Game of Thrones fans: My wife and I are a couple of geeks.

[Teufel Hunden]

EDIT: Game of Thrones Brews and Mead update, post 20.

First off, we watch the show every week and even plan little get-togethers around the episodes with our other dedicated geek friends.. always with copious amounts of fine feasting and rum. Recently we found something interesting on Amazon: The Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook. All the dishes take inspiration from the books, and in the description of each, it tells what book and which chapter. So it's full of things like Sansa's Strawberry Chiffon Pie and Winterfell Black Bread. It also has several mixed drink recipes, and, the BEST part in my opinion: several all grain beer recipes, one mead (actually a braggot) recipe, and a plum wine, which calls for one year of aging. For $12, this is the best cookbook I currently own.

Here's a couple random samplings of the finer things we've enjoyed:

Scotch Eggs, which in this book are "Robert's Fried Golden Goose Eggs."



I used local Boulder Spicy Sausage and Panko white bread crumbs... they're amazing


And our new favorite pork dish: Tyrion's Spiced Brawn



It calls for wild boar, but since there isn't a lot of that around here, we had to settle for domestic pig. Those are roasted apples next to it. This is, quite simply, absolutely delicious. Seemed right to wash it down with a Sam Adams Boston Ale.


I'm gathering ingredients to make Direwolf Ale, and Targaryen Dragon Mead.... I'm making both in preparation for the 4th of July or thereabouts. The Mead I'm especially looking forward to, as I've never made a braggot before. This one specifically calls for Tupelo honey, which I'm also unfamiliar with, aside from the fact that getting 10lbs of it here is more expensive than other honey.

Direwolf Ale sounds like your standard dark beer.. nothing too special about it, aside from the name. The plum wine will also be a new experience as it'll be my first attempt at wine that doesn't contain copious amounts of honey. I'm also in the midst of converting my as yet unused cellar into a functioning wine cellar. Once it's finished I can have at least 150 gallons of various alcoholic beverages aging to perfection all at once. Presently, I have one little storage space which I've completely outgrown... it'll be nice to have somewhere else for all of it.

Anyway, I'll give updates as the beer and other fun things come up.

[Bugbear]

* BTW, I recall Littlefinger eating a pomegranate, but I don't remember which novel it was in. Perhaps you could throw some in the mix.

[Kilted Rogue]

I would love to see photos of your space. I am on the cusp of my 1st batch of beer and than I am following that with a Braggot and a Mead. Getting all of that straight is taking some time management. If you have any picts of your brewing gear i would love to catch a glimpse at that as well

[Meggers]

I am a huge GoT fan. Now I just wish I could finish up the books. I've only gotten a little bit of the way in before I got filled up to my eyebrows in reading assignments for school.

AND this is a fabulous idea!! I never thought of making food centered around a theme like GoT. You could do all sorts of fun things with this theme!

You should make Baratheon Beer In honor of good old Robert.

[guardsman]

mmmm want some of whats in pictures, looks tasty

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

That looks delicious!
I may need to get that cookbook. A few of my friends and I have a dinner club, where we get together at one of our homes and the hostess cooks a meal and we each bring wine. I host it about twice a year and always like to do a theme. I've done a (don't laugh) "Twilight" menu, "True Blood" menu for mardi gras, and most recently a direct menu from "The Hunger Games". This Game of Thrones book would be perfect!
Another great book- cookbook is "Tatiana's Table." It's all the recipes from "The Bronze Horseman" series. Delicious!

[Teufel Hunden]

I would love to see photos of your space. I am on the cusp of my 1st batch of beer and than I am following that with a Braggot and a Mead. Getting all of that straight is taking some time management. If you have any picts of your brewing gear i would love to catch a glimpse at that as well

My brew closet is basically just a 4' square closet with some shelves and a lot of insulation. It's easy to keep things within the ale-friendly temperature range, but I don't have the capacity to make any Lagers.

Equipment list is fairly simple: A large stock pot (Holds something like 9 gallons at the very top... it's ridiculous. )




And a few carboys of various sizes.




For all grain brewing, I've got a 10 gallon water cooler from Home Depot, and I changed out the original drain for a boiler drain. It's pretty well suited for mashing and sparging, and I can still use it for other stuff if the need arises.

I am a huge GoT fan. Now I just wish I could finish up the books. I've only gotten a little bit of the way in before I got filled up to my eyebrows in reading assignments for school.

AND this is a fabulous idea!! I never thought of making food centered around a theme like GoT. You could do all sorts of fun things with this theme!

You should make Baratheon Beer In honor of good old Robert.

I could do a Baratheon style beer... Seems like he might be into a good stout. But as far as GoT themed events, we're always going things with our other dedicated friends. Sometimes an afternoon of archery, other times we craft things (recently we decided to make cloaks out of an old buffalo pelt I have), but always with plenty of home brew and kilts involved.

That looks delicious!
I may need to get that cookbook. A few of my friends and I have a dinner club, where we get together at one of our homes and the hostess cooks a meal and we each bring wine. I host it about twice a year and always like to do a theme.

That's awesome!!! None of our other friends are as into the cooking part as we are, so that part always falls to us... not that we mind, but a setup like yours would make things a bit more interesting around here for sure.

I've done a (don't laugh) "Twilight" menu,

My wife would love you.

"True Blood" menu for mardi gras,

We love True Blood... we've made Sangria out of the bottled Tru Blood a few times... it's pretty awesome. it's also pretty good just plain. A dinner of that sort would be a lot of fun as well... with the new season coming up we might have to get to planning.

This Game of Thrones book would be perfect!

It's full of a lot of interesting recipes. It's definitely geared more toward what people might really eat in a medieval setting, so there are no steak recipes or anything.. not even a chicken breast. Closest thing is a pork chop. There's a blood stew that calls for 2lbs of rabbit or squirrel, then in addition to a bunch of vegetables and spices... a cup of game blood. It even tells you how to store the blood so it won't congeal. I'm thinking of making that one this summer, as there's a bunch of wild rabbits around here, and afterward I can make a few things out of their fur. There's even one recipe that calls for grass hoppers, but it gives you an alternative if you're not up for it. I've made a couple of the bread recipes and they're both excellent. The Winterfell black bread is my new go-to bread of the house. It's a rye bread, and after you rise the dough for the second time you baste it with a mixture of equal parts coffee and honey.

[cryerelizabeth]

I read the books a couple of years ago and said to myself, "this would make a fantastic series!" The next year I saw a preview for the series and counted down the days on my calendar. I've just read the most recent book that George R. R. Martin has written, and it of course ends with more cliffhangers! > He needs to get his next book out.

The series is fantastic and we also have a gathering of friends to watch the episodes at our house... though not with the increadible good looking food

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

My brew closet is basically just a 4' square closet with some shelves and a lot of insulation. It's easy to keep things within the ale-friendly temperature range, but I don't have the capacity to make any Lagers.

Equipment list is fairly simple: A large stock pot (Holds something like 9 gallons at the very top... it's ridiculous. )




And a few carboys of various sizes.




For all grain brewing, I've got a 10 gallon water cooler from Home Depot, and I changed out the original drain for a boiler drain. It's pretty well suited for mashing and sparging, and I can still use it for other stuff if the need arises.






I could do a Baratheon style beer... Seems like he might be into a good stout. But as far as GoT themed events, we're always going things with our other dedicated friends. Sometimes an afternoon of archery, other times we craft things (recently we decided to make cloaks out of an old buffalo pelt I have), but always with plenty of home brew and kilts involved.



That's awesome!!! None of our other friends are as into the cooking part as we are, so that part always falls to us... not that we mind, but a setup like yours would make things a bit more interesting around here for sure.



My wife would love you.



We love True Blood... we've made Sangria out of the bottled Tru Blood a few times... it's pretty awesome. it's also pretty good just plain. A dinner of that sort would be a lot of fun as well... with the new season coming up we might have to get to planning.




It's full of a lot of interesting recipes. It's definitely geared more toward what people might really eat in a medieval setting, so there are no steak recipes or anything.. not even a chicken breast. Closest thing is a pork chop. There's a blood stew that calls for 2lbs of rabbit or squirrel, then in addition to a bunch of vegetables and spices... a cup of game blood. It even tells you how to store the blood so it won't congeal. I'm thinking of making that one this summer, as there's a bunch of wild rabbits around here, and afterward I can make a few things out of their fur. There's even one recipe that calls for grass hoppers, but it gives you an alternative if you're not up for it. I've made a couple of the bread recipes and they're both excellent. The Winterfell black bread is my new go-to bread of the house. It's a rye bread, and after you rise the dough for the second time you baste it with a mixture of equal parts coffee and honey.

Mr. Plaid is a hunter, so there tend to be random bits of game (usually birds) in our freezer. I think medieval based recipes are what we need. No more elk tacos, duck stir-fry or shark melts, please. Jus' Sayin'.
Last night he was saying that he heard "rabbit is really good. I need to shoot some rabbit." Whereas I brought up this cookbook and he looked intrigued.
Ordered it this morning! I can't wait to start cooking!

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

Oh, and my dog and I were watching an episode of GOT recently. He and I both want pet direwolves.