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Found this very fun uQuiz: What Middle-earth Dish Should You Eat?

I got Athelas Tea:

Also known as ‘Sam’s Kingsfoil Brew’. Athelas/Kingsfoil was a healing herb that grew throughout Middle-earth. The herb was used throughout the books and films. Aragorn also used Athelas to ease the pain of Frodo's wound when he was stabbed by a Morgul-knife at the Weathertop camp. The scent of the leaves also calmed the minds of the other Hobbits. Aragorn used Athelas in the Houses of Healing to revive Faramir, Lady Éowyn, and the hobbit Merry. Herb-lore of Middle-Earth is mostly confined to herbs native to the Shire, records of True Athelas are scarce. However, it seems by all accounts that Mint is the closest relative. A cup of nice mint tea is as close as we can get in the real world.

I don't have any mint tea on hand, but I do have chamomile; I think I'll make myself a cup right now.

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From:

shirebound

I got this one:

Sam's Fish and Taters

In The Two Towers, Gollum and Sam argue over food preparation or do "we eats it raw and wiggling"? Sam's famous potato line "boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew" comes from this scene. This meal is inspired by both Gollum and Sam by providing fully cooked pan-seared fish and mash. One could opt for Fish 'n Chips instead.

From:

ermingarden

Delicious!

From:

elwendell

The one and only time I enjoyed mint tea was in Egypt, and I suspect it's because there was about half a pound of sugar in it. Otherwise, I hate mint tea.

From:

ermingarden

My best friend far prefers peppermint tea to all other types, so when I lived with her a couple years back we drank a pot of peppermint tea just about every night.