[Sca-cooks] Food in Tolkien(OOP) but event related....

[Alex Clark]

At 10:14 AM 2/23/2004 +0200, Jehanne de Huguenin wrote:
>In addition to what's already been said, here's a random 
>selection.  (Luckily I've read LotR very recently, as I'm working on a 
>paper on the films.)
>The Prancing Pony feeds the hobbits hot soup, bread and cheese, cold meat, 
>blackberry tart and ale.

So apparently blackberries were still in season in Bree at the end of 
September.

>Denethor, in Minas Tirith, starves Pippin with only wine and cakes for 
>breakfast.  The soldiers, under the seige, eat bread, cheese and apples.

Old apples, harvested months before, getting a bit dry and wrinkled but not 
spoiled.

>Lembas, the way-bread of the elves, is described as "thin cakes, made of a 
>meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the 
>colour of cream."

And "One will keep a traveler on his feet for a day of long labour, even if 
he be one of the tall Men of Minas Tirith." I suppose that this means that 
each one contains over 2000 calories, at least about 250 calories of 
protein, perhaps 30 grams of fiber, and some yummy vitamins and minerals. :-)

So what time of year is this feast going to be?

Henry/Alex