An Arda Recipe Book

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Baked Apples

Peel & Core apple. Place in baking bowl.
Fill applecore with
-some butter (1 or 2 tsp)
-some sugar (brown or white, a tablespoon or two or three)
-cinnamon
-a drizzle of water, just enough to dampen sugar a bit

In The Shire:
Bake in oven until the apple is soft.
At The Scotts:
Nuke for 4 or 5 minutes or until soft.

Other interesting fillings:
Nuts
Honey
Molasses
(Some say raisins, but not this hobbit.)


Cabbage and Roots:
Whatever you are adding, add the ones that will take longest to cook, first.
Chop a large onion, put into an iron pot with butter or oil, and brown quite well.
Add some garlic if you have some, and turn it golden.***
Chop and add: turnips, carrots, potatoes, beets if you like, and half a head of cabbage.
Cook til everything is tender.

***Original post said regarding the garlic: "brown it just a little." Wrong implication. Fordie recommends the word Golden; true! Dark-brown is a bad thing to do to garlic.

Bacon and Mushrooms:

Overly Simple Version:
Just like it says. In a cast Iron skillet, fry your bacon, and set aside.
Follow that with mushrooms
perhaps a bit of Old Wineyards and butter for flavor.
Defend from marauding hobbits with large spoon 'til dinner is served.

(Pepperoni and mushrooms isn't nearly as good but can be made to do in desperate straits.)

Here's Gilthalion's recipe athough I had to resort to Google to find it since the Downs was upgraded. Much that once was, has been lost, for none now live who remember it. (Anybody seen Gilthalion lately?)

Directly inspired by the account, I have melted butter in a skillet, fried bacon just a little, tossed in some chopped onion, fresh crushed garlic, a little red wine, and giant portabello mushrooms over the top.
All of this gets stirred around frequently and the mushrooms turned a couple of times, with a lid to keep the moisture in most of the time.

Another poster added:

Yep good stuff, and remeber that fresh Thyme leaves are a wonderous match with mushrooms.