LOTR food

sisterandcousinandaunt · 03-03-2007, 09:01 PM

Does anyone have any feelings/thoughts about food in the LOTR stories? I mean, I'd love to sit down to a nice second breakfast with Sam and Rosie, or be invited to a special occasion with the Master of Buckland, but I think about the other traditions, too.

For example, even though they're associated so strongly with the plains, I can't help but see some Danish influences in the rohirrim. I know Eowyn made a mean aebleskiver(no matter that PJ dissed her cooking.) But what happened to traditional Gondorian cooking when they lost Ithilien? What are the regional differences between Mirkwood and Lothlorien cooking?

Okay. Maybe I'm the only one.

The last sane person · 03-04-2007, 12:27 AM

I dunno, when I think Human and Elvish food, I think of blandy English cooking. I always have. Give me the spices of the Haradrim or something. I would go bonkers with the significant lack of Kabobs and vodka.

I dunno if the elves or men of western middle earth had anything stronger than ale, wine or mead.

Lotesse · 03-05-2007, 01:00 AM

I've always loved the idea of pure, simple Hobbit fare, utterly pretension-free ideal comfort food. Perfectly organic cheeses, aged meats, pies, breads, sausages, vegetables, cakes, etcetera, oh yes... Elvish food sounds bland and boring to me, I can't even imagine what these other-worldly beings would eat, just boring glorified food, sort of like snobby Parisien Michelin-chef cooking, all snobby and complicated and high on itself, not real or comforting or down-to-earth. Give me Hobbit-food any day over that boring high-concept snobby Elvish food any day!

Great idea for a thread, SisterAunt. I've been loving all your posts for a while, since you joined here, incidentally. I do a lot more reading than I ever do posting at this board any more, but, suffice it to say I've noticed each & every one of your posts, Sister, and I love, love love your voice & your points of view. You're wonderful, just awesome. Love ya, baby!

Wouldn't it be cool to have a Middle-Earth inspired cookbook published, which described all the regional cuisine types and included recipes from each culture? Hell yeah! I've always thought this would be a fun idea. I'd definitely buy such a book, especially if it had photographic illustrations of the dishes.

***Tessar*** · 03-05-2007, 01:33 AM

In my mind:

Hobbits make just about any and everything, from simple foods to complex cakes and such. But almost everything will have heavy herbs and spices.

The elves would be big on salads and fresh, juicy fruit. When they have meat, it'll be fairly well cooked (nothing quite so unelvish as having blood drip down your fork as you eat

) and with just a few light spices so that you enjoy the flavor of the meat over anything else. Also lots of birds. Gotta do something with those bows

. I imagine anything they eat will be beautifully done and presented with flare.

Dwarves are big on lightly-cooked meat

. Not much else. Just the meat. And beer.

Men are... kind of... whatevah.

I imagine the various cultures will influence their cooking styles more.

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-05-2007, 01:40 AM

Ipse dixit.

Lotesse · 03-05-2007, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gwaimir Windgem

Ipse dixit.

What? Speak English, Gwaimir. No one is impressed with your pseudo-intellectual sounding command of ancient Latin. Do you have something relevant or real to say about the cuisine of Middle Earth, in the commonly used language of this here message-board, that is, ENGLISH?

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-05-2007, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The last sane person

I dunno if the elves or men of western middle earth had anything stronger than ale, wine or mead.

Dear me, that is a problem.

Snowdog · 11-14-2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The last sane person

I would go bonkers with the significant lack of Kabobs and vodka.

I dunno if the elves or men of western middle earth had anything stronger than ale, wine or mead.

Not likely, but I like to think some enterprising hobbit living a hermits life on the edge of the Twilight Hills near the borders of the North Farthing discovered he could ferment taters.....

But then there's the Orc-drought.... maybe a red bull/tequila mix?

The Gaffer · 11-21-2007, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowdog

But then there's the Orc-drought.... maybe a red bull/tequila mix?

Double vodka + red bull is the recipe in my experience. Works wonders.

Star · 11-21-2007, 07:00 PM

I don't know 'bout the rest of you but as being a hobbit, i would live off of farmer maggots crops and things i climb up to get, like apples and peaches.

i enjoy home grown foods but I basicly eat whatever Rosie cooks and since i'm always busy with Merry and Pip or at the green dragon I don't have the time to grow my food XD

Jon S. · 11-21-2007, 10:23 PM

Here are two tables I'd like to dine at more than those of any wizard, king, or Elven lord:

Beorn

-and-

Bombadil.

But what would you expect anyways from a mostly-vegetarian?

03-03-2007, 09:01 PM	#1
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	LOTR food Does anyone have any feelings/thoughts about food in the LOTR stories? I mean, I'd love to sit down to a nice second breakfast with Sam and Rosie, or be invited to a special occasion with the Master of Buckland, but I think about the other traditions, too. For example, even though they're associated so strongly with the plains, I can't help but see some Danish influences in the rohirrim. I know Eowyn made a mean aebleskiver(no matter that PJ dissed her cooking.) But what happened to traditional Gondorian cooking when they lost Ithilien? What are the regional differences between Mirkwood and Lothlorien cooking? Okay. Maybe I'm the only one.

03-04-2007, 12:27 AM	#2
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	I dunno, when I think Human and Elvish food, I think of blandy English cooking. I always have. Give me the spices of the Haradrim or something. I would go bonkers with the significant lack of Kabobs and vodka. I dunno if the elves or men of western middle earth had anything stronger than ale, wine or mead. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

03-05-2007, 01:00 AM	#3
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I've always loved the idea of pure, simple Hobbit fare, utterly pretension-free ideal comfort food. Perfectly organic cheeses, aged meats, pies, breads, sausages, vegetables, cakes, etcetera, oh yes... Elvish food sounds bland and boring to me, I can't even imagine what these other-worldly beings would eat, just boring glorified food, sort of like snobby Parisien Michelin-chef cooking, all snobby and complicated and high on itself, not real or comforting or down-to-earth. Give me Hobbit-food any day over that boring high-concept snobby Elvish food any day! Great idea for a thread, SisterAunt. I've been loving all your posts for a while, since you joined here, incidentally. I do a lot more reading than I ever do posting at this board any more, but, suffice it to say I've noticed each & every one of your posts, Sister, and I love, love love your voice & your points of view. You're wonderful, just awesome. Love ya, baby! Wouldn't it be cool to have a Middle-Earth inspired cookbook published, which described all the regional cuisine types and included recipes from each culture? Hell yeah! I've always thought this would be a fun idea. I'd definitely buy such a book, especially if it had photographic illustrations of the dishes. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Last edited by Lotesse : 03-05-2007 at 01:01 AM.

03-05-2007, 01:40 AM	#5
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Ipse dixit. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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03-05-2007, 01:33 AM	#4
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	In my mind: Hobbits make just about any and everything, from simple foods to complex cakes and such. But almost everything will have heavy herbs and spices. The elves would be big on salads and fresh, juicy fruit. When they have meat, it'll be fairly well cooked (nothing quite so unelvish as having blood drip down your fork as you eat ) and with just a few light spices so that you enjoy the flavor of the meat over anything else. Also lots of birds. Gotta do something with those bows . I imagine anything they eat will be beautifully done and presented with flare. Dwarves are big on lightly-cooked meat . Not much else. Just the meat. And beer. Men are... kind of... whatevah. I imagine the various cultures will influence their cooking styles more.

11-21-2007, 07:00 PM	#10
Star Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: montana Posts: 41	I don't know 'bout the rest of you but as being a hobbit, i would live off of farmer maggots crops and things i climb up to get, like apples and peaches. i enjoy home grown foods but I basicly eat whatever Rosie cooks and since i'm always busy with Merry and Pip or at the green dragon I don't have the time to grow my food XD

11-21-2007, 10:23 PM	#11
Jon S. Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 455	Here are two tables I'd like to dine at more than those of any wizard, king, or Elven lord: Beorn -and- Bombadil. But what would you expect anyways from a mostly-vegetarian?