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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: HairOfTheDog
I typed in "lembas recipe" in Google and came up with about 8 pages!! LOL!!!

Here's one of the more organized ones.

Lembas Recipe

36,161 posted on 10/22/2002 12:19:56 PM PDT by RMDupree
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To: Overtaxed; ecurbh
Hey! - Where did you get that pic!


36,162 posted on 10/22/2002 12:20:16 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
What I want to know is, how do you get your computer to put a slash through an "o" like the Scandinavians do?
36,163 posted on 10/22/2002 12:21:53 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: HairOfTheDog
I got it from ecurbh. Dunno where he got it from.
36,164 posted on 10/22/2002 12:23:04 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog
It looks a bit like folded lefse... but lefse is most definately soft.... not crumbly.
36,165 posted on 10/22/2002 12:23:23 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
"But I don't think lembas was anything like lefse!"

They might have been, since JRRT used Scandinavian epics as an inspiration for LOTR.

36,166 posted on 10/22/2002 12:25:44 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: HairOfTheDog
You guys are a bit "off" calling it a flatbread...

Oh c'mon Hair. We're all a bit "off" no matter what we call things...

36,167 posted on 10/22/2002 12:26:00 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Sam Cree
Welcome back Sam!
36,168 posted on 10/22/2002 12:26:40 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Sam Cree
DØ YØU MEAN LIKE THIS?

I typed it into MS WORD and insert symbol, looked for the slashed O and hit insert. Copy and paste into post reply box. Viola!

36,169 posted on 10/22/2002 12:27:15 PM PDT by RMDupree
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To: Sam Cree
If there are odd characters in text you are copying... if you copy/paste it from the text as you see it... and they will paste correctly here:

aa = Å (å)
ae = Æ (æ)
oe = Ø (ø)

Here is what is fascinating about the web.... look at this question I found in a search for an example to show you!

GEN-NORDIC-L: Special letters in the Scandinavian Alphabet

36,170 posted on 10/22/2002 12:28:47 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Overtaxed; RMDupree; 2Jedismom; RosieCotton
trying to discern the true nature of lembas

Y'all have heard the theory that lembas was an early prototype of Twinkies, haven't you...?

36,171 posted on 10/22/2002 12:30:58 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: Sam Cree
Well, except you would never call something that looks like a soft tortilla a "cake".

Now Krumkake, Maybe! It is very sweet! and crumbly. But not sustaining, it is almost entirely suger and butter.
36,172 posted on 10/22/2002 12:31:02 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
Oh c'mon Hair. We're all a bit "off" no matter what we call things...

Heh.... You have a point!

36,173 posted on 10/22/2002 12:32:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Overtaxed
Got the pic here. Click the link for the Extended DVD review. Lots of great info and screencaps.
36,174 posted on 10/22/2002 12:34:20 PM PDT by ecurbh
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To: 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...

I think I've had that...we have some Swedish friends. They use the same sort of molds as are used for Springerle, but it does have a different consistancy and flavor. Sounds good!

36,175 posted on 10/22/2002 12:34:38 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Overtaxed
Not so much recipes as trying to discern the true nature of lembas.

Or the true essense of lembas...

I am surprised this lost art of the elves holds your interest this much! If it is food, it is interesting? - Is that it? - Even the food of the snoots? ;~D

36,176 posted on 10/22/2002 12:35:30 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; RMDupree; RosieCotton; ...
Y'all have heard the theory that lembas was an early prototype of Twinkies, haven't you...?

If Tolkein had written about Southern-Earth lembas would've been Moonpies...


36,177 posted on 10/22/2002 12:36:15 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Overtaxed
That does NOT look like lembas

Though I admit that's not really where my eyes were directed...

36,178 posted on 10/22/2002 12:37:24 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog
You guys are a bit "off" calling it a flatbread...

Yeah...I guess that's not a good word. I haven't had it rolled with a proper grooved pin, I don't think, though I seem to remember seeing one...just rolled very thin. And no sugar in the dough.

36,179 posted on 10/22/2002 12:39:10 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Sam Cree
how do you get your computer to put a slash through an "o" like the Scandinavians do?

On a Windows machine, try holding down the "Alt" key, and then type on the number pad the following: 0216 for "Ø" and 0248 for "ø". Also, on a Windows system, you can go to the Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Character Map program to see a listing of all the regular and special characters that are available.

Welcome back! Did you have a good trip?

36,180 posted on 10/22/2002 12:40:09 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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