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| Dreamflower's Mathoms II by Dreamflower | 12 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/5/2006 |
| LOL! Yes, Peregrin, is *everyone* packed? Are you *sure*? LOL! How wonderful to see all the hobbits so busy and happy! If only they could have just gone home and settled right in again...*sigh* A very sweet story! God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Well, at least at this point in time, they can labor under the happy delusion that it's possible, and just be glad and cheerful for a while! | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/27/2006 |
| :D So wonderful to see the hobbits bustling about the kitchen together, chatting and happy about going home, full of hopes and joy! I loved this! Author Reply: Thanks Anso! I just love hobbits in the kitchen, and they were sure to be happy that they were finally going home. | |
| Tigger | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/24/2006 |
| What a delightful little story. What's more hobbity than baking gifts and also talking about what they'll do when they get home. Only, they don't know that the War of the Ring reached The Shire and the horrible shock that is waiting for them. So bittersweet to see them talking about what they're going to do when they get back home, thinking that nothing's changed. Had to laugh at everyone knowing Pippin so well. I'm like that to a certain extent too. There's always that last minute thing I need to bring just as we're headed out the door. :oD Thanks for the recipe. I grew up w/Gingersnaps, but this is a new one for me since my Great Grandmother's calls for the dough to chill overnight and so does the majority of Gingersnap recipes I've seen. Have it written out and ready to try. What is this Shire Kitchen Recipe Fic Challenge and where can I find more stories and recipes from it? :oD Please and thank you!! Once again...Great story m'dear!! Author Reply: I'm so glad you thought the story hobbity; that's one of my favorite compliments! And yes, I did aim for just a touch of foreshadowing as they talk of home, all unknowing what awaits them. And Pippin just seems to me like a last-minute packer, just as Merry is a "way-ahead-of-time" packer (and that's canon--remember how he had everything all packed at Crickhollow?) The recipe I used was from a cookbook that pre-dated refrigerators. I daresay that chilling the dough would definitely help in rolling it out. I've only made them once, using a half-recipe, for it makes for rather a large batch. Shire Kitchen is a LiveJournal Community. Last year we had a challenge for Recipe!fics, and had seven entries; this year's challenge drew eleven. The entries for last year are in the community memories, the ones for this year have not yet been put in one spot, but they are more or less together. http://community.livejournal.com/shire_kitchen/ I also have a few other recipe!fics, "Missus Maggot's Mushrooms" and "Frodo's Cooking Lesson" were my first ones--the rest are in my anthology "Dreamflower's Mathoms I". | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/21/2006 |
| I fear I shouldn't even read this. All these delicious things ... it makes me so hungry! And how am I supposed to loose weight then? My trousers are sitting much too snug! (And the only other possibility is to buy new clothes - but that's too expensive!) Anyway, it was a very 'hobbity' chapter! I can see them bustling around in the kitchen and producing lots of delicacies! Author Reply: *chuckle* Well, I don't think *reading* about food makes you gain any calories, but I am sure that there should be some sort of rule that hobbit food doesn't count--after all--none of our lads was exactly fat, were they? I love hobbits bustling around a kitchen--it's a very hobbity thing to do, and I like to show them doing it. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| I aim to be a Merry packer but so often end up like Pippin!!! And it is years since I had a baking spree but as I live in a bed-sit I just have to read , dream and let my mouth water at the smells that are drifting out of the lap-top. I love both ginger and mint! Author Reply: I think most of us would aspire to be Merrys when we are really Pippins at heart, LOL! Ah, you know, I love to read about cooking and about recipes just as much as actually doing them! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| Well, your stories are really inspiring. It came just into my mind what Pippin might have forgotten - a double dribble, or so I hope ;-) Somewhere on the way between the White City and Edoras A party of illustrious folk is slowly riding by. Among tall soldiers, both of Rohan and Gondor Rides the King himself, deeply in conversation With four small figures. Well – three, The fourth lost in thought. Suddenly he looks up, And green eyes Show pain: “Merry?” “Pip! What’s wrong?” Another one asks. “Remember my precious pipe? Well, I am just relieved That I did not forget it. Now, if I only had some pipeweed!” The second hobbit gives a sigh of exasperation. “Peregrin Took, remember what I told you days before: Forgot something important? Well, you won’t borrow anything from me.” Author Reply: Oh my! That's adorable! You ought to post it where it will be seen, in among your own stories--no one will get to see it here! I love that! And a perfect double dribble it is, too! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| Pippin rolled his eyes. “Merry, you’ve been packed for two weeks, and have been living out of your traveling cases ever since.” LOL! That's my Merry! Maybe one reason why I like Merry so much is that in some respect he acts like I would. No, I don't pack a fortnight in advance, but soon enough and I like to have everything planned ;-) I would really like to see, if Pippin indeed forgot to pack something important. And I would love to have one or two hobbits here and show them the way to my kitchen :) Author Reply: Yes, Pippin's teasing of Merry rather fell by the way, but he was quite right. Merry does tend to anticipate, and too prepare to the inth degree. I wouldn't be surprised if Pip did forget something--he'd be reluctant to say anything if he did though, after all the teasing. | |
| Arwen of Lorien | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| Haha! Now here is something they should have put in the last movie! There I had watery eyes from the time Sam helped Frodo up the mountain all the way through to the credits. It would have been a lighthearted scene to see all four hobbits (taking out the bakers hats I was imagining, hehe.) working and laughing in the kitchen. Very cute! And the recipi! Very clever Dreamflower! Namarie & God bless! Arwen Author Reply: Well, in the movie they did not show the time the hobbits lingered in Minas Tirith before they left for home, so we can just imagine it. And the recipe is quite good! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| I can just see Merry packing a fortnight early - and Pippin ramming his things in a bag at the last minute. And Sam using tissue paper when he folds things. But a day in the kitchen is such a hobbity way to spend their last day in Minas Tirith - although the results won't last their friends long as mementoes of their time with hobbits. Author Reply: *giggle* I should say you've got them all pegged pretty well. And Frodo packing early, and thinking he's remembered everything, only to have Sam come along behind him with the items he's forgotten! I did want them to have a hobbity time, to cheerily anticipate the trip, and have fun with the baking. But you are quite right--those four will be remembered with fondness long after the gingersnaps are gone. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/20/2006 |
| A lovely, jolly, homey moment! and another recipe :) Most excellent! Author Reply: "Lovely, jolly, homey"--my favorite hobbity adjectives! I thank you so much! | |