Recipes From The Kitchen At Bag End

A/N: This story has a long history. Quite a while back, we were having a discussion on LJ of hobbits and hunting, or at least, I think that’s how this all got started. It’s been so long now, some of the details gave grown a bit stale. Anyway, somewhere along the line of whatever discussion we were having, I thought it would be a fun idea to have an “Iron Chef” type story with the hobbits in a cooking competition. Grey Wonderer agreed to write it for me, but due to problems with canon, and another LJ discussion regarding pet peeves and hobbits not being able to cook (I think there must certainly be a few who can’t find their way around a kitchen, though naturally they would never admit it), she eventually determined she wouldn’t be able to pull it off. So she handed the torch back to me, and I’ve been sitting on it – the story, not the torch, as that would burn quite unpleasantly – ever since. This is a far cry from “Iron Chef” but it is still a hobbit cooking contest, made of one part Young!Merry and one part Wee!Pippin, with a dash of Frodo and a sprinkling of Bagginses, Gamgees and Cottons. Pull up a chair, dig in and enjoy!


The Five Rules of Cooking
(As Learned by Peregrin Took at the Free Fair of 1396 SR)
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Just to let community members know: now that the stories are posted, the community is no longer under moderated status.

We are proud to announce shire_kitchen‘s 2008 Recipe!Fic Challenge: In a Pinch is now posted!

We have nine stories so far:

Cooking Lessons by Surgical Steel
A Taste of Home by Pearl Took
Peregrin Took, Warrior by Mums the Word 54
Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake by Cathleen
His Daily Bread by Larner
Cookies for Lily by Golden
The Invitation by Dreamflower
The Case of the Purloined Mushrooms by Inkling (The link leads to Chapter One, and a link at the bottom to the following chapters.)
Making Do by Dreamflower
The Five Rules of Cooking by Gamgeefest, Part 1
The Five Rules of Cooking by Gamgeefest, Part 2

Please feel free to post any other entries throughout today!

Title: Making Do
Rating: G
Characters: Merry, Pippin
Summary: Missing a main ingredient…what’s a hobbit to do?

Making Do ( Read more... )

Author: Inkling
Title: The Case of the Purloined Mushrooms, Chapter Five
Rating: G
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Sackville-Bagginses, Dora Baggins, Abelard Archer (OC) and various other OCs and minor canon characters
Summary: When mushrooms go missing from Farmer Broadfoot’s fields, young Frodo Baggins of Bag End is the primary suspect. Can anyone clear his name? This fic is certified 99% Angst-free and Devoid of Deep Meaning.


Chapter Five: Another Mystery Is Solved ( Read more... )

Author: Inkling
Title: The Case of the Purloined Mushrooms, Chapter Four
Rating: G
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Sackville-Bagginses, Dora Baggins, Abelard Archer (OC) and various other OCs and minor canon characters
Summary: When mushrooms go missing from Farmer Broadfoot’s fields, young Frodo Baggins of Bag End is the primary suspect. Can anyone clear his name? This fic is certified 99% Angst-free and Devoid of Deep Meaning.

Chapter Four: The Mystery Is Solved ( Read more... )

Author: Inkling
Title: The Case of the Purloined Mushrooms, Chapter Three
Rating: G
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Sackville-Bagginses, Dora Baggins, Abelard Archer (OC) and various other OCs and minor canon characters
Summary: When mushrooms go missing from Farmer Broadfoot’s fields, young Frodo Baggins of Bag End is the primary suspect. Can anyone clear his name? This fic is certified 99% Angst-free and Devoid of Deep Meaning.


Chapter Three: The Terror of Hobbiton ( Read more... )

Author: Inkling
Title: The Case of the Purloined Mushrooms, Chapter Two
Rating: G
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Sackville-Bagginses, Dora Baggins, Abelard Archer (OC) and various other OCs and minor canon characters
Summary: When mushrooms go missing from Farmer Broadfoot’s fields, young Frodo Baggins of Bag End is the primary suspect. Can anyone clear his name? This fic is certified 99% Angst-free and Devoid of Deep Meaning.

Chapter Two: My Investigation Begins ( Read more... )