Sugar by Elwen

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B2MeM Challenge: Bingo - Economy-B4-Luxury Items
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Sam Gamgee, Bell Gamgee
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): n/a
Summary: Sugar, the latest luxury in the Shire

I don't own anything. It belongs to JRR Tolkien

Sugar

Sam watched, fascinated as Ma used one of Da’s old hammers to break a piece from the sugar cone. Dropping it into her mortar she attacked with the pestle, first pounding, and then grinding it to fine powder.

It was a birthday present from the Mr Bilbo and Master Frodo and when the Gamgees had finished admiring this luxury Ma declared she would bake their benefactors a cake fit for a king, leastwise a Thain, to thank them.

Sam gauged the size of the cone, mouth watering as he considered the number of cakes Ma could make with the rest.

END

Comments

[zdenka]

Ha, this made me smile. I can just imagine a small hobbit child gazing at a huge cone of sugar!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I bet little Sam's eyes were huge.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Oooh, what a sweet snippet! (Pun very much intended :D )

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Well, bless you sweetie.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Awwww! This is...sweet! ;) (Hey, you asked for it. :D )

Lovely!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Trust you!

[periantari.livejournal.com]

That's a cute one-- i really liked Sam's thought at the end. :)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I couldn't imagine him thinking anything else. :-)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can imagine his imaginings so well! Heh! Shades of "Farmer Boy."

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Little "boys" and sugar . . . they just go together.

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Such a sweet drabble (in every sense, it seems)! I really love how you bring across the value of sugar, and Sam's adorable fascination with the special treat!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Lol. Sweet indeed. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to see you having them use sugar cones - I thought I was the only one!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I'd been watching a historical cooking program and the sugar cone appealed to me.

[hhimring]

A nice scene!
You hardly ever see any more sugar cones these days, do you?
They would have had to come to the Shire from a long way off, no wonder they were a luxury!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Yes! If we assume The Shire is a mini version of Britain the only sweetener available would be honey or sugar from sugar beet. The sort of stuff that comes in cones would probably have to be imported from Harad or even further south.

It may even have been an illegal import . . . now there's a story. ;)

[nialoke]

Aw, what a treat! Both for Sam and us readers :)

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Bless you! And yes . . . I think Sam may even volunteer as sugar pounder.

[independence1776]

Aww… and yum!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I want me some of Bell Gamgee's cake.