My entry for @tolkien-food-week Beleg and Túrin cottagecore, domestic fluff, hurt/comfort🥣

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Wonderful !

Elrond eats porridge with dry salted fish and nuts for breakfast, every single day without exception for centuries. Celebrían wonders, at the start of their marriage, and asks him why he eats this. Elrond shrugs "I don't know, it tastes comforting somehow." and they leave it at this, even if Celebrían refuses to kiss Elrond until he's brushed his teeth after breakfast because she likes her porridge full of honey and seasonal berries, like a person of refined taste. Elrond teases her for her sweet tooth, she teases him for his ungodly taste in food.

Until Celebrían has to Sail and leave everything she's ever known behind. Her uncle awaits for her at the dock, and she lets herself be coddled by her grandparents and distant relatives. Nothing feels comforting, like home. And one day, Finrod brings her to a tower far north, where one of his friends live. "She will understand you, help you." he says, and Celebríand chooses to believe him.

Elwing is sharp mannered and gentle at the same time. She doesn't treat Celebrían like she's made of glass, immediately involves her in the daily life. In the morning, Elwing makes breakfast, and places a bowl of porridge with dried fish and nuts in front of Celebrían. It tastes strange and yet comforting and, for the first time since she Sailed, Celebrían feels home. "Elrond eats his porridge just like that." she says. "He doesn't know why but it comforts him."

Elwing smiles.

Meássë made herself comfortable at her lord’s table. She took the seat to his right, the place of high honour, and one she had always been invited to make use of when a member of the royal family was not in attendance.

What an atmospheric piece! I shall re-read it the next time I'm hungry but do not have the energy to cook, and I know I'll be fed 😉

Day 6 - Sweets / Dwarven realms Hobbits part... 3!!!

look as the local Hobbits Enjoyer at this point i'm just continuing the bit 😆 no actual headcanons, just tea and baked goods and vague associations ❤️

as your local Tea Georg and also as your local cookie dough technique opinion haver, today we are going to be baking a recipe of my own invention!!

London Fog Sugar Cookies

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What a peculiar, interesting recipe. Thank you for sharing it with us OP! I suppose many of us will want to try that. 🍪🍪🍪

for @tolkien-food-week day 6 - sweets/dwarven realms

"On the road and missing everyone" lembas pudding

!! Absolutely untested recipe - I'm not responsible for what my elf makes up when she's eating her sorrows away. Please refer to your favorite mug cake recipe for an equivalent.

[oc] eilian is mine, címrë is @ola-the-clown's

Oh this is precious OP

Diane, clear my schedule. I’m attempting a recipe that says “prep time: 15 minutes.”

"Spread across the main table were all the traditional celebratory dwarven food. Roasted pork knuckles, beef joints, lamb shoulders, stuffed with earthy herbs and glistening with juices and fat, laid among plates of corn ribs, lightly charred vegetables doused in gravy, and potatoes cooked in just about every way imaginable. At the centre, circled by all the other plates, laid what used to be a whole pig, its dismantled state showcased just how long the feast had been well-underway. Mead and wine flowed freely, and the guests were not shy to take advantage. Everything about the scene were exactly what one would expect of a dwarven celebration fit for the wedding of their Prince. "

This feast scene is a taste from bound by duty, a multiples chapter WIP fic by @a-sweet-potato-63 . It's an arranged mariage AU in the RoP universe between Durin and Elrond.

Mind the tags some chapters are rated E

🤍🤍🤍 thanks so much for the shoutout!!! I'm so sorry about being woefully out of the loop for this event, especially as I had been super excited for it as a foodie! But alas, life has really been catching up with me lately 🥲

In honour of Tolkien Food Week, have another little snippet, this time from my WIP who is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary 🥲 It's not exactly Dwarven Realm per se, but hopefully relevant enough for Day 6 😀

"Breakfast was another luxurious spread of pastries, cakes, sweetbread with an assortment of jam and honey and butter, and fresh fruit. Durin nibbled at a cautious selection, not wanting to be rude. But he had never been one to have a sweet tooth — not like Elrond — and it was not the kind of breakfast his dwarven constitution was used to. There was a distinct lack of savoury options, and, more importantly, meat, the kind they’d have in the morning back in Khazad-dûm, dry-roasted pork piled onto porridge and bread rolls with thick layers of pate slathered on. At the very thought, Durin felt a pang deep in his stomach as he gnawed wistfully on a wedge of orange."

not even JRR Tolkien, who famously developed the concept of the Secondary World and firmly believed that no trace of the Real World should be evoked in the fictional world, was able to remove potatoes from his literature. this is a man who developed whole languages and mythologies for his literary world, who justified its existence in English as a translation* simply because he was so miffed he couldn't get away with making the story fully alien to the real world. and not even he, in extremis, was so cruel as to deny his characters the heavenly potato. could not even conceive a universe devoid of the potato. such is its impact. everyone please take a moment to say thank you to South Americans for developing and cultivating one of earth's finest vegetables. the potato IS all that. literally world-changing food. bless.

This seems relevant to our subject

Please do 🧡

And also yeah. Your day is crack day!.🧡

Tolkien Food Week - Hazelnut Treats

Tolkien Food Week 2025 Day 6: sweets | Dwarven realms

Hazelnut Treats [Thorin & Dís in Ered Luin) - AO3 link.

Recipe here.

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Sorry to read that you are not feeling so well @tamilhobbit , can i point to you the chicken soup of day 1 to help you get better?

Joking aside, get well soon and thank you for taking the time to share this with us💊💊💊

Day 6 of @tolkien-food-week : Sweets/Dwarven Realms

Durondisa one shot by makeshiftdraco

Rating: Explicit

Fandom: The Rings of Power/Lord of the Rings

Pairing: Disa/Durin/Elrond

Status: Complete

Description:

When Durin and Elrond refuse to settle their quarrel, Disa takes matters into her own hands. She knows the surest way to soften her husband's heart is something sweet...especially when the dessert makes such a tempting mess of a certain Half-elf...

(Check tags on AO3 for smut related tags)

Oh this is gonna be so GOOD 🫠

As they said, mind the tags people 😉

Tolkien Food Week Day 6 - Sweets

Merry and Pippin's "You've Been In Farmer Maggot's Crop" Baked Oatmeal

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Continuing in the spirit of "we use what we have", I wanted to use up some carrot and apple in a sweet dish today. I had thought of making pancakes, but somewhere along the way I changed my mind and decided on baked oatmeal instead 😋 I added a banana and vanilla extract to make this dish naturally sweet without using actual sugar. I'm so pleased with how it turned out; tasty, nutritious and of course, suitable for second breakfast.

Method for 2 small portions (or 1 big one if you're a hobbit) below the cut. Measurements might be a little off as I kinda made this up as I went along 😅

Oatmeal sweetened by fruit and vegetables instead of sugar seems very middle-earthy! OP

Day 6 - sweets / Dwarven realms

I thought very hard about this. I love dwarves. Played often as one in DnD, loved them in the hobbit and love to pieces Gimli in LOTR.

So, what would my beloved people love to eat as sweets?

Of course, someone would think : rock candy… That seems possible if a bit cliché. I have a recipe, but it was more to show kids how cristals can grow (we have one for salt as well) and I will share it with you (if you want to have fun at home). Home made Rock Candy

As we saw in the Hobbit they seem to love eating, a lot and pretty much everything. Remind me a lot about hobbits by the way. So I thought about something I love to bake, because I am closer to be a dwarf than any other races in LOTR.

So, here you go, not with one but two recipes. I am linking the video I found them on. And, believe me, I use those recipe A LOT.

Cinnamon rolls video and the recipe.

Kolache video and recipe. You have both version, savory and sweet.

Am I lazy to not rewrite the recipe? Yes. Probably. But I also love the music in the video for the cinnamon rolls AND Ethan is such a fun guy to watch cook (but not a dwarf). And, I say it again, not only are those recipes among my favorite, but my kids love them really really much.

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🍬 LOL rock candy what a brillant idea! 🍬

Also, a kolache store arrived in my city not to long ago so ive heard of it but not tasted it atm. I'll do it and also compare to your recipe!