[HairOfTheDog]

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'Praised be the bow of Galadriel, and the hand and eye of Legolas! ' said Gimli, as he munched a wafer of lembas. 'That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!'

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'Low,' said Merry. 'We ran off with nothing but a couple of spare packets of lembas, and left everything else behind.' They looked at what remained of the elven-cakes: broken fragments for about five meagre days, that was all. 'And not a wrap or a blanket,' said Merry. 'We shall be cold tonight, whichever way we go.'

Confusing... it is described as cake and as a wafer.....

[JenB]

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that in England, 'cake' can mean something much smaller and thinner than our American conception. Perhaps lembas looks something like a vanilla wafer?