h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi great article, only you forgot to mention the man himself,
the grim reaper/Bill Door/DEATH!!!
Anyway just thought i'd mention it.

Well, I thought he was far too good even to mention...
Not the best excuse, is it.

No not really, considering he's great!!
He's my favourite character, amongst others.
Have you read "The science of the discworld".
It's brill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have I read the whatta of the who?

Okay "The Science of Discworld" by Terry, Ian Stewart (a professor of maths),
and Jack Cohen (a reproductive biologist).
Taken from the inner sleeve:- " The science of Discworld uses the magic
of Discworld to illuminate the scientific rules that govern *our* world.
When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University
find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld,
where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against
logic.
......
Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen and Terry Pratchett have combined talents to tell
the story of the universe from outside, looking in. And from the outside it's
as magical as any world on a turtle..."

Anyway it's been out at least as long as the paperback of Last Continent.
Find it, read it, It's great!

Hey - anyone else got Nanny Oggs Cookbook? Very good...only dared to try out one of the recipes, though... that was "Rincewinds Potato Cakes" which actually tasted very nice! The Strawberry Wobbler looks good, too, though I wouldn't serve it the way that they suggest...

Nope... I've decided to stand up to cheap Discworld cash-ins for the time being. But I have read all the 'proper' books, and got the calender for Christmas.

That cookbook isn't a cheap cashin on the Discworld name. If it was I'd have bought it by now. Unfortunately, I certainly cannot afford the £12.99 that it costs, and as a result am forced to live on the one recipe I could remember from skimming though it in my local bookshop - bread and water.

No - you're right. It's an EXPENSIVE cash-in...

Luckily, I was very kindly given it as a Christmas present. And I suppose I'd better read it properly one of these days

Seldom Bucket's Favourite Snack is actually quite good. I used ham flavoured quorn, on account of being a veggy. And the Librarian's recipie for bananananas is one I use every day.

I'm planning to make Dwarf Bread next.

Does it hvae the recipe for Dwarf Bread? I can't remember...all I know is that Rincewind's potato cakes are delish. With lots of onion.

Hello... is there anybody out there? Is this the only chat page on H2G2 for Discworld enthusiasts? I have located Osman and Mr.T and I guess there must be a few more. Just in case you are wondering what this rambling has to do with cooking, my wife has stumbled across the breakfast equivalent of dwarf bread. Just mistake muesli for porridge oats and microwave in milk. The resulting gruel has the property of making one feel completely replete after a single spoonful.

Hi there! I think you'll find that other formums do tend to veer to the subject of the DIscworld from time to time...no forum ever actually stays on topic...this may be only one of the "unofficial" forums though...on the subject of Dwarf Bread I'm sure when I was small I pressed a wrong button on the (very unsophicasted) microwaves and I ended up with a very rock hard cob...

Ahh... Battle Bread. Having read some of the previous conversation I am tempted to buy Nanny Ogg's cookbook for a friend - but are the recipes for reading or for eating?

Well...I suppose you could eat the pages, but... Yes, the recipes are on the whole able to be made (they got a proffesional chef to work them out for them) but each recipe is riddled with jokes and the actual instructions part is often rushed and in the case of "bung all the ingredients together and stir" in some parts. There is still a lot of good things to read to make it a "bedtime" book, though as yet I have to admit I have NOT got around to eating it...(usually because whenever I flick through the pages I suddenly become rather peckish and have to go and make myself a bacon buttie..)

Bacon butty - you are obviously not vertically challenged, otherwise it would be rat,innabun.

Yeah, well. ya know, them rats are real (insert rude word of choice here) ers to catch but pigs, ya know, just come like a lamb to the slaug'er. Mmmmm. Lamb.

Death hasn't been mentioned in many many weeks, so I just thought that since I dreamed about him last night, this was just to amazing a coicidence not to take advantage.
Most of my dreams are really odd, but I have a reoccuring theme through many of my dreams. (The ones I can recall upon waking, anyway!) My dreams tend to nvolve somebody (usually male) wearing my pants, and then me trying to get my pants back using various methods. Well, Death was wearing my pants. Very disconcerting.

I take it that we are discussing trousers here? No? You mean DEATH was wearing your undergarment. I say, that is rather disturbing is it not? I had no idea that DEATH was inclined towards such shenanigans.