ANON AGAIN??? why did i tlel you i was drunk, i apologize. i am making fool of self. love everything you’ve created and this little mini community, it fills my cold angry center with joy, everyone here is beautiful. good night
AWWW NONNIE, LOVELY DEAR SLIGHTLY-TANKED NONNIE.
Heh. I love everyone in this bar 😉
(me rn – and yeah, that is an apron)
i desperately DESPERATELY need a musical/musician gigolas au, I don’t mind admitting. I know shit about Band AU, bc I am a string player and a vocalist, so if it =/= orchestra or choir, i am a newborn baby deer.
BUT I WOULD READ THE SHIT OUT OF ANY MUSICAL/MUSICIAN GIGOLAS AU, I DON’T MIND TELLING YOU
Orchestra Au w lead oboist Legolas and double-bass player Gimli? Gimme.
Choir Au with bass Gimli (the only one who can keep the others in tune dammit) and soloist tenor Legolas? Gimme.
String Quartet Au with First Violinist Legolas, Second Violinist Aragorn, Violist Eomer and Cellist Gimli?
Gimme.
Barbershop Quartet Au with Bass Gimli and Lead Legolas? Gimme.
A capella Au, a nontet (9 singers) called ‘The Fellowship” GUESS WHO IS THE BARITONE, GUESS WHO SINGS TENOR
Classical soloist Au with opera countertenor Legolas and pianist (and company accompanist) Gimli? Gimme.
Stage Au with renowned bass-baritone Gimli and side-stage dresser Legolas?
Gimme.
Heck, if anyone thinks that any of these are worth looking at/investigating, you are more than welcome to em, or stick them on the 1000 Fics Gigolas challenge. DO IT! MAKE ALL THE GIGOLAS HAPPEN. ALWAYS.
I want all of this
I need a fic where Gimli and Legolas play bassoon and oboe respectively and the poor band director has to deal with the chaos in the double reeds (so many contests to see who can breathe the least!). But eventually they bond over reeds.
(The original recipe was given to Bilbo Baggins by Bombur son of Bomfur. This version has been modified slightly for Shire tastes and ingredients.)
4-6 cloves garlic – halved 1 brown onion – sliced 2 carrots – roughly chopped 2 potatoes – diced 400g mushrooms – sliced ½ cauliflower – chopped 400-500g beef – diced 3 sticks celery – roughly chopped Small bunch asparagus – sliced in short lengths A quantity of homemade beef stock – enough to fill one medium casserole dish 3 bay leaves, small bunch sage, 2 sprigs rosemary
For dumplings: 140g wholemeal plain flour Small bunch parsley, chopped 2 teaspoons baking powder Salt and black pepper to taste About 110g cold butter Cold water
Prepare stew ingredients and layer in slow cooker in order listed from garlic at the bottom to asparagus on top. Pour stock over all and tuck herbs in randomly. Cook on Low setting for 4-5 hours.
About 1 hour before you want to eat, turn slow cooker up to High. Make dumplings: Mix together flour, baking powder, parsley and seasonings. Chop butter finely and rub into dry mix using fingertips until mixture is crumbly. Then add small amounts of cold water until it forms a sticky dough. Break dough into about 8 pieces and place these on top of the stew, replacing the lid swiftly. Leave to cook for 30-40 minutes. Just before serving, remove dumplings from stew with a slotted spoon and place in serving bowls or a separate bowl.
omg Fili!!!! Ahhh, thank you! I AM SO TRYING THIS, OH I AM GONNA MAKE THIS AS WELL. And it’s such perfect wintery sort of food! Huzzah! ❤
Fun fact: I looked up the etymology of the word ‘cookie’ actually, to ensure that it wasn’t too anachronistic or dialectic to use.
It comes from the Dutch, apparently – koekje, koekie: ‘little cake’, and has been around since the 18th century. In America, what is known as a ‘cookie’ is actually known as a ‘biscuit’ in both the UK and Australia. ‘Cookies’ in parts of Scotland apparently means ‘buns’ huurrrr.
So, in Sansukh, when I use the word ‘cookie’ you can imagine either one (biscuits or buns), and you will be correct.
WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE ACTUALLY KIDDING ME. In the updated Neo-Khuzdul dictionary, there IS a word for Cookie!
Cookie (Biscuit) (singular, absolute): Kasb Cookie (Biscuit)(singular, construct state): Kasbu Cookie of all Cookies: Kasbel Cookie that is fresh: kasbith Cookies (plural, absolute): kasâb Cookies (plural, construct state): kasub Cookies (plural) that are fresh: kasbîth
how would an epitet “the great cookie thief” look like?
He/She that is a stealer (thief) [professional form]: tharabâl
(to turn it into greater/greatest, add ‘u-)
So, it becomes ‘utharabâlu kasâb (the greatest thief of cookies)… I think?
(-u at the end due to the singular genitive rule OH MY GOD I REMEMBERED THAT WITHOUT CHECKING I am getting better at this yaaaay)
Anyway. You can check it all out in the Neo-Khuzdul dictionary and docs at the Dwarrow Scholar!
Aw Yiss 