
Tauriels favorite food is a hearty vegetable heavy, slow cooked beef stew. She finds that when she’s made a kill, dehydrating and salting the meat to have it last aids the stew with a rich flavor that she quite likes.
Living in mirkwood, food was never a guarantee. If taking down a Buck (a very rare sighting since the sickness has spread) meant feeding her guards for more than a few weeks to give them the strength to endure a winters cold while patrolling relentless, she’d have to prolong the longevity of the meat.
Plus, her father used to make some of the best stew she’s ever had, of course she took after him.