Can you name the foods and drinks of Middle-Earth mentioned by J.R.R. Tolkien?

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Tolkien's Kitchen Quiz

by BamaMuaddib

Created Apr 25, 2011 in Literature
Featured May 16, 2011
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	deugea:	May 16th, 2011 at 17:37 GMT		10 points
	This has to be the most exhaustive list of anything I've seen on Sporcle. I love the inclusion of many, many variations of words - that helps quite a bit. Just like Tolkien himself, I can only dream of such verbose productivity. Nicely done!

	meke1231:	May 16th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT		1 point
	I couldn't get "mince-pie, mincemeat" unless I typed "mincemeat" which was frustrating---typing "mince" "mincepie" or "mince-pie" didn't seem to work.

	severian:	May 16th, 2011 at 18:25 GMT		3 points
	I don't suppose Sam Gamgee's occasional references to "noodles" (& ninnyhammers) when frustrated would count?

	PK9:	May 16th, 2011 at 19:13 GMT		6 points
	"Man-flesh" is not at least a bonus answer?

	Acronicta:	May 16th, 2011 at 20:58 GMT		6 points
	How could I forget mushrooms? Served with a shortcut, no less!

	ffi:	May 16th, 2011 at 23:07 GMT		11 points
	This quiz was (a) worth it just for the bonus answers and (b) especially interesting just after the “most-eaten livestock” quiz; I found myself really disappointed that camel wasn’t on the list.

	BamaMuaddib:	May 16th, 2011 at 23:20 GMT		3 points
	@meke1231: I cannot recall how I hypenated it before...I did try to be liberal on what I accepted but I don't have access to edit now, sorry. @severian: True, I was a little subjective in what was permissible. I just figured pasta wasn't around in Middle-Earth and the exasperation was just that. @PK9I know I took simply man, men, humans, and flesh. It must be that man-flesh was a screenplay invention or I could have overlooked it. Again, no editing capability for me now. :)

	slamb:	May 17th, 2011 at 01:08 GMT		4 points
	Didn't they eat the dead oliphants? One would feed even a family of hobbits for a week.

	chikka2:	May 17th, 2011 at 02:13 GMT		1 point
	Delicious quiz. tried ent-water, ent-liquid; of course.

	DoomRooster:	May 17th, 2011 at 02:30 GMT		1 point
	If you're going to accept both the general and specific for things, that should be noted in the instructions, not an archived comment. My wife & I missed things like 'vegetables', 'nuts' and 'liquor' because we were only putting in the specifics.

	BamaMuaddib:	May 17th, 2011 at 02:39 GMT		3 points
	Sorry, DoomRooster, I did list it there but upon publication the instructions up top were vastly shortened. Hope you enjoyed it, nonetheless.

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	beatlefan:	May 17th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		2 points
	hmm mm time for second breakfast

	Skratchez:	May 18th, 2011 at 06:21 GMT		1 point
	SPOILER Most of the four (five?) races are represented here. Also, poor Bill (the pack animal, not the troll.) Also, also the super secret password to Moria/Khazad-Dum sounds tasty.

	yellowcrayon:	May 19th, 2011 at 00:29 GMT		3 points
	It's interesting the overlaps with the "Foods Named in the Bible" quiz. Other than the occasional locust or ent-draught, there's a lot in common.

	evanslaura_17:	May 19th, 2011 at 08:54 GMT		2 points
	really good, but the answers are very specific and then there are general ones, like fruit or meat...just a bit confusing. Dumplings aren't actually eaten either, it's a reference to how Wil Whitfoot looked after he was covered in white dust

	neilmod:	May 19th, 2011 at 13:39 GMT		1 point
	Realize you can't change it now, but pipeweed (or Longbottom Leaf) might have been a good bonus answer . . .

	Cryptus:	May 19th, 2011 at 18:30 GMT		0 points
	Any reason why 'orc drink' gets you orc draught, but 'ent drink' doesn't get you ent draught?

	BamaMuaddib:	May 20th, 2011 at 00:30 GMT		1 point
	@evanslaura_17: fair play. If you look in the archived comments I did give some instruction around general/specific, but it is hard to see now. On dumplings, you are right--my logic here was something like: 1) can the item be eaten? 2) is the item mentioned during a time a character is hungry or about to eat a meal? 3) is it reasonable to assume food item would have existed based on Middle-Earth technology? I hope some combination of 2/3 are right, and if so, it was included. This is why heather makes the cut but noodles do not, etc. Hope you enjoyed all the same :)

	BamaMuaddib:	May 20th, 2011 at 00:41 GMT		3 points
	@cryptus: while I know the quiz has its flaws, I did try to include book terms as alternates when possible. The orc-liquor is never really given an official name, so I was very forgiving there. Conversely, ent-draughts are clearly identified as such and are memorable in both text and film. Both the online Encyc. of Arda and Robert Foster's Complete Guide to Middle-Earth have entries for ent-draughts with no alternate name. Maybe it was restrictive of me, but I was trying to be logical.

	jefe_:	May 22nd, 2011 at 22:38 GMT		2 points
	I see strawberr, blackberr, raspberr etc are accepted; could you just accept the -berry ending (and other singulars of plurals, as applicable)? It doesn't always take when it's typed quickly.

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	BamaMuaddib:	May 28th, 2011 at 00:40 GMT		2 points
	Rather than voting down basically every comment, wouldn't it have been more constructive to voice your grievance(s) and rate the quiz?

	Dolphin12310:	Oct 18th, 2011 at 14:36 GMT		1 point
	I got honey, and I got cake, but I didn't get honey-cake. XD Shame on me. This was so much fun! Very very hard, but fun! I was having more luck with the bonus answers than the real ones! And kudos to whoever found all those. Where is coffee mentioned? XD I was specifically not typing it in because I was sure it wouldn't be there. Gah....

	hens162:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 19:07 GMT		1 point
	finished with 2:34 to go whoops

	Kredstarr:	Jan 31st, 2012 at 09:49 GMT		1 point
	ilove this one. cant seem to stop playing it.

	telcontar40371:	Dec 18th, 2012 at 05:53 GMT		1 point
	loved the bonus answers