Wake Me Up // Multi-Fandom

So I had a bit of free time and finished up this video I've been working on for a while!

It's a multi-fandom video to Avicii's "Wake Me Up." Fandoms include: Doctor Who, Supernatural, Sherlock, Merlin, Star Trek, Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit, Les Miserables, the Avengers, and the Hunger Games.

Hobbit Day (Year 2)

Following the success of Hobbit Day last year, my family and I decided to do Hobbit Day again this year. That means 7 meals during the day, each one with Hobbit-ish food. The meals were smaller than regular meals, and were all made by me.

7:30 am : First Breakfast: cinnamon bread, green peppers, tomato(es), doughnut halves, water, and juice

9:00 am : Second Breakfast : seed cake, crackers, cheese spread/spray, whipped cream, fruit, water

11:00 am : Elevensies : nut mix, crackers, cut cheese, cucumbers, cookies, dinner rolls, water

1:00 pm : Luncheon : pasta salad, nut mix, ham/turkey sandwiches, juice

4:00 pm : Afternoon Tea : tea, root beer floats, cinnamon bread, seed cake, cookies

6:00 pm : Dinner : pie and shakes

8:00 pm : Supper : pasta salad, dinner rolls, ham/turkey wraps, water

In greater detail:

First Breakfast

Originally we were slated to have toast and jam, but a last-minute doughnut purchase replaced the toast. The green peppers and tomato were left over from the pasta salad. The cinnamon bread was store-bought for convenience.

Second Breakfast

More of a fruit-based meal, second breakfast featured strawberries, grapes, and bananas, to be eaten with whipped cream. We used the spread cheese we had on hand to compliment the crackers. The seed cake was made using the traditional recipe here, and turned out very well.

Elevensies

We had more crackers for elevensies, though this time they were joined by cucumber slices and several types of cut cheese. We also had a nut-M&M-raisin trail mix, lightly buttered dinner rolls, and sugar cookies. 

Luncheon

For the main course, I made two sandwiches (one ham and one turkey, both with lettuce, pickles, cheese, and a tad bit of butter) and cut them into quarters. Again we had nut trail mix. We also had a large bowl of pasta salad made using the recipe here. I used rotini pasta, provolone cheese, pepperoni, cherry tomato halves/quarters, green peppers, and zesty Italian dressing.

Afternoon Tea

Since we had a surplus of root beer on our hands, we decided to forgo the tea and instead have root beer floats. Another option for the wintry months would have been hot chocolate. We ate some more seed cake, cinnamon bread, and sugar cookies.

Dinner

Dinner was planned to be BBQ beef sandwiches with dinner rolls and possibly some potatoes. The day before, however, it was decided that we instead go to a local county fair, so we ended up having pieces of pie and shakes.

Supper

Our last meal for the day, supper consisted of sliced wraps (ham/turkey, cheese, and pickles), lightly buttered dinner rolls, and more pasta salad.

The first time around, we overate at the early meals, making us terribly full by the time dinner and supper rolled around. This time, though, armed with that knowledge, we took the meals more as snacks, and I was perfectly alright until halfway through supper, when I think the other six meals caught up to me.

Hobbit Meal Plan

So yesterday we decided to do our day eating like a hobbit; that is to say, 7 meals. I tried to keep portions as small as possible, and stick with hobbit-y food, though I didn't restrict myself to what I remembered reading in the Lord of the Rings five years ago. I cooked everything, for four of us total, and almost everything I set out was eaten.

7am  : First Breakfast
               toast, jam, tea, juice
9am  : Second Breakfast
               strawberries, grapes, whipped cream, seedcakes, bananas, cheese & crackers, water
11am  : Elevensies
               dried tropical fruit mix, dinner rolls, cheese & crackers, juice
1pm  : Luncheon
               salad, ham sandwiches, juice
4pm  : Afternoon Tea
               tea, cookies, seedcakes
6pm  : Dinner
               chicken, fried potatoes, dinner rolls, juice
8pm  : Supper
               ham rolls, cookies, dinner rolls, juice

In greater detail:

Toast and jam, the juice was apple raspberry. Also, we were going to make some bacon as well, but found we had run out!

Sliced strawberries and two types of grapes; sliced bananas, spread cheese, crackers, cool whip (for the berries). The seedcake I made the day before using using the recipe here. We didn't have any caraway seeds, however, so we substituted cumin seeds. Personally I didn't like the taste, it was a little strong, but my mom did, so it might be a matter of preference. I sprinkled some cinnamon on my slices to offset the taste.

Tropical dried fruit mix (it was on hand, not very Hobbit-ish, I know), crackers, cheese spread, slices of cheese, and dinner rolls with butter on them I put in the warming drawer to melt it.

Salad: iceberg lettuce, most of a head; about 1/3 of a bottle of Zesty Italian dressing, parmesan cheese, a sprinkle of walnuts, and crutons (we were out, so I cut up some toast instead)

Sandwiches: 2 sandwiches cut into squares : 1 slice of ham each, cheese, pickles, lightly buttered bread, head together with toothpicks

Leftover seedcake (we still had 1/3 of a loaf left over at the end), cookies (these are storebought ones we had on hand, but feel free to make your own!), tea and/or hot chocolate

Chicken is lightly seasoned (lemon pepper) chicken breasts (2), grilled. Potatoes: Boiled ones left over from the night before, sliced and fried over the stove with 1 or 2 tablespoons of butter, flip until golden brown. Dinner rolls.

Dinner rolls, cookie assortment. Ham rolls: 2 sliced into pieces and held together with toothpicks: taco shell, lightly buttered, 1 layer of ham, sliced pickles, sliced cheese, rolled up and sliced. The shell deteriorated a little when it became soggy with pickle juice; perhaps 2 shells on top of each other would be better. 

The morning was the easiest to prepare and eat, but by dinner we were all getting rather full and tired of eating! I almost missed supper because I was distracted and was totally done with eating. I can't imagine those poor hobbits eating meals any larger than these!

Overall a very fun and exciting experience, I would encourage you to try it out sometime!