LOTR Movie Marathon Food

All images on this page cropped from photos by Walter. Click any image to see the original. Iain also took some pics but I don't think he's uploaded yet.

Above: My "Eye Of Sauron" cookies for the Lord Of The Rings movie marathon yesterday when we watched all three extended versions of the LOTR movies in one day. The orange pupils are so messy because I ended up having to smear on the orange icing with a knife.


After watching the trilogy again, I realize i should have made the eyeball orange-flamey and the PUPIL white -- I'll know better for next time. :-)

Thanks for all your suggestions about LOTR food. Sadly, there aren't many (any) ethnic food stores in our neighbourhood, so I had to abandon the idea of using anything exotic.



For lembas bread, I used this recipe and wrapped the bread in collard leaves, the closest thing I could find to mallorn leaves on short notice. The bread looked great but tasted pretty bland; I'll probably try another recipe next time, or use honey-butter instead of just butter, as suggested by Erin (@Samwisegirl12).

I was happy with how Gimli's Seedcake turned out (sorry, I forgot to take a photo). Easy recipe, and the resulting bread-like cake makes good snacking. I might use a variation of this recipe for the lembas bread next time.


When I got tired of decorating Eye of Sauron sugar cookies, I turned the cookies into Mallorn Leaf sugar cookies and Crazy Eye Of Sauron sugar cookies instead. Also made Farmer Giles Of Ham-burger Soup and Rosie's Carrot Cake. I decorated the top of the cake with an attempt at the JRR Tolkien symbol:



As for the watching all three movies in one day, Jeff and I both found that the time didn't seem all that long. I still bawled at the same places, loved the characters, wished for more. Yes, the trilogy has its share of flaws but I still LOVED it. :-)

Other attendees: Walter, Reid, Iain, Craig, Scott, Ruth and Kaarel. You can see some photos in Walter's Flickr set. :-)

Speaking of LOTR, today is J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday!

Comments

[Gary McGath]

Evil Eyeball cookies. Yum!

[Joanna]

Awesome! I love LOTR movie marathons, they're the best. Extended Editions, I hope? :-) Now I want me some eye of Sauron cookies...

[Bob Bruhin]

Sure is a long time since Waiting for Frodo... the world is totally different.