Comments on: Visiting the Shire

By: Returning to the Shire, 5 Years On

Returning to the Shire, 5 Years On — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:45:57 +0000

[…] to Middle Earth to celebrate Hobbit Day 2007, the 70th anniversary of the publication of the book. You can read all about it here. Although we’ve dropped the themed approach for the majority of our dinners, sometimes […]

By: dan

dan — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:33:04 +0000

Bacon is easy here - most good fiambre places have "panceta ahumada", just ask them to slice it thicker than they normally do so you can cut it into a nice dice rather than shreds. Cheddar is getting easier - occasionally I even see the imported stuff at a cheese shop, but mostly it's the Argentine versions - and invariably, a store will only carry either the "Inglese" or the "Americano" style, so it requires at least two shops. Even the supermarkets are getting into the act, with a brand called, I think, La Suerte, that's offering up a passable English style cheddar, at least for use in cooking.

By: mwardabroad

mwardabroad — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:26:48 +0000

I can smell that bacon from here – wow. But where to buy? And likewise for the chedder cheese. My girlfriend would kill for a chunk of ‘english’ chedder and that makes me pretty keen too.

By: ksternberg

ksternberg — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:09:35 +0000

Man! I’ll see if I can round up Bilbo and head over to Casa SS.