Fun with Food in Fiction

 

Larry Underwood Eggs

Food in Fiction

I'm sure I'm not the only person on Earth who enjoys recreating a meal from a book or a movie. I think it would be great fun to have a club dedicated to recreating fictional meals. I'm sure clubs like this exist somewhere, too, but not here, unfortunately. That would be the ultimate book club - have a little potluck with the meals in a book when it's time to discuss the book (assuming that there is any food in the book, or maybe the rules would be that books with meals must be chosen for the club to read. Yeah, that's better). 

One simple dish I like to make sometimes is "Larry Undewood Eggs," as in the photo above. Minus the Debussy playing in the background as it was in the book. (The Stand.)

There are quite a few food items or meals mentioned in that book. Mother Abagail's fried chicken that she made for the guests that she knew were coming, the pork chops, the ears of fresh corn; Frannie's strawberry-rhubarb pie; Nadine's Stroganoff casserole; the meals Nick made for his prisoners, so many options! (Yeah, but we can leave out Lloyd's desperate meal of rat tartar and Flagg's rabbit, lol.)

I also like to "take part" in Dennis and Arnie's leftover Thanksgiving turkey ritual in Christine. The scene in the book was something that harkened back to their boyhood days and made Dennis realize he needed to take action to help his best friend. So I'll have leftover turkey on Wonder Bread with mayo...sort of a double nostalgia thing, my nostalgia for their nostalgia. 

How about movie & tv food? Let's skip the scene in Demolition Man with the burger. 😂 It was funny, though. How about the scene in Twister instead: seared steak, mashed potatoes, and gravy "that is in its own food group." Oh, and all of the food in The Sopranos. Yeah! That's the ticket! 

There are so many examples, it's impossible to list them all here. But it is a fun thing to do in the kitchen sometimes. If that makes me a weirdo, so be it! 

How about you? Do you have any favorite book, movie, or tv food you like to recreate?