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    Post #1 - November 14th, 2011, 6:01 pm
    Post #1 - November 14th, 2011, 6:01 pm Post #1 - November 14th, 2011, 6:01 pm
    http://www.fictionalfood.net/
  • Post #2 - November 14th, 2011, 9:36 pm
    Post #2 - November 14th, 2011, 9:36 pm Post #2 - November 14th, 2011, 9:36 pm
    Ever since reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union I've been longing for a shtekeleh:

    "The Filipino-style Chinese donut, or shtekeleh, is the great contribution of the District of Sitka to the food lovers of the world. In its present form, it cannot be found in the Philippines. No Chinese trencherman would recognize it as the fruit of his native fry kettles. Like the storm god Yahweh of Sumeria, the shtekeleh was not invented by the Jews, but the world would sport neither God nor the shtekeleh without Jews and their desires. A panatela of fried dough not quite sweet, not quite salty, rolled in sugar, crisp-skinned, tender inside, and honeycombed with air pockets. You sink it in your paper cup of milky tea and close your eyes, and for ten fat seconds, you seem to glimpse the possibility of finer things." (p. 172)
  • Post #3 - November 14th, 2011, 10:26 pm
    Post #3 - November 14th, 2011, 10:26 pm Post #3 - November 14th, 2011, 10:26 pm
    I don't really have another fictional food to offer, just the happy memory of that passage and that book. Rarely have I found self-conscious virtuosity less off-putting and so delightful and well sustained over a long haul.

    I do remember as a child being fascinated by some sort of rustic cake in "Lord of the Rings" that they took with them on journeys. It seemed to suggest an oatcake or corncake. I used to cast defrosted frozen waffles in the part when I set off for the woods behind our house to play Frodo.
    "Strange how potent cheap music is."
  • Post #4 - November 14th, 2011, 11:42 pm
    Post #4 - November 14th, 2011, 11:42 pm Post #4 - November 14th, 2011, 11:42 pm
    mrbarolo wrote:I do remember as a child being fascinated by some sort of rustic cake in "Lord of the Rings" that they took with them on journeys. It seemed to suggest an oatcake or corncake. I used to cast defrosted frozen waffles in the part when I set off for the woods behind our house to play Frodo.


    Ah... lembas bread! If you Google it, you'll find many recipes that sound quite appealing.

    I suppose one of the more dreadful fictional foods would be Soylent Green...
  • Post #5 - November 15th, 2011, 12:42 am
    Post #5 - November 15th, 2011, 12:42 am Post #5 - November 15th, 2011, 12:42 am
    mrbarolo wrote:I don't really have another fictional food to offer, just the happy memory of that passage and that book. Rarely have I found self-conscious virtuosity less off-putting and so delightful and well sustained over a long haul.

    I do remember as a child being fascinated by some sort of rustic cake in "Lord of the Rings" that they took with them on journeys. It seemed to suggest an oatcake or corncake. I used to cast defrosted frozen waffles in the part when I set off for the woods behind our house to play Frodo.


    I used stroopwafels or Nutter Butter wafers (not cookies, the filled crispy dome ones), but now think Anisi Wafer Thins honey wafers are probably about right. The road goes ever on and on...
  • Post #6 - November 15th, 2011, 7:49 am
    Post #6 - November 15th, 2011, 7:49 am Post #6 - November 15th, 2011, 7:49 am
    I always thought of Cliff Bars as a type of cram.

    I had trouble reading the Brian Jacques books (Redwall, etc.) because of the sumptuous feast descriptions. I don't know what meadowcream is, but I want it!
    “Assuredly it is a great accomplishment to be a novelist, but it is no mediocre glory to be a cook.” -- Alexandre Dumas

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  • Post #7 - November 15th, 2011, 11:17 am
    Post #7 - November 15th, 2011, 11:17 am Post #7 - November 15th, 2011, 11:17 am
    Do drinks count? If so, then I've always been a fan of the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

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