Binging with Babish: LOTR Special Part 2

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This week, the epic conclusion of the Lord of the Rings...duology. Yes I know I should've made 3 episodes. The meal(s) finally come together in one out-of-control spread that covers a Hobbit's diet from dawn till dusk. You've all given me so many things to celebrate, and I'm just happy that, even from a safe distance, we can still celebrate together. Thank you for helping me reach this and so many other bewildering milestones. I'll work the rest of my life to try and earn what you've given me.

Music: "XXV" by Broke for Free

My playlist of preferred cooking tunes, Bangers with Babish!

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Realizing I made the old Babishian mistake of not telling you how everything tasted!
The standouts were the iced tea loaf (sweet, salty, fruity), the standing rib roast (that jus is out of control), french apple tart (super apple-y), salmon-leek tart (delectable, and I actually like the low amount of custard), and mince pies (startlingly delicious).
There was room for improvement with the honeycakes (a little dry, but still delicious), salted pork (needed some more aromatics in the cure, and I prefer cures with pink curing salt, otherwise it's basically just less-interesting bacon), and seed cake (needed a frosting or other sweeter element - but the caraway seeds are an interesting addition to what's essentially a vanilla pound cake).
Mashed potatoes are always great - rabbit stew is a little off-putting (has a slightly gamey flavor from the bones(?), and I'm not a huge fan of mushrooms cooked directly in a braise), and that pipe-weed was harsh as fuck.

EDIT: Also, what was done with the leftovers! Jess and I tried to be extra-healthy in the two weeks leading up to this episode, including a little fasting day-of, so we could really gorge the night of its completion - we polished off about 1/6 of it. The roast beef was saved for sandwiches, the salmon-leek and apple tarts were revisited for breakfasts, the breads frozen for future snacking, the mince pies given to an Irish friend (along with some honeycakes). All-in-all, tried to minimize waste! But I have been doing cardio perpetually since.

babishculinaryuniverse

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

― Tolkien

rukratos

"Get engaged and put it on your wedding registry"

Me - "Babe, we oughta get married"
Her - "Why?"
Me - "Stand mixer"

garrettk

The salt in the Bunny Stew was a good idea, because if you watch the extended cut of Two Towers, they show that Sam brought some fancy salt from home in case they had an opportunity to prepare a roasted chicken, to which Frodo laughs, and appreciates how this journey still hasn't changed who Sam is at heart.

BladeCrossEXE

imagine having a fridge with enough room to just casually store that entire rack of meat

notangryjustdismayed

“Season lightly”

Two shots of vodka

glacierstudios

*Babish hoists up a gigantic rib roast*
Me: "It still only counts as one!"

MuteMusicalMorgan

For all these years, I thought Sam meant "boil them OR mash them OR stick 'em in a stew", but babish just did all 3 at once. THEY WERE STEPS, NOT CHOICES!

TheBlrp

When Babish sees his tiny whisk: "My Precious..."

ashtonmackay

Humans: We eat Christmas dinner once a year.

Hobbits: We eat Christmas dinner every day.

afrikasmith

Ironically, Sam didn't have potatoes in his stew, he was just wishing he had some... didn't even get to eat any of it though.

Thanks, Faramir.

bturn

“Maybe a bay leaf or two if your feelin’ wild”

Boris: *hard bass intensifies*

spoopy_dragon

Andrew's 'yay' at the end reached a pitch that I never thought him able.

moleary

Babish: *blowing smoke*
Me: "An attempt was ma--"
B: *blows perfect smoke ring*
Me: O__O

QuesoCookies

I’ve been married for 14 years, my wife and I got that exact black kitchen aid mixer for our wedding. The registry joke is spot on also I love that I’ve been married for almost a decade and a half and the mixer they sell now looks exactly the same. Consistency is born from high quality.

jmsmith