Hobbits, Elves and Hershey Bars - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Imladrien · 02-23-2003, 12:06 PM

To add alittle seriousness to the topic, isn't chocolate a New World food, meaning it came from the Western Hemisphere? Tolkien took out a few references to New World items like tomatoes, the word 'tobacco', and even though he left 'potato' in, he generally called them "taters". So, I kinda doubt that Middle Earth had chocolate, I'm really sorry to say.
--Imladrien

02-23-2003, 12:06 PM	#5
Imladrien Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 21	To add alittle seriousness to the topic, isn't chocolate a New World food, meaning it came from the Western Hemisphere? Tolkien took out a few references to New World items like tomatoes, the word 'tobacco', and even though he left 'potato' in, he generally called them "taters". So, I kinda doubt that Middle Earth had chocolate, I'm really sorry to say. --Imladrien