The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A new road or a secret gate...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[2Jedismom]

How beautiful!

This is gonna be a good holiday season for you, isn't it. I'm so glad.

[300winmag]

I just shipped off a small batch of Hobbit Hole knives to g'nad's Marine brothers in Bagdhad. During the next week, our knives will also go out to Jerry in Djibouti, a Navy FA-18 SuperHornet maintenance group, and assorted other GIs and freepers.

One problem with Marines is the "don't send one to me, send it all to the troops" attitude. While an admirable attitude, the Hobbit Hole strives to serve all our troops, even the ossifers. So, for Col Gangster and Cpt String, we have these little goodies:

[osagebowman]

That is a great looking pie "never made one before" that is hard to believe, but if you say so. LSA

[2Jedismom]

Hehehe!! That'll show 'em! ;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Very cool! Custom monogram knives!

[osagebowman]

300WM; way to go, they can't turn it down, it's been personalized. That was a really great idea.

[Corin Stormhands]

Most excellent!

[osagebowman]

Yup, that's the way ours looks too, right OT?

[2Jedismom]

Andrew (Celeste's husband...Steve's friend) got his second deer. Sigh....

Oh well, he brought us a bunch of ground meat and a hugh loin...gonna make burgers for the jedis tonight. Steve isn't coming in from school till late.

[JenB]

Thank you! I really haven't. But I had a recipe... pies just weren't the dessert of choice at my house, that's all. And at Thanksgiving Mom usually made the pies two days early while I was at work.

I'm just so tickled!

[Graybeard58]

It's good because Steve is coming home and the snow is beautiful. I just can't get all warm and fuzzy feelings about cold weather.

Trying to convince my wife to move to Florida but she says all the kids and grand kids are around here.

I tell her that's an argument in MY favor (Just kidding though)

[SuziQ]

Oh how pretty! You know I hate driving in the stuff, but standing INSIDE looking out at it is really kinda nice. ;o)

[SuziQ]

You done good, girl. It's a beautiful pie!

It's kinda sacriligious, me being from the South and all, but I don't really like Pecan Pie that much. It is WAY TOO sweet for me; it hurts my teeth! I can eat a really small sliver, and that's about it. What I DO like are the little Pecan Tassies my Mama used to make, and that I've made before. The crust is made from flour, cream cheese and butter, then pressed into little cupcake tins. They're baked a little, then the Pecan Pie mixture is put in them. Since there is not a lot of filling, it's not so sickly sweet.

I like Sweet Potato pie, with just a splash of bourbon in the mixture. ;o)

[SuziQ]

My husband ecurbh is too shy to answer you about the Hooters thing

ROTFL! That WOULD make a great stocking stuffer for him. I won't tell, if you don't! ;o)

[JenB]

Pecan pies are my once-a-year delight. It's the only pie I really like. Sweet potato pie? That sounds very Southern?

[SuziQ]

Can't bend over...can't turn my head!

Sounds like a job for Advil!

[SuziQ]

for Col Gangster and Cpt String, we have these little goodies:

Just beautiful!! Now they CAN'T give them away!

[SuziQ]

Trying to convince my wife to move to Florida but she says all the kids and grand kids are around here.

But just think how much they'd like to come see you on vacation! (and the Mouse, too)

[SuziQ]

Sweet potato pie? That sounds very Southern?

Oh yeah! Actually, I make a Sweet Potato Souffle that is great because when you eat it cold as leftovers, it's just like eating the pie, but without the fatty, starchy crust!

[JenB]

But fat and starch is the main point of Thanksgiving...