The New Hobbit Hole

[RosieCotton]

These are great by the way, if you haven't tried them....

I like those, too...though they're NOTHING like lembas, IMO. ;-) Great for hikes and trips, even though they DO have a tendency to crumble. Most granola bars are more of a candy bar than these...

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Did somebody say, "fruitcake"???

[RMDupree]

Plastic leaf wrappings? Hmmmm.....

The elves had green saran wrap?

[RosieCotton]

Ewwwwww! Did you HAVE to do that?

I think I hate you...

[RMDupree]

Oats and honey flavor is the best of the bunch!!!

But they break real easy and are definitely NOT cake-like in the middle! :)

[RMDupree]

*grin* My mind's eye pictures us both scanning the index, furiously turning pages and scanning for the italics on the page listed.

Then racing to post, of course. :)

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Ack! Now what did I do? I can't win....

[Corin Stormhands]

Have you so quickly forgotten your spam episode? Isn't posting pictures like that a violation of your parole?

[2Jedismom]

I really like the way those sound. They sound similar to what my hubby makes...Sandbakkel or something like that.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

Now posting pictures of any kind is an offense!?!?!?!? Sheesh... I'm nowhere near the (so called) "precious".....

[Corin Stormhands]

Now posting pictures of any kind is an offense!?!?!?!?

Oh don't be such a victim. You knew very well what you were doing with that picture...

[RosieCotton]

They sound similar to what my hubby makes...Sandbakkel or something like that.

Could be! They're German I believe, but there are some recipes that are made in various European countries, with slight variations. Or is sandbakkel (or whatever!) more like shortbread? Springerle is really hard...wouldn't crumble unless crushed, which is what I think happens to the lembas.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

My wife is 100% Swedish and they make a sweetbread called Lefsa. I wonder, since Tolkien based a lot of his material on Scandinavian sources.....

Lembas could = Lefsa.

Lefsa, however is very thin and not crispy per se. But a modified version of lefsa might be just the ticket. I will investigate. Correction, I will ask her to investigate. ;^)

[RosieCotton]

Now posting pictures of any kind is an offense!?!?!?!?

That wasn't just "any kind"!

You do realize we're just messin' with ya, right?

[RosieCotton]

Lefse is more or less potato flatbread, isn't it? Cooked in a frypan? I'm probably thinking of something else, though...

Dad's family is partially Norwegian and we used to have something called something like that, but it wasn't really sweet. Kind of bland but good, and we ate it with sour cream.

[rightwingreligiousfanatic]

You do realize we're just messin' with ya, right?

Sometimes... ;^)

[2Jedismom]

It is a shortbread. He flavors it with crushed cardamon seeds and it's quite good! It's pressed very thin into molds and baked. It's a swedish cookie, I believe...

Here is the recipe from a cached Google page...

Sandbakkel
This fascinating butter cookie with a hint of the Swedish spice cardamom. It looks like an upside-down tart that's waiting to be filled, but it's not. These are made with Sandbakkel moulds in Sweden, however, little tartlet pans work well.

type: refrigerator, formed
makes: 4 dozen

1 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
pinch of salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
water, as needed

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg vanilla, cardamom, and salt.
Gradually add in flour.
If mixture seems dry add a few drops of water.
Gather dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Lightly grease tins.
Press about 2 teaspoons of dough into each tin; press along bottom and up the sides.
Place tins on a cookie sheet.
Bake 6-8 minutes for the little tins, 12-15 minutes for the larger tins. Cookies should be lightly browned.
Let cool 5 minutes, then unmold cookies and place on wire racks to cool completely.
Serve with the open end facing down.

[RMDupree]

You may be on to something there, Vim.

Check it out and let us know please.

I cracked up at the Richard Simmons photo! Kudos for a reallly good one!

[Corin Stormhands]

You do realize we're just messin' with ya, right?

Ssshhhhh!!! Don't tell him that! It keeps them off MY back...

[2Jedismom]

My husband is mostly Swedish...there was apparently a German in there somewhere on his father's side, because our last name is German, but nobody can remember it...they all just remember the Swedish.

And his mother is almost pure swedish, except that my husband's grandmother was born on the ship coming here from Sweden...she apparently was the illegitimate child of the Englishman her mother worked for. Great Grandma had the baby on the boat on the way here to marry a Swedish guy that put an ad in the paper. But their entire culture is pure Swedish.

I love my husband immensely, but he's the moodiest person I've ever met! I've been told this is true for all nordi types...