Comment More research needed (Score 1) 214
Are we sure this just isn't a grilled cheese sandwich that looks like it has Noah's face on it?
Comment "Whilst" (Score 1) 768
Can we just get back to saying "while" instead of using its pretentious trendy douchey variant? Sure, if you're British, and you use it regularly, fine. Otherwise, get over yourself.
Submission + - Medium Rare And Back Again: A cookbook featuring food from the world of Tolkien (kickstarter.com)
AssFace writes: ""Have you ever dreamed of what Bilbo's pork pies actually taste like? Does Sam's coney stew sound wonderful? Do you share Gollum's affection for sushi-grade fish? If Balrogs had wings, what would they taste like?"
A Kickstarter where someone wants to create a cookbook (and more — see the link) based on Tolkien's Hobbit/LoTR series.
Also a write-up/interview over on Wired."
A Kickstarter where someone wants to create a cookbook (and more — see the link) based on Tolkien's Hobbit/LoTR series.
Also a write-up/interview over on Wired."
Submission + - Kickstarter to Fund Middle-Earth Cookbook (wired.com)
cgpoirier writes: "We all know hobbits love their breakfast. And their second breakfast. And elevenses. And lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. Shire grub seems largely inspired by traditional British items like scones and jam, sausages, mushrooms, whipped cream and berries, seed cakes, bread, cheese, fruits, and of course ale — food that Tolkien himself loved to eat.
Then there’s more esoteric fare from other corners of Tolkien’s world, like lembas, an elvish “waybread” much like cowboy hardtack. A few nibbles of lembas and an elf, dwarf or Númenórean could be sustained for days on the tough road to his or her next quest.
But how, exactly, might you make all that Middle-earth food here on Regular-earth?
A fellow in Arlington, Massachusetts, is eager to find out. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign to answer such questions as: What ingredients went into Bilbo’s pork pies? What did Sam’s coney stew contain? (Hint: rabbits.) And, and I quote from the Kickstarter website, “If Balrogs had wings, what would they taste like?”"
Then there’s more esoteric fare from other corners of Tolkien’s world, like lembas, an elvish “waybread” much like cowboy hardtack. A few nibbles of lembas and an elf, dwarf or Númenórean could be sustained for days on the tough road to his or her next quest.
But how, exactly, might you make all that Middle-earth food here on Regular-earth?
A fellow in Arlington, Massachusetts, is eager to find out. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign to answer such questions as: What ingredients went into Bilbo’s pork pies? What did Sam’s coney stew contain? (Hint: rabbits.) And, and I quote from the Kickstarter website, “If Balrogs had wings, what would they taste like?”"
Comment And the TED talk guy screamed while cornering... (Score 1) 151
EHRMAGERDES!
Comment Re:I don't follow.... (Score 1) 639
Because dickery is less well-regarded than equivalent counterdickery.
Comment Re:I blame (Score 1) 576
Maybe you should look up the difference between "tempo" and "meter".
Comment Re:No kidding (Score 4, Funny) 172
"Single player MMOs"? Derp?
Comment Re:Just like a slashdot poll (Score 1) 602
Oh, fine. You and your technicalities ;)
Comment Re:Just like a slashdot poll (Score 1) 602
Staying out of jail is not one of my motivations.
Then turn yourself in already, you ninny!
Comment Straw man much? (Score 2) 557
Nobody has a "love affair" with the QWERTY keyboard. It's just the de facto standard since it's been used for ages. Dumb headline.
Comment Re:Are we to take this seriously? (Score 1) 515
Maybe the "old dog" graduated 5th grade and knows that the phrase is "should have" and not "should of".
Comment Re:Impossible (Score 1) 305
Asimov dealt with that exact issue in The Robots of Dawn.
Comment Re:Impossible (Score 1) 305
You haven't read Asimov either, have you?
Comment Re:Impossible (Score 5, Informative) 305
If you'd actually read Asimov, you'd know that emotional and financial harm would both have fallen under the same First Law umbrella as physical harm, in his canon.
