- Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme! - Packaging.
- Oh my gosh! - Stop!
- And the big hunk of bread! - (PvF) We're headed to Middle Earth
for a Try Not To Eat: The Lord of the Rings
that'll have you asking about second breakfasts,
elevenses luncheons, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper.
- I need some potatoes. - You know, I really feel
like Pippin sometimes when it's like, "Wait, what?
We're not eating?" - I mean, I'm gonna eat it anyway.
- I love Lord of the Rings! I don't think I could--
- There's a lot of little neat food.
- Don't mind me. Just the newbie over here
ready to try to not eat something but probably will.
- (Celebrimbor) Might your friend be up to grant me access
to their workshops? - I love the wife! She's so great!
- He's going to the dwarfs. - Oh, yes!
- "He will bring a feast." - "Salted pork."
- (laughs) Right. - I mean, the whole--
- I love her so much! - She's the best!
- When you brought food up, this was the exact scene
that I imagined. - She makes Khazad-dûm for me.
(chuckles) - Oh, my.
- Ooh! - (gasps)
- (PvF) Beneath the misty mountains from the ancient realm of Khazad-dûm,
we've got a tasty serving of salted pork
that is particularly good. - Oh, no! I might try
something new, Nicole. - How is this the first round?
This doesn't make sense. - (PvF) But before we dig in,
we've actually got a special guest who wants to say hello.
- No way. - (Felicia) Ooh, wow. That salted pork
looks delicious. Can you send me some? No?
Okay. (chuckles) Hi, People Vs. Food!
My name is Felicia Day, and I'm so excited
to talk to you about a podcast that I am hosting.
It is called The Official The Lord of the Rings:
The Rings of Power podcast. Yes! It is the companion podcast
for the show on Prime Video. I can't tell you
what a dream come true this is. I am a HUGE Tolkien fan.
I'm a fan of all things fantasy. And to be able to break down
every episode with the cast and crew is, like--
I can't even believe this is a job. (laughs)
So, every episode, we're going to break down sets,
we're gonna talk about Númenor, Khazad-dûm, Galadriel, Durin,
we're gonna talk about all of it! And every episode,
we also get to talk with the showrunners,
J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. So, we're gonna get Easter eggs
you don't hear other places and solve some speculation
and just, I don't know, have a geek-out time.
So, please listen to the podcast on Amazon Music,
watch the show on Prime Video. Here's a preview.
And just, you know, tune in.
Give me that salted pork too, okay? Bye!
- Oh, seriously?! - All right, I know I can't wait
to listen. Where were we?
(buzzer) - All right.
- Oh my god. Thank you. - But the thing is,
I remember watching this scene and I remember being really hungry.
- It's your first time. - You know what? I will lose,
and I'll be-- I'll-- [censored].
- Yup, you'll be rewarded. This is an experience.
- You've eaten for me. Thank you.
Thank you. - No. Try it, dude.
- I am not. - I've never had salted pork before,
and I've never had Disa's food before.
Smells so good. - It really does smell good.
(buzzer)
- This slaps so hard. - Right, right.
- This is so good. (buzzer)
- Eat it. - Stop! I wanna win.
I know I'm gonna get a feast.
- Isn't it great? - This is the best thing
I've ever had ever. Oh my gosh.
- It's like apple pie. (buzzer)
- (PvF) Oh! - Mm-hmm. There you go.
- Oh my god! It's so good! Ah! - Right?
- (laughs) - Right?
- The salted pork tastes particularly good.
- Forget the pork, man. This apple...
- Woo! - Ooh.
- Oh! - Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme!
- (PvF) This rabbit is much better braised.
And we've made Sam's wishes come true with some taters,
boiled, mashed, and added to the stew.
- Let's go! (buzzer)
Mmmmm! - Oh my god! It smells so good!
- (laughs) - That smells good.
I've never had rabbit before. - Oh my god. It smells so--
stop, stop, stop. Stop. - Just worried. I'm worried.
Is it good? - Ah! Look at the taters! Precious!
- I'm fighting. - Mushrooms. Chicken.
Po-ta-toes! (laughs) - Oh, this is so good.
- With the potatoes is good too. - I've never had rabbit before.
- Wait, I already lost. - You already lost.
- No, but I don't-- - There's nothing to get--
- I'm really worried about this punishment.
I think I know what's coming. - Thank you, Mr. Rabbit.
- This looks SO good! I don't even wanna
play with it, it looks so good.
(gasps) (buzzer)
- Packaging. - Oh my gosh!
- Ahh!
- (PvF) Lembas or Elven waybread's recipe is a closely guarded secret
and only on rare occasions is it given to non-elves.
- Oh my god! This looks just like the movie!
- My brain has always wanted to have Lembas bread.
- Oh! - They really don't want me
to eat this. (buzzer)
- Very much has the magical properties of making me very full
after eating all the previous food.
- (chuckles) (buzzer)
- I can't see it. I can't see it.
- I don't even know what to compare it to.
- Enough to fill the stomach of a grown man.
- But what about a grown woman? (laughs)
- This is quite good, though. And I see why--
I think it was Pippin who ate four.
- This is so good! - Man, if I had to carry
the fire ring to Mordor, I would chow down
on some Lembas bread the whole way.
- Only thing that's getting me through this is looking forward
to more food! - (both laugh)
- The [censored] irony!
- Oh, some clams from Númenor.
- Oh, that looks-- - The steam.
- Stop! - Mm-hmm.
- Look at how many oysters. - Look at that big hunk of bread too.
- (man) Next few rounds on me. - Wow!
- And now they like him. - Ooh, more alcohol!
- Mm-hmm. - Okay. You think we're gonna
get some beer? - Nice.
- (gasps) I've never-- - (gasps) Look at that!
- Stop! - And the big hunk of bread!
- Yeah, bu-ddy! - These kind of look really good.
- Look at the foam.
- (PvF) From the sea-faring city of Númenor, we've got a plate
of their delicious local fare and some ale
since the first round is on hall brand. - Yeah.
- Oh. (buzzer)
- Mm. - (PvF) How's that bread?
- (laughs) It's really good. - Here we go!
(buzzer) (chuckles) It's actually really good.
- Oh my god. - I have never had a chance...
- This is beautiful! - ...to eat them like this.
- The first time I saw Númenor, though, in the show,
the CGI looked fantastic. (buzzer)
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - I'm gonna pass out.
- When I first saw Númenor, I was impressed by how many
arches are in that city. You know a city is good
and the socioeconomic status is great when you got
all these arches! - The Númenorians know
what they're doing. To a point until, you know,
they destroyed their own civilization.
Is that a spoiler? - The food in Númenor... amazing!
- Yes! Allyson is really doing how they do on the show.
- (gasps) - Look at these bowls.
- (PvF) Be careful with this mysterious draught from the Ents
in Fangorn Forest. While it might add a little height
to the Hobbits, we don't know what will happen
when humans consume it.
(buzzer) (buzzer)
- How tall are you? - I was 6'1".
I feel like I'm 6'2" now. This works.
- I was 5'5" and now I'm 6'3".
- (both chuckle) - Let's go!
- Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
- Oh, no. Humans is the reverse effect! (laughs)
- I know it tastes good. - That is delicious!
- (whimpers) - And it's purple too.
II don't know if you can see that, but it is purple.
- (PvF) Can you give me some Ent noises?
- (makes Ent noise) - Nice and sweet.
- Mm-hmm! - Makes me wanna drink more.
- It's very sweet. It's a juice almost.
That's the only thing I can describe it.
It's sweet juice. Hello!
- I'm just fake licking it. - (PvF) All right!
Well, guys, that is it. That is our challenge.
- (sighs) Damn it. - Bring on the consequences!
- (PvF) Congratulations, Jair! You were able to avoid
some tasty dishes. And for that, we've got quite the feast.
- It better be! - (laughs)
- (Dori) A little glass of red wine as requested.
- Ooh, from The Hobbit. - Stop!
- I love how small the glasses are
in his hand. - Nooo!
- Yes. - Ohhh my god!
- Yes! - Oh, no!
We would've gotten so much food! - I gotta do that to you.
- Yes! - I don't know if you--
- Yes! - (gasps)
Ahhhhh! - Oh.
- Look at that pie!
- Oh my god! (claps) - Oh, hell no.
- (PvF) For our winners, Bilbo's opened up his home to you
and the dwarves for a Hobbit feast. But you might want refills
on those wee glasses of wine. - I'm not even mad.
- Me either. I'm really not mad
because there's one other lesson I do need to teach you
on People Vs. Food. - Oh.
What is that? - (both) "Get out of
one punishment..." - "Food."
- I have been-- - This piece.
- I have been newb crushed! - You have been schooled.
- Oh. - (both laugh)
- Do a bigger-- - A big egg? Okay. Yeah, yeah.
Here you go. - (both laugh)
- Hold on. I'll feed you. Wahhh!
- (PvF) Unfortunately, Travis, Jaime, Daniel, and Allyson...
- Mm-hmm. - (PvF) ...you were tempted.
And for that, you must suffer the consequences.
You ready to take a look?
- Yup, this is the scene that I was worried about.
- Yeah. - Raw fish?
- Ew! Look at those teeth. - That's nasty.
- (groans) - It won't turn us into that, will it?
- Oh, no. (laughs) - Oh, no.
- Ah! (laughs) - (PvF) My precious has forgotten
the taste of bread and subsists only off pure, raw fish.
- Oh my gosh! No! - I hate looking at dead fish.
- (gags and coughs)
- (man off-screen) [Inaudible]
- Did he just puke and all he did was smell it?
Or did he take a bite? - Didn't take a bite.
- It's so salty.
Oh, it's so hard to pull off. - That is so tough.
- (growls)
That's actually really good. - It smells so bad!
- Catch a fish, so juicy sweet!
- Smells bad. Tastes awesome, actually.
- (PvF) What do you think of Smeagle's life choices?
- I hate it! - I think he's onto something here.
- Oh my god. - It's so gross.
- Oh, it's absolutely delightful. - How's your ham?
(laughs) - (as fish) Hi.
- I'm gonna cry. - Don't do it.
- (as fish) Hey, Sharon...
- (Sharon) You want this in your face? - (as fish) Come and take a bite.
- I feel kind of cool, you know? - What is happening?!
- I kind of feel like-- - She's turning into Smeagle.
- I'm kind of digging this. - (PvF) Well, guys,
that does it for today. Any final thoughts?
- (groans) I have so many thoughts.
- Some regrets may have been made. - I think I like fish
more than I did before. (chuckles)
- Thank you guys so much for watching this Try Not To Eat episode.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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