#BOIL EM MASH EM STICK EM I A STEW

[autistook]

My friend is finally back in Finland after like 6 months and LOOK WHAT SHE BROUGHT ME AS A SOUVENIER

#lotr #she knows me #we worked together and we were work besties #we worked in a restaurant and whenever we had potatoes we did the whole PO-TA-TOES?! boil em mash em stick em in a stew!!!! routine #also as a birthday present she gave me a bag of potatoes #and in return i gave her a gift and as a card a pic of boromir going IT IS A GIFT #lord of the rings #the lord of the rings

[scottishoctopus]

Just wanted to say that I adore your blog, it brings a smile to my face whenever I see your posts! You seem like a really cool person and so I was wondering - would you be interested in becoming mutuals? <3 Asking as a seagull because I'm shy. *flies away*

Thank you and for your lovely words! I'm very happy to know that you enjoy my posts so much, that brings a smile onto my face! :D

Sure thing we could become mutuals! Just send a message my way, don't worry I'm not intimidating or grumpy like Davy Jones!

*insert scene of Davy grumbling bitterly in the background*

#[answered] #[mun answers] #gotta head off to bed now as im pretty exhausted from work today but at least tomorrow is my last day before i have my days off to relax! #and write lots of good davy stuff with movies playing in the background #i might give the lord of the rings trilogy another binge watch as i just finished listening to the 1981 broadcast of it #and it had the lovely bill nighy voicing as samwise gamgee!!! and he was amazing! #let me tell you when he started talking about potatoes to gollum in that scene during the two towers i burst out laughing #because all i could think of was davy jones saying PO TA TOES #BOIL EM MASH EM STICK EM IN A STEW UH #it was such a great broadcast i definitely need to listen to it again sometime #ian holm was voicing frodo which was incredible since he plays as older bilbo in the peter jackson movies! #but saruman's voice actor took me a while to get used to because christopher lee's voice was so perfect #anyway that was me fangirling about lord of the rings ill be headed off to bed while davy plays the pipe organ XD #thank you for the ask again grey seagull!

[hedonicghost]

Costco is a warzone

some of our live reactions from inside the war:

#✨ #actuallyartiscorbin #not art #thank god for the group chat supporting us am i right #anyway boil em mash em is us and stick em in a stew is our gf obv

[lord-twig]

Lembas bread part four (4)

#aesthetic #politics #lembas bread #lotr #boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew #i am no man #grond grond grond #one bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man

[residentmiddlechild]

What IS the best form potatoes can take??

(From this ask game)

ma'am you can't just ask me to pick?? like they're also perfect i can't choose, why would you make me choose-

It's hashbrowns. But that's tied with French fires because they're just uncut hashbrowns.

#from an ask game #potatoes my beloved #boil em mash em stick em in a stew #i love them #potatoes #asks #ask #my asks

[calliopechild]

It’s Sunday night and I’m living my best life by going ham on a box of Wheat Thins while ignoring my homework trawling through Etsy for LOTR things to put on my wishlist/buy myself eventually.

#why yes i DO need a shirt of the nazgul with a sword through his face that says 'girl power' #yes i DO need a 'PO-TA-TOES *boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew*' cutting board #AND a 'speak friend and enter' welcome mat AND a gorgeous handmade wooden clock with the hobbit mealtimes around the edge #'gee calli that's some nerd-ass shit' you're damn right it is! #i'm a grown-ass woman and my money is mine to give to whom i will #life's too short not to buy dorky fandom stuff that makes your brain happy #also it's a great way to screen for plebs who a. have never seen lotr or b. are too boring to wear fun shirts #i am cringe but i am free

[messfc]

do you think of sam every time you eat potatoes or are you normal

#po-ta-toes boil em mash em stick em in a stew #literally the only thing that goes through my head #anyway i had shredded potatoes with eggs and cheese for breakfast and i just know he would love it #lotr

[cimeriansparrow]

The siren call of just about any form of potato at any given point in my day is almost too much to endure

#I'm hungry #french fries #baked potato #potato chips #potato wedges #mashed potatoes #I'm just like dolly parton fr #I've never met a spud i didn't like #food #potatoes #my post #boil em mash em stick em in a stew #mmm potato soup #mmmm soup

[spacebarsidecar]

anything is tea if you boil it long enough

#tea #food #the n #oh lol i used hashtag to mean number ill learn how the site does eventually #anyway lord of the rings #amount of times our kitchen stated #boil em mash em stick em in a stew #today was truly beautiful

[knockoffstarchbrackets]

I have perpherally enjoyed Starch Madness from afar

(I don't have instagram. Also I feel like part of the fun might lie in actually getting to taste the foods, but we'll ignore that for the sake of the almighty POLL)

So why not bring it to tumblr?

(I have no affiliation with Serious Eats and this is a Knockoff Starch Bracket; it is not in fact pretending to be Starch Madness)

Watch this space.

#food #carbs #potatoes #pasta #rice #starchy vegetables #starch #po tay toes #boil em mash em stick em in a stew #tumblr bracket #tournament #bracket tournament #have I ever run one of these before? no!

[butchboromir]

all my haters become taters when i boil ‘em, mash ‘em, and stick ‘em in the stew of success - samwise gamgee

#lotr #i’m tagging this post. because i think it is good

[lotstradamus]

do you have some favourite go-to recipes? i would love any of your recommendations!! xx

we eat the same few things on rotation in our house, as I do all the cooking, and I like a) one-pot meals, and b) pasta, preferably. most of these are fairly low effort but you get a lot of bang for your buck flavour-wise, and they're endlessly customisable!

also, listen, I don't do measurements. follow your heart and taste as you go.

the tiktok viral baked feta pasta from like 4 years ago ingredients: plum or cherry tomatoes, a block of feta (or boursin if you're feeling flush), garlic, pasta optional extras: spinach, cannellini beans, chili crisp recipe: whack your tomatoes, sliced garlic, and olive oil in a big dish. nestle your feta in there. I like to add a tin of drained cannellini beans at this point to bulk it out/cut down on the pasta/make the texture confusing, but you don't have to. stick it in the oven at like 180-200C for half an hour ish. after half an hour boil your pasta. retrieve your oven dish, stir everything up to desired consistency (I'm a chunk girl). you can add spinach while you do this for extra greenery, or a massive spoonful of chili crisp for heat and crunch, but it's good on its own. add the pasta and some pasta water if you need. voila. you simply cannot go wrong.

gochujang and hummus pasta ingredients: gochujang (this keeps forever in the fridge so it's a good kitchen investment), a tub of hummus, garlic, white onion, parm optional extras: parsley recipe: chop onion and garlic, sling them in a pan with butter and a splash of EVOO. when the onion is sufficiently sweaty and nice, add a dollop of gochujang (the bigger the dollop the spicier the end result) and stir it all in, followed by the whole tub of hummus. boil the pasta. add the cooked pasta to the pan, along with some pasta water, a shit load of grated parm, and garnish with parsley. my friend sent me a vegan version of this recipe about a year ago and I've made the non-vegan version roughly once a week since. it is so fucking delicious. butter bean thing ingredients: butter beans, garlic, red onion, tomato paste, cream/double cream/greek yog, lemon, sourdough/nice crusty bread optional extras: parsley recipe: throw chopped garlic and onion in a pan with butter and EVOO and really let them sweat it out. add tinned butter beans WITH THE JUICE. yes, I know. add in a few good squirty piles of tomato paste and stir, then let it all heat through. at this point start toasting your crusty bread of choice because I ALWAYS forget until the end and then I'm rushed. I recommend splurging for the good bread, slathered with melty butter. add whatever creamy thing you have to hand (the og recipe I saw said double cream, but I usually have greek yoghurt in and that does the job) to the beans, along with some lemon juice, garnish with parsley if you like and serve. use the bread as a giant spoon. you are welcome.

sausage soup/stew? casserole?? ingredients: celery, white onion, carrot, sausage/s, cherry tomatoes, tinned tomatoes, chicken broth, parm optional extras: creamy thing of your choice, spinach, orzo recipe: dice the celery, carrot and onion (mirepoix!), and throw it in a big big big pot with some EVOO. now: I get a pack of nice sausages and either mash or chop them depending on how much energy I have, but if you live somewhere with a butcher or whatever you can save your mashing arm and just get ground sausage. throw in the ground, mashed, or chopped sausage and cook for a bit. follow with a tin of chopped tomatoes and chicken broth. I usually put in about a litre. chop the cherry toms and toss them in. follow with a load of grated parm. if you have any parm rinds, throw em in and leave it to bubble away. this doesn't sound like much but it is so good. the longer you leave it the more flavourful it will be! towards the end I like to add in whatever creamy thing is in the fridge (double cream, greek yog, milk), along with lots of chopped spinach and a cup of orzo to really bulk it up. we can happily live on this for DAYS, especially if we have leftover fancy crusty bread from the gochujang pasta. oh and remember to take out the parm rind.

thai chicken curryish ingredients: chicken (thigh/breast), garlic, ginger, yellow peppers, spring onion, cashew nuts, rice, coconut milk, chicken broth optional extras: sriracha, coriander recipe: I love this one cos it is SO quick and SOOOO easy. cut chicken into chunks and brown it in the pot. whip it back out and throw in the chopped garlic and ginger (I have a tube of ginger paste in the fridge cos WHO has the time?) with a big glug of EVOO, then a cup of rice. jasmine works, but I've also used risotto rice. toss in the chopped peppers, spring onion and cashew nuts (if I have the energy I'll chop the nuts, but you can put em in as-is), then add coconut milk (a tin's amount, be that an actual tin or some of the melted stuff that costs 1/4 of the price - thanks Asian supermarket!) and chicken broth. put the browned chicken back in, give it all a stir, cover it, and stick it in the oven for like 25ish mins. here’s the NYT recipe if you need liquid measurements/an actionable recipe that isn’t me riffing. (as always, 12ft.io/ in front of the address to bypass the paywall.) serve it with sriracha squirted all over it (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) and coriander if you like it.

delicious little rice waffle ingredients: leftover jasmine rice, chili crisp, an egg, kewpie mayonnaise, sesame oil, spring onion, A WAFFLE MAKER optional extras: furikake recipe: full disclosure, you need a little waffle maker for this. mix the rice with chili crisp, a little sesame oil, and egg yolk. dollop it into the waffle maker and cook. garnish with kewpie mayo, sliced spring onion and some furikake if you have it, or just toasted sesame seeds if you have those, or neither! delicious little spicy umami snack, my beloved.

tuna melt of dreams ingredients: you know what's in a tuna melt recipe: swap the butter on the outside of the bread for kewpie mayonnaise and thank me later.

ADDENDUM: this goes without saying for me but sadly I know it does not for everybody: SEASON YOUR FOOD WITH SALT. IT WON'T MAKE YOUR FOOD SALTY IT WILL MAKE IT DELICIOUS. COOK YOUR PASTA IN SALT. WHEN IN DOUBT, ADD SOME SALT. THANK YOU.

#these are our staples #every so often I will come home with a bunch of new recipes and try them all and add some to rotation #Bon Appetit's dan dan pappardelle was a fixture last year cos it is SO FUCKIN TASTY but also a bit of a faff to make #SEND ME ALL YOUR EASY BREEZY ONE POT RECIPES!!! #THANKS!!! #answered #this was fun thanks

[sillylotrpolls]

Tumblr's second-favorite member of the Fellowship, Sam has so many good lines I didn't want to use even one spot for "other" so if I missed your favorite (and it wouldn't surprise me if I did), just put it in the notes.

Yeah, I mixed book and movie quotes. Deal with it. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

#lotr #lord of the rings #sam #samwise gamgee #poll #polls

[lord-twig]

Lembas bread part one (1)

#lotr #lembas bread #politics #i am no man #grond grond grond #aesthetic #boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a stew

[animentality]

#polls #samwise gamgee #lotr #lord of the rings

[yourplayersaidwhat]

Can I use my knife to peel these potatoes we found in the dungeon and put them on the campfire and then use grease to make chips?

Absolutely not! They're potatoes - boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew! :P

#suckitouttathejar #ask the dm