical kingdom brands?

Any and all are welcome. No matter how far flung, ridiculous or non-canonical.

I didn't think there was any interest in this...seemed like a dead thread. I've been actually using my name brands in my current game and I did pick up that Rifter.

I have been adding to my list and will post it shortly.

Thanks for the feedback.

Here's what I have right now. Still a work in progress.

Great Northern Brand GNB (Manistique)
Full line of foods, sanitary and household needs.
Known for:
Preserved foods: canned and seal packaged sauces, fruits, vegetables, pickles, baked beans, chili, soups, and canned meals etc. 2-3cr
'Basa Boy Meats (vacuum sealed kielbasa, hot dogs, hunter's sausage, ham, bacon, lunch meat (6 – 10 month shelf life) 3-6cr per pound.
Yooper's Dairy (cheese, ice cream and other dairy products) Yooper's Macaroni and Cheese is legendary. Prices vary.
GNBWinter Sausage (won't freeze) 8cr.
Apple-Dapple (Vitamin enriched powdered apple juice, self purifies water and prevents scurvy)
6cr./3 packs or 15cr./12 packs


Ishpeming Mills (Northern Gun)
Known for:
Jimmer's Famous Meat Pastie (open and wait, heats in the bag) 8cr.
Vaccu-Fresh Breads (Stays fresh for up to 2 years) 4cr. - 8cr.
Morning Glory Oatmeal and Cereal Products (offers self heating oatmeal & just add water cold cereals) 3cr.
Mr. Chipps Inc. (Nachoritos, Salty Joe Potato Chips, Mucho Cheezo's, Olden Time Pretzels) 4cr.

North Star Products (Northern Gun)
Known for:
Quality Canned Goods and Sanitary Products
Reddi-Pak's (MRE style field rations, pull tab, shake and self heats) 5cr.
Chicken N' Dumplins
Saucy Spaghett-ooh's
Big Beef Stew & Vegetables
Beenie Weenies
Cheesy Macaroni
Meat Loaf w/ Tomato Sauce
Sheppard's Pie
Great Lakes Chowder
Rich Lentil & Rice Stew (unpopular flavor) 2cr.
Hearty Chili w/ Beans
Firedrake Chili (hot)
Hot Breakfast (pancake wrapped sausage and scrambled eggs)
Hot Coffee

Himlo Foods (Lazlo)
Known for quality foods with TW based preservation techniques (no chemicals, dyes or preservatives).
Himlo's Farm 'Magick Fresh Vegetables'
Himlo Guaranteed Fresh Meats (Sealed in plastic, no refrigeration needed, good for years)
Heavenly Hearth Perma-Fresh Bread and Baked Goods.
Magic Harvest Dried Goods, Cereals, Mixes, Snacks etc.

Boulet-Byrnie-Barnes Consolidated Consumer Products BBBCCP [3B2CP] (Lazlo)
Known for sanitary & household products, medicines, health products & healthy prepared foods. . They also specialize in D-Bee specific foods and products.

Yaz-Co (Lazlo)
Known for inexpensive, highly processed junk foods in garishly colorful packaging with clown a motif.
Yazzo's Ice Cream 30 flavors of regular and 13 flavors of freeze dried ice cream.
Martyn Yazlin Snack Foods: Snak-e-Jak Potato Chips, Kernal Korni Corn Chips (Nacho, Spicey, Sour Cream), Cheez-ily Doo's, Yum-Yuns, Salty Twists, Dips, etc.
Yazo Nut & Nougat, Slugger Bar, Caramel Slammer, Mongo Bar, CrocoDillio Bar, Chewy Chomper Bar, Wompum Bar, Nutso Bar.
Yaz Cola, Yaz Citrus Surge, Yaz Ginger Bear, Yaz Orange, Grapity Grape, Yaz Punch, Golden GorillaYaz-Per-illa, Sting (Hard Ginger).

Free People's Co-Op (FreepCO) (New Lazlo)
Known for a very wide variety of products. Very wide. All products are high quality and chemical free, but they vary from mundane 'earthly' farm grown, magical green house grown, ley line farmed, high-tech hydroponic or even grown on rifted in alien landscape farms. Most of the products are magically preserved, but some farmers object to any form of preservation and those products are for local consumption only. All products list where they were originally farmed and/or processed.

A few of their most well know product lines:

Ethereal Herbs (EH): Spices, Teas and Herbs. (very sought after) Includes spices from earth and beyond. 4cr for something mundane like ground black pepper to 1000's of credits for their most exotic otherworldly spices.

Golden Calf Lacto Artisans (GCLA): Truly wonderful cheeses and dairy products. Magically flavored & preserved. The proprietor is a cheese obsessed D-Bee Elf name Haalak Melk who allegedly worships a golden calf statue. Many of the products are derived from non-terrestrial lactic sources.
*Golden Calf 66 Flavors*- Originally just an ice cream parlor, featuring both human and D-Bee inspired flavors. Now the ice cream can be packaged and sold in magically regulated, frozen quarts and pints that are available for export. 2cr per scoop 5cr per pint 20cr per quart (double price for magically packed ice cream)

Pickle-Puss Brand Pickles: Delicious varieties of pickles and other pickled products (pig knuckles, onions, eggs, pig hearts (D-Bee favorite) and a wide variety of peppers. 4cr to 6cr for regular varieties. 8cr to 15cr for bologna, eggs, pig hearts, knuckles etc.

Wolver-Burger: Immensely popular local burger joint. Great burgers with dozens of toppings to choose from (fried eggs, chili, bacon, different cheeses, coleslaw, grilled onions, hot peppers and mushrooms to name a few.). Serving only free range beef. They're always busy with long waits, patronized by an interesting crowd of fervent regulars. Open 24 hours and always quite dirty. There are songs and legends about both the greatness of the burgers and the filthiness of the restrooms. You can buy a maize and blue Wolver-Burger T-shirt while you wait in line chatting and hooping and hollering with the other patrons (which is normal behavior). Other than that all they do is burgers and fries. The burgers can be exported in magic hot and fresh packaging. A lot of New Lazloan travelers pack some for the road, which can be expensive, but when far from home a home town burger can be a great comfort. (15cr to start for a single unadorned magic carry-out burger). 3cr – 12cr for the store bought varieties depending on toppings. An order of fries or a soft drink is 2cr. Or for 4cr a side order of their hand cut Wolver-rings.

Beel-Ze-Burger: If it can be ground and fried and served on a bun you can probably find it here, prepared by the always cheerful Blucie proprietor and head cook simply known as 'Scutch'. Exotic meats (things like fury beetle & dinosaur for example) are their specialty, catering to D-Bee's, hungry regulars and thrill seekers alike. Beel-Ze-Burger also has a very interesting though less rowdy clientele. Unlike Wolver-Burger however, Beelzeburger is clean and you can order an actual Wolverburger (actual ground wolverine) which the proud patrons boast about. There definitely is a rivalry between the two burger joints, each faction having a lot to say about the virtues of their favorite establishment. Like Wolver-Burger the burgers here can also be magically packaged for export by the same techno-wizard distributor (TW entrepreneur Gareth Aldo Zesh). Prices are wide ranging depending on meat and toppings. Usually ranging from 7cr for something mundane to up to 100cr for the most exotic. Again, double the price for exported carry out magically preserved hot and fresh versions.




COALTION BRANDS:
Freeman & Greeley (F&G) (Generic/Burbs grade)

Citizen's Pride Name Brand Quality

Imperial Seal (Guaranteed Quality 100% D-Bee Free) Top Quality Products for Coaliton Citizens


Southern Spur (Lone Star)
Full line of food products.
Known for:
Hell's Furnace Chili (comes in both cans and field rats) 5cr can 2cr rats
Zowie! Tamale's (cans and field ration packs) 3cr for a can 2cr for ration pack
Sagebrush Stew (tasty, has chunks of armadillo.) 3cr for a ration pack. 5cr for a can. 8cr for a
large multi-serving can.

Gamik Inc. (Free Quebec)
Known for:
Gagging Gosling Foie Gras in a can (spray aerosol can)







ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Spirits: (Premium)
Imperial Label Whiskey (Chi-town) 90cr-140cr/1.5 liter
Imperial LabelVodka (Chi-town) 70cr-120cr/1.5 liter
Imperial Label Zlager (Chi-town) 75cr /1.5 liter
Ishmayel Perez: Bronze Bull Tequila (Lone Star) 65cr/1.5 liter
Wizard's Sleeve Amber Rain Rum (New Lazlo) 80cr/1.5 liter
Scalded Goblin Absinthe (New Lazlo) 105cr/1.5 liter
Xander Kenzit's Old Kentucky Whiskey (Federation of Magic) 60-75cr/1.5L
Xander Kenzit's Ley Line Shine (Federation of Magic) 150cr/1.5L
99 Nails (Manistique) 45cr/1.5L
Northern Hammer Backwoods Whiskey (Ishpeming) 45cr/1.5L
North Sky Aurora Blended Whiskey (Lazlo) 60cr/1.5L
Yonzo's Blackberry Brandy (Lazlo) 30cr/1.5L


Breweries-Beers and Ales:
Old Chi-Town (regular, light and premium)
Skullweiser (Burbs)
Wishpoosh Demon Beaver Lager (Lazlo)
Whitecap (Manistique)
Drakkenbrau (Lazlo)
Moondog (Ishpeming)
Wiley Coyote (Lone Star)
Skyclad Ale (Tolkeen)
Wilde Wolverine (New Lazlo)
Sui-Cider: Bad Apple Octane Plus (Kingsdale)


Wine Brands:
Imperial Acres (Chi-Town)
Farragot's Farm (Cheap Burbs)
Blackbrier Hills (Lazlo)
Starchilde (Lazlo)
Serpentine Cellars (Federation of Magic)
Loolon Latimour (Tolkeen)
Silver Chateau (New Quebec)
Finkels Folly Vinyard (New Lazlo)
YarboroughVines (New Lazlo)

[taalismn]

Apologies for the wall-o-text formating and cut-and-paste from my Paladin Steel stuff:

Mama Abigail’s Old-Fashioned Home Cooking( a subsidiary of Paladin Steel)
“Let’s Eat!”

Mama Abigail’s Old-Fashioned Home Cooking is a small mom-and-pop that has grown into the Vermont Free State’s largest processor and distributor of proccessed foods. Mama Abigail’s produces the MRE-style “YumYum Pacs” that the GNE military carries as field rations, as well as sells plastic-wrapped goodies outside the state.
Other products produced under the ‘YumYum’ label are Readifoods, pre-made meals in special packaging that heats up or chills the contents when openned, via exo- or endo-thermic reactions in special chemical packs in the packaging. Thanks to deals with ranchers and hunters in the New West, one of YumYum’s biggest hits is ‘Cup-o-Dinosaur’, featuring such mouthwatering selections as Allosaur Soup, Duckbill Burgerettes in Gravy, Shellback Stroganoff, and Sauropod Stew with Veggies. Just pop the lid and smell the steam as the meal heats in its own disposable bowl; it’s ready to eat in less than a minute. Cup-o-Dinosaur typically costs 2-6 credits a serving in the GNE, but can cost more than that elsewhere, especially with demand growing.
Other products include the very popular SouthWestern Tex-Mex Herbal Medley Meal(beef heavily seasoned with garlic, and coming with an extra packet of extra-large wooden toothpicks), TriTops Ice Cream Cup(especially the Maple Mountain flavor), and their Juicer-sized Feeding Frenzy Platters(8-12 credits for up to five pounds of concentrated protein, plus a desert dish, such as apple cobbler).
Recently Mama Abigail’s has introduced BuggiBowl, Instant Chicken-Fried Xiticix, in a self-heating container, costing maybe 10-18 credits for a two-serving platter. The Coalition has protested the selling of the Xiticix-based product on the open market, but not due to its contents or the long standing animousity between the CS and the GNE, instead the CS military is claiming Mama Abigail’s stole THEIR recipes. However, the Coalition States military has NOT ever attacked any clearly-marked MAOFHC harvesting crew venturing into Xiticix territory to gather more meat.
Naturally, Mama Abigail’s is in deep with Paladin Steel, and is one of the happy little subcontractors assisted by Paladin Steel’s ABtechS agricultural branch.
(Campaign Notes: Think this is just frilly background dressing? Think again; the Cartier -Fury Ranch proved that ‘megadamage ranching’ could be done profitably and imitators have improved on that success. ‘Modern’ megadamage ranching and food processing businesses as are popping up in the bigger nations like the Coalition States, Greater New England, Manistique, and the New German Republic are impressive affairs featuring efficient assembly line cleaning and processing gear. Unfortunately, they can also be very dangerous places to work, even after the original herding and slaughtering is done. Megadamage mechanical and heat processing systems, built for large-scale industrial handling of big hocks of monster meat can easily accidentally kill a careless worker in any one of a hundred gruesome ways, so workers have to remain on their toes and typically wear megadamage body armor. And all that blood and offal inevitably attracts other predators, including malign entities which find the plants to be ready-made feeding grounds, requiring some serious security...And when a monster or pack of them DO manage to get established in one of the facilities, it means somebody’s got to go in and flush them out, ideally without damaging the money-making equipment too much. Fancy an assignment going after a demon in a dark abattoir, full of sharp gutting and grinding gear, plasma cookers and industrial microwavers? Could this be a possible job for the PCs, a quick buck assignment that turns into a nightmare? Or have they got what it takes to go the distance in the exciting new world of mega-carniculture?
And for additional laughs, more than once, some of the more rabid Coalition hardliners have either mistakenly(or deliberately) claimed that the meat-packing plants used by the more liberal pro-D-bee kingdoms are really murder factories used to exterminate human prisoners. That sometimes translates into the plants being targeted by terrorists or ‘freedom fighters’ who will fight to the death rather than be captured. “Soylent Green is People!” might ring true in certain parts of monster-dominated Atlantis or Dyval, but it’s hardly what the new mega-food magnates of North America or Europe want to hear shouted outside their packing plants.
On the plus side, most ranching and packing companies offer good benefits(like paying for replacement cyberlimbs) and the annual company picnic has a GREAT buffet.
Ain’t working at the meat-packing plant FUN?)

Mama Abigail’s Fishery
Mama Abigail’s Fishery is the seafood division of Mama Abigail’s Old-Fashioned Home Cooking. Their cannery and processing plant at New Bath is a state-of-the-art facility(built by PS) dedicated to buying and rending the catch of the day, in one of the few truly modern and aggressive fishing efforts on the East Coast. Mama Abigail’s employs its own small fleet of armed trawlers and is also the place for the smaller fishermen to sell their catch.
Many local fishermen contend that Mama Abigail’s is so successful because they have a local hammerlock on the fish trade, and squeeze out any dissenters with strongarm tactics and price-fixing. They also contend that MAOFHC is indiscriminant in what they proccess; that what is labelled “Fresh Atlantic Tuna” may be anything from bunkerhead, sea robin, giant squid, or Nauty’ll, minced finely and packed in its own juices.
Of course, Mama Abigail provides plenty of jobs for locals, if you don’t mind going out onto the open ocean hunting the schools, and being hunted in turn by monsters. Many trawlers don’t come back despite sticking close to shore, and carrying heavy weaponry.
Mama Abigail’s Fishery hopes to open a similar operation in the Paladin Steel West enclave.

(Campaign Notes: Wanna put those big-scale boat piloting and fishing skills to work? Fishing the seas of Rifts Earth is one of the most dangerous professions you can imagine, driven by sheer necessity; an adventurer party can choose NOT to go into danger, while a fisherman often HAS to, in order to feed his family. Few fishermen have fallback jobs in case of a bad season.
Fishing the Rifts blue water means facing bad weather without the benefit of the Golden Age’s global weatherwatch services, relying on your intuition and maybe a helpful psychic. And magically-fired storms can pop up in an instant. There’s slavers and pirates and monsters on those seas too, attacking from above, alongside, and below...and no Coast Guard most of the time (The GNECC and New Navy only watch a few areas, and while there are mercenary units hireable to fishermen, and the Free Quebec and Coalition States Navies MIGHT respond to a distress call, don’t count on it). And some of those critters are inhumanly intelligent. And they’re out for your catch or out to catch YOU.
Whether the PCs are working for Mama Abigail’s Fishery or in competition with it, they’re going to have their hands full trying to survive, let alone make a profit.)

[taalismn]

-Bowser Bakeries(Lone Star)---Producer of good quality milkbones, snack biscuits, meat-chews, and kibble. Bowser Bakers markets mostly to Dog Boys, but more than a few humans and d-bees snack on their hearty products. 2-5 credits a bag.

[taalismn]

Wormland Distilleries(New West)--- This brand is said to originate along Mexico’s west coast, from a company owned by several powerful Mexican mages(rumors vary as to how they survive the vampires). Wormland Distilleries’ flagship product is tequila, with several grades of quality marked by the type of annelid in the bottle.
Lowest grade Wormland tequilla features a regular old worm in the bottle, and costs 10-15 credits a bottle.
‘Mexicali Nightcrawler’ features (supposedly) a small Giant Canyon Worm in the bottle, and costs 30-50 credits a bottle.
The rare ‘Sanora Scorcher’ label is said to have a Worm of Taut(Fire Worm) in the bottle, and costs 200-500 credits a bottle. It is said to have a particularly ‘hot’ taste and is rumored to have all sorts of curative rproperties...provided you can survive the deep drunk hallucinations and following hangover.
Rumored ‘Mexicali Wrath’ is said to have a (most assuredly DEAD) miniature Wraith Worm in the bottle, supposedly has magical properties(including a reputation for occasionally killing drinkers) and costs 1,000+ credits a bottle.
Wormland Distilleries also produces a range of other spirts(sans annelids), though tequila remains their best-known product.

Ghost City Breweries(MadHaven?)---An artisan brew said to come from Mad Haven, with product occasionally showing up in markets along the Eastern Seaboard. No two bottles are exactly alike, except for the labels(which feature the slogan ‘Taste the Madness’), their dark color, and their being supposedly cold to the touch even without refrigeration. The beer is thick, dark, and yeasty, producing a heavy head of foam, and it has a very heavy alcoholic kick. Supposedly, after a few drinks of the stuff, you start seeing dead people....

[Aramanthus]

Nice additions. I like the new material. It is going to add a new level to the game.

[nilgravity]

[b]Ghost City Breweries(MadHaven?)---An artisan brew said to come from Mad Haven, with product occasionally showing up in markets along the Eastern Seaboard. No two bottles are exactly alike, except for the labels(which feature the slogan ‘Taste the Madness’), their dark color, and their being supposedly cold to the touch even without refrigeration. The beer is thick, dark, and yeasty, producing a heavy head of foam, and it has a very heavy alcoholic kick. Supposedly, after a few drinks of the stuff, you start seeing dead people....

hmm should be a 'spirits' pun in there somewhere?

[taalismn]

[b]Ghost City Breweries(MadHaven?)---An artisan brew said to come from Mad Haven, with product occasionally showing up in markets along the Eastern Seaboard. No two bottles are exactly alike, except for the labels(which feature the slogan ‘Taste the Madness’), their dark color, and their being supposedly cold to the touch even without refrigeration. The beer is thick, dark, and yeasty, producing a heavy head of foam, and it has a very heavy alcoholic kick. Supposedly, after a few drinks of the stuff, you start seeing dead people....

hmm should be a 'spirits' pun in there somewhere?

On Rifts Earth, that almost goes without saying...

[Aramanthus]

I think that guy needs to meet the guy from "Dresden Files" who does ectomancy. It would make for an interesting alliance.

[taalismn]

I think that guy needs to meet the guy from "Dresden Files" who does ectomancy. It would make for an interesting alliance.

Robert E. Heinlein's short story 'Magic Inc." featured ectoplasmic fashion houses, and a twist on knock-offs; using a swatch of fabric, a psychic could produce Object Read copies of other people's fashions...of course, they didn't hold up as well as the real thing.
Similarly, there was, in the same story, a deli that produced the ultimate in weight-loss treats...ectoplasmic ice cream that tasted better than the real thing, but were absolutely fat-free, because the ectoplasm evaporated after an hour.

[glitterboy2098]

don't forget about alternate biochemistries.

in the Looking Glass Series by Ringo, one race's food is considered the ultimate 'diet plan' because it's molecules have a Chirality opposite that of earth's, though it uses the same basic molecules. thus humans could eat Adar food and enjoy it, and the body could break it down, but the nutritional value was basically nil. so by replacing a meal with adar food, you could lose weight without having to give up eating.
another race in the setting, the cheerick, had a different base biochemistry than humans, but some of their world's food had chemicals close enough to human vitamins that it could be used to supplement a human crew's diet on a long star cruise.

while those are extreme examples, the fact different species on earth require different balances of protien, carbs, vitamins, and such means that it is likely Dbees will have different needs. some might need odd chemical inclusions to stay healthy, others might have to avoid otherwise common ingredients because their biology is incompatable (real world example.. dogs and chocolate)

and given that alien plants and animals have come through too, there could be some new stuff offering new options. new flavors, or food with interesting side effects.

[taalismn]

and given that alien plants and animals have come through too, there could be some new stuff offering new options. new flavors, or food with interesting side effects.

Don't make war, make CUISINE.

[Icefalcon]

"Kibbles and Bites" (pair of free Dog Boys) making "balanced" trail rations for the discerning Dog Boy pallet.

[taalismn]

"Kibbles and Bites" (pair of free Dog Boys) making "balanced" trail rations for the discerning Dog Boy pallet.

Plus d-bee shaped milkbone treats.

[Icefalcon]

"Kibbles and Bites" (pair of free Dog Boys) making "balanced" trail rations for the discerning Dog Boy pallet.

Plus d-bee shaped milkbone treats.

Exactly.

[taalismn]

-Spiff(aka ‘Ultimate Coffee’, ‘Ultra-Coffee’)
Spiff is a magical coffee-like drink made from a blend of alien beans grown in a magic-rich environment, along with certain plant extracts, ground and bagged using special magic processes, and served hot. When imbibed, it cures hangovers, purges fatigue toxins, wakes up the drinker, and incidentally triggers a Cleanse spell that works like an instant shower and clothes cleaner, instantly cleaning out stains and straightening out wrinkles. Naturally, Spiff is in high demand by just about everybody, and that keeps prices VERY high for this drink. Conspicious consumption of this drink is seen as a sign of status in the Black Market, given the price per cup, but it's also sought after by those to whom 'time is money'.
Cost: 40 credits a cup

-Yong Berry Tea
A blend of tea, served hot or iced, cut with the concentrated sap of the yong berry, a d-bee plant that's begun appearing along the American eastern seaboard. Besides having a refreshing taste and salutory effect on the breath, it makes breathing easier for those with respiratory problems and gives a +1 to save versus inhaled toxins for 1d4 hours. It's sold in bags or bottled by a variety of medicinal herbal shops throughout Lazlo, New Lazlo, the Relic, and points east.
Cost: 30 credits a bottle(4 servings)

[Aramanthus]

Very cool. Are you using that plant table you created several years ago? (For Taalismn)

[taalismn]

Very cool. Are you using that plant table you created several years ago? (For Taalismn)

Nope. Yah know...I'd COMPLETELY forgotten about that!

[Aramanthus]

Cool. I am glad to have reminded you of that chart.