The New Hobbit Hole

[SuziQ]

But I think they anticipated that "he" was in the Richmond area still...

DOH! It doesn't take that long to drive from Richmond, VA to Montgomery County, MD!!

[RosieCotton]

I have always thought that Tolkien was very likely snacking on Digestive biscuits when he was writing about lembas.

I posted something similar earlier, though partly as a joke, what with all the jokes about elves needing more fiber...

[SuziQ]

Too bad we don't have a better description of cram.

Hard Tack?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

And do you really think the sniper is making contacts?

I think we're getting 99 parts fog to one part fact.

[RosieCotton]

Speaking of biscuits, how about those anise cookies?

Do you mean springerle? Ever had those? They're rather hard, crisp cookies, baked until just golden brown, mildly sweet and flavored with anise. We have those every Christmas - Mom had a special rolling pin that put a pattern on them, then we'd cut them into squares and dry overnight before baking. I love them! And because they're hard, they travel VERY well...she used to send them to me in Germany.

[2Jedismom]

They are called Digestive Biscuits only because they are easy to digest...they remind me of a simple cookie like infants eat, only sweeter...like animal crackers, kinda...in flavor that is.

They are really quit good! A good basic kind of cookie, that tastes good with coffee or tea.

[Corin Stormhands]

I'll put your family on our Parish Prayer Line.

Thank you.

[Overtaxed]

Too bad we don't have a better description of cram.

Hard Tack?

I'm thinking cram was close enough to lembas for Gimli to confuse the two. I wonder what the lembas will look like in the Extended Edition.

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, Tolkien had a kind of atmosphere going with the characters, you must admit and if he'd had them saying a bunch of things that were inconsistent with their times then it would have sounded silly.

Oh I know. I was just commenting on the fact that Tolkien would know something and cause confusion by not "telling" the characters...

[ecurbh]

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[HairOfTheDog]

I think you are right... What a mess this thing is.

[RosieCotton]

They are called Digestive Biscuits only because they are easy to digest...

Oh, I've had them...Carr's are the ones we usually get. They do have wheat germ or whole wheat in them, though, hence my joking...

We call them "diggy" biscuits, though, after hearing them referred to that way in an old British movie..."Strangers on a Train", I think.

[Corin Stormhands]

It doesn't take that long to drive from Richmond, VA to Montgomery County, MD!!

No, certainly not. But I think, from what we were hearing, both in local news and through the rumor mill yesterday, that they were under the impression he planned to attack again in the Richmond area.

But if we've learned anything it should be that everytime they've said "this is what he's doing" he's done something different...

[HairOfTheDog]

I want to "touch it" before I decide... So I intend to pick it up the morning it comes out. I want to pick up those Argonath and look at them. If they are "plasticish" and lightweight... I may not get 'em! (but I bet I do)

[2Jedismom]

I was actually eating some digestive biscuits (McVities) and chatting the the old Hole when got the idea that it was what Tolkien was probably talking about...

I even said something about it way back then...OT probably remembers...

I'll bet you anything he was eating them and writing his book and probably enjoyed them (they are popular!)

[RosieCotton]

They do fit the initial description! Now I like the idea of lembasbeing like Springerle, though...especially as they would travel very well! And elves could put symbols on them, if they so wished.

Here is a recipe, complete with picture.

[HairOfTheDog]

I can't consider "disgestive biscuits" as lembas until you call them something else! - I can't get past the name!

Cornbread.

You should suggest to TORN (we all think you have this "in" there now ;~D) that they hold a Lembas-baking contest. Maybe contestants wouldn't even have to send in the product, because they would not want to eat it, but send a photograph of it! Then we could look at lots of pictures and vote on it.

[RosieCotton]

Ours were usually larger than they look in the picture, though...and flatter. And some of the time we didn't bother with the molds...just made 'em plain.

[Overtaxed]

OT probably remembers

Huh? :)

Should we just forget the cake and wafer descriptions and go with thin, cream colored, golden brown, and crispy?

[RMDupree]

I was thinking more along the lines of the anise sponge cookies that they sell in the supermarket. They look more like small slices of bread than a traditional cookie though.