Lembas

Along with some friends at TORC, I have come up with "the ultimate resource" concerning JRR Tolkien's Lembas. Including quotes, recipies and speculation.

What is Lembas anyway?

Lembas is a wafer-like bread from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. This page is dedicated to producing an authentic reproduction.

Recipies

These are various styles of recipies for lembas and its cousins.

• Krumkake Pizzelle Lembas Recipes
• Other Lembas Recipes
• Cram
 

Lembas Canon

Everything Tolkien said on the matter. Including Letters, Unfinished Tales and History of Middle-earth XII (HoMe)

• In Context
• By Category
 

Theories

• Random Thoughts / Deductions
• The Wafer Theory
• The Chia Theory
• Corn, Wheat and Other Grains
• The Twinkie Theory
 

Other Ideas

• Galadriel's Device
• Wrapping Lembas
 

Lembas Links

Got Lembas?
Wikipedia: Lembas
Everything2: Lembas
MythicTruth: Lembas and the Eucharist
Penwiper: Lembas Wrapping

Sources

A special thank you to Almacundo/*Auirandos (aka Almatolmen) and Carnimiriel for all their ideas and comments

Tolkien's books (All the quotes from Tolkien's books, including HoME XII, UT and Letters)

Recipes were (mostly) from TheOneRing.com and TheOneRing.net.

 

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