Writer Pays Tribute to His Late Father With a 14-Course Lord of the Rings Marathon Meal
To commemorate the anniversary of his father’s death, UK writer Nate Crowley decided to get together with one of his friends and have a Lord of the Rings movie marathon. But he wouldn’t simply be binging the three, epic, hours-long films, he’d also be binging food. To really do his old man proud, Crowley took the viewing party up another level by creating a 14-course menu so that he and his pal would be eating in parallel with characters on screen.
So at 6am, @Glitter_brawl & I are going to start a back to back marathon of the 3 LOTR films (long versions), and I've prepared a 14 course 'meal' to reflect what gets eaten on screen. Dad died a year ago, and this seemed by far the most reasonable way to commemorate that.
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
Crowley certainly did not cut any corners in creating this one-of-a-kind culinary experience. He made sure to list all of the food enjoyed by hobbits, elves, dwarves and even orcs over the course of the beloved trilogy. The hilarious list accounted for all the eating in the Lord of the Rings movies, including second breakfast, ‘Denethor’s grim dinner,’ and something called an ‘orc power drink.’ He even made ‘lembas bread,’ though hopefully, he didn’t make too much, as the elvish snack famously makes one feel full after just one bite.
Here's the menu, which is based entirely of my rough memory of the key eating scenes in LOTR. Feel free to follow along if you like. LET'S GO pic.twitter.com/IDAbJtdy9V
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
Over the course of the marathon, Crowley continued to post pictures of every single one of his LOTR-themed creations, showing off his unique interpretations.
We just saw a hobbit scarf a cake onscreen, so it's time to begin breakfast pic.twitter.com/ymffGcCKYQ
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
Some of the meals were nice and easy, like a handful of carrots.
Bacon and mushrooms are on. Just saw peter jackson eating a raw carrot onscreen so better have these pic.twitter.com/VRNoEPnnas
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
Some were a bit more heavy (literally and metaphorically), like having to eat this meat-based version of a dead orc.
L O O K S L I K E M E A T ' S B A C K O N T H E M E N U B O Y S pic.twitter.com/fFWUj8wvUe
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
He even managed to find some coneys and boil ’em, mash ’em, and stick ’em in a stew.
It's brace of coneys time, so we are having a brace of (very small) rabbit stews, plus taters cooked three ways – boiled, mashed, and stuck in a stew pic.twitter.com/LUaxGYPFfe
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
Crowley and his friend were probably about ready to enter a food coma by the time they finished up their third movie, but Crowley said that overstuffing himself with multiple types of meat was a perfect way to honor his dad.
(And because it wouldn't be LOTR without multiple endings, thanks to everyone who joined in today: my friends, you bow to no one. Dad would be delighted to see just how much meat we've put back on everyone's menu today x)
— Regular Frog (@FrogCroakley) February 18, 2018
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