Thanks to all for your contributions. I appreciate them all. The earlier references are for recipes that are "modern" but the cooks gave them Middle Earth type names. That wasn't what I was looking for.

Raedwulf got it right. I believe Tolkien was trying to recreate an English country environment in the Shire. I am looking for those recipes as pointed out by Sorcha and Sonnet. I don't know what is meant by seed cake. What goes into it? Why is it good with ale?

Julia's mention of the pre-potato Celtic recipes is not intended to be an answer to my question. And I certainly would be interested in those recipes, Julia, when is the dinner party?

And I want to know why this might be hobbit forming, OR Couldn't you say? I wouldENT want this thread to disolve into a pun fest. Then you'd really be SORRY MAN.