Video Explores The Food of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and its Significance

Here’s an interesting video created by Kristian T. Williams, which explores the different kinds of foods and drinks in the word of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth.

It dives into the various tribes, races, and cultures and how their eating habits inform the audiences of distinct personalities, and how the different forms of food connected the characters together.

“The very first act of cultural assimilation or acceptance is to parttake in each other’s culinary traditions. We even have an idiom for this. To forge bonds with new allies is to break bread with them. That is humanity in a nutshell.”

Williams also points out that several characters, such as the Hobbits and the Elves, have their own way of eating.

“Aside from their manner what is the individual food itself tell us of these people and their customs. Roast chicken, sausage, pickled mushrooms, eggs and bacon. Hobbit food is simple but plentiful with a delineation between meal times often blurring into one another, eating lavishly and continuously from Elevenses until 6:30.

“While Elven dishes, in contrast, are quite utilitarian and mostly concerned with filling you up with as little as possible completely antithetical to the lifestyle of a Hobbit.”

Check out the video below.