Seed cake is a British cake with caraway seeds in it, it is mentioned in the the Hobbit which is why I made it in the first place. This version is based on the traditional seed cake with the addition of poppy seeds and milk instead of brandy. 250g butter1 cup sugar3 eggs3 T caraway … Continue reading Seed cake
The Queen let another drop fall from her bottle on to the snow, and instantly there appeared a round box, tied with green silk ribbon, which, when opened, turned out to contain several pounds of the best Turkish Delight. Each piece was sweet and light to the very center and Edmund had never tasted anything … Continue reading Turkish delight
For these letters it was a bit harder to come up with foods that I thought fitted them, I didn't want them all to be baked or sweet, this is what I decided on. D I decided on Danish pastry because it begins with D and I had no clear idea for what else it … Continue reading The Edible Alphabet; D, E and F
"So who does that wonderful pie you send up here sometimes, with the cheese pastry and the hot pickle layer?" "The Plowman's pie? Me, sir. My own recipe." "Really? How do you manage to get the pickled onions to stay so hard and crispy in the baking? It's just amazing!" Unseen Academicals The Plowman's pie … Continue reading Plowman’s pie
"These are for people who like to make their own words" the man in charge informed him. "You can pick any assortment you like or buy a special box complete with all letters, punctuation marks, and a book of instructions. Here, taste an A; they're very good." The Phantom Tollbooth, Chapter Four, Confusion in the … Continue reading The Edible Alphabet; A, B and C
...matters improved when someone considerately passed around water and red fruit juice, and later meatrolls. All the Weyrs of Pern, chapter 1 Redfruit, according to the Pern fan wiki, is a tree that bears a delicious red fruit which is good for quenching thirst. It likes a tropical climate so can be found in abundance … Continue reading Redfruit juice
Then Sebell handed Piemur a dried meat roll of the sort that was standard journey rations, and Piemur began to view the imminent day in a much improved frame of mind. Dragondrums, chapter 6 These are inspired by Russian piroshki which are bread buns with stew in them. Meat rolls are ubiquitous on Pern they … Continue reading Meat Rolls
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