Tolkien Elven Imagines and Headcanons Volume 1

132. Tumblr Asks - Feanorians

Q1: Random question but I just learnt that in elvish culture the men are traditionally the ones who do the cooking, so: in your opinion, which of the Feanorians would be the best cook and which one would be a total disaster?

This is a great question!

I think out of the Fëanorians Curufin, Caranthir and Maglor would be the best cooks.

Curufin is of course extremely intricate and would probably be the very idea of a gourmet cook always doing different things with it.

Caranthir loves to cook because it relaxes him and he enjoys that it requires his sole attention giving him a breather from all the stress.

Maglor loves to cook too, it's another way to create something good and enjoyable for other people and himself.

Maedhros and Amrod are decent cooks, they like cooking and can cook a good meal but not quite on the scale as the other three brothers.

Celegorm CAN cook but I don't exactly recommend eating anything that's not made in a kitchen under the guise of a competition. When you're in the woods it's more likely to just be tossed together in a hurry and cooked just as hastily. Not the best tasting but it gets him by.

Amras doesn't bother cooking. He tried it a few times and he was horrible. Nothing came out right, he managed to burn it even with Amrod's help. Amrod does the cooking instead. He doesn't even try to help just to be nice, he just knows it'll be a complete and total disaster.

Bonus

Celebrimbor is a great cook like his father and they spent a lot of time cooking together when he was growing up. So he knows the ins and outs of cooking and can- if he wants - get creative with display for the food thanks to his dad.

Q2: Now I'm getting emotional imagining Curufin teaching little Tyelpe to cook 😭 Since we're on the topic and Feanorians and Celebrimbor, which of them do you think was his favorite uncle? 😊

I know it's such an adorable thought! 💖

I think there's more likely to have been favorites for Tyelpë when he was little as opposed more so when he's grown.

Uncle Tyelko would've hands down been his absolute favorite when he was a child over anyone else. Especially considering how often Celegorm would've been around Curufin already, Celebrimbor would've had huge exposure to him compared to the others.

But once Celebrimbor is an adult I think they'd all respectively be his favorite in their own ways. Though admittedly he'd have a softer spot for Celegorm since he spent so much time with him growing up.