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

Bill Ferny · 02-23-2003, 02:13 PM

Things you definitely wouldn't find in a typical medieval setting:

chocolate
coffee
tea
potatoes
rice
spaghetti (not even in Italy)
noodles
tomatoes
squash
baking powder
gelatin
baking soda

Middle-Earth is not a typical medieval setting.

Stuff found in Middle-Earth but not in a typical medieval setting:

waistcoats
golf
hobbit holes
orcs/orc-men/ents/elves/dwarves/hobbits
paper
silverware
clear glass
potatoes
coffee
tea
limbas
mithril
tobacco (?)
various beasts, including but not limited to giant talking spiders and pond monsters
etc.

I don't see any reason why there wouldn't be chocolate in Middle-Earth, or for that matter, opium, if there is coffee and tobacco (if you believe pipe weed is tobacco, of course). After eating unsweetened cake, I'd rather like to believe that hobbits had chocolate and an abundance of sugar.

[ February 23, 2003: Message edited by: Bill Ferny ]

02-23-2003, 02:13 PM	#7
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 390	Things you definitely wouldn't find in a typical medieval setting: chocolate coffee tea potatoes rice spaghetti (not even in Italy) noodles tomatoes squash baking powder gelatin baking soda Middle-Earth is not a typical medieval setting. Stuff found in Middle-Earth but not in a typical medieval setting: waistcoats golf hobbit holes orcs/orc-men/ents/elves/dwarves/hobbits paper silverware clear glass potatoes coffee tea limbas mithril tobacco (?) various beasts, including but not limited to giant talking spiders and pond monsters etc. I don't see any reason why there wouldn't be chocolate in Middle-Earth, or for that matter, opium, if there is coffee and tobacco (if you believe pipe weed is tobacco, of course). After eating unsweetened cake, I'd rather like to believe that hobbits had chocolate and an abundance of sugar. [ February 23, 2003: Message edited by: Bill Ferny ] __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.