A VERY MERRY WINTER VEIL TO YOU ALL FROM THE 'FURBOLG RETIREMENT CLUB'

Everyone knows that furbolgs make the tastiest cookies. It’s written in musty books and on ancient pieces of bloody cloth and tree bark. Furbolgs guard their secrets with the utmost care and diligence, and those who dare to infiltrate the furbolg’s secrets are usually subjected to the Curse of the Deadwood. This is a nasty rash that itches for days which I can imagine must be hell if you are wearing lots of armor and can’t get it off in time to scratch.

So it was a surprise when I was shopping in Ironforge looking for nice underwear in the Auction House (not second-hand of course), and a little baby furbolg came trotting up to me with a scrap of tree bark in his hand. I recognised him as Smallpaws, the son of Kernda who lives in the tunnel leading to Winterspring.

Smallpaws shares a secret


He looked very excited and was trembling so much I thought his little furry legs were going to give way! I quickly picked him up and took him to one side and sat him on my knee. “I have a message for you Auntie Hala. You must quickly visit us up in the tunnel. We have something exciting to share with you!” With that, he quickly pressed the scrap of tree bark into my paws, licked my nose, and disappeared in a poof of furbolg magic!



Smallpaws is sometimes a very polite furbolg


Sometimes I think Smallpaws spends too much time with my imp, Choham (who is also rude)


I looked at the message and the strange furbolg symbols translated as something like this (it is difficult to translate furbolg directly to other languages), “Rawwwr grawww come quick rawwr secret truffles rawrawr”.

I quickly told my furbolg friends Sni, Vulcor, and Skree about this, and without further ado we summoned our mounts and galloped up to Felwood to see what Kernda needed. Maybe they had run short of their favourite snack and needed us to help find some more materials to make more of them. When we eventually arrived Kernda was so excited to see us and she kept running around in circles and drooling a lot. Eventually she stopped and greeted us with open furry paws.



Kernda greeted us with open furry paws


“Rawr! I am so glad you have all arrived. I have the tastiest secret to share with you and your friends in Azeroth and Outlands. As you all know, us furbolgs have our own secret seasonal rituals, however we observe the festivities of Winter Veil out of a mark of respect for our non-furbolg friends. Therefore this is an important time of year when everyone must be kind to each other and that also means not eating unsuspecting paladins. I am entrusting you to share this secret furbolg chocolate truffle recipe with everyone in Azeroth and Outlands. Say to everyone you know that this is an offer of our utmost friendship and trust.




Kernda shares her secret recipe with us


I could feel Gore One-Eye, the furbolg who looks after some of the secrets, ‘eyeing’ us out of the corner of his good eye. He is a furbolg who doesn’t trust anyone and because we are only half furbolg he is still unsure as to whether we are worthy of helping the Timbermaw. We ran up to Gore and gave him a big furry hug and promised him we would do our best to spread the message of goodwill to everyone and with that he put his furry arms around us and squeezled us so much we almost couldn’t breathe!



We group-hug Gore One Eye. How nice!


So here is the recipe from the Timbermaw. May it bring you all good cheer, happiness, and luck during the Winter Veil season and months to come!

Instructions: Eating it sitting down for 10 seconds will add +10 to some stats. Strength, for opening all your lovely presents; Stamina, for lasting the day without falling asleep in a big cosy chair; Agility, for stealing the last roast potato off the table before anyone else; Spirit, ….. your glass of Winter Veil cheer; Intellect, for being able to understand what people are saying after your nth glass of Winter Veil cheer!


TASTY TIMBERMAW TRUFFLES

300g [Broken Dark Chocolate Pieces]
200ml [Double Cream]
75g [Icing Sugar]
50ml [Cider Brandy] or [Calvados Rum]
2 x [Heaped dessertspoons of honey]
Pinch of [Salt]
Sifted [Cocoa Powder]


Put all the ingredients in a heat-proof bowl (if you are a dwarf remember to tuck your beard in your shirt just in case it catches fire). Place the bowl over a pan of just-boiled [Water]. Leave the mixture to melt and stir only once or twice (the temptation to eat the mixture is great at this point). Line a tray 30cm x 30cm x 2cm deep with [Clingfilm], or any other type of tray depending on the thickness you would like.


When the mixture has melted and you have ensured it has blended thoroughly, pour it into the tray. Leave the mixture to cool in a [Fridge or Winterspring/Dun Morogh snow], and let it chill until firm to the touch. Cut the mixture into squares (or Winter Veil shapes if you prefer) and dust them with [Cocoa Powder].


Potential side effects: Swollen tummy and liable to groaning noises when tummy hurts after eating too many.

We baked the truffles and served them on a big plate in the inn in Ironforge. This is a picture of what they looked like when cookied …. um …. cooked ….



Someone ate all the truffles!


Us furbolgs highly recommend eating [Tasty Timbermaw Truffles] with either a hot cup of [Coffee] or a nice glass of [Red Wine].

Hope you enjoy your treats and on behalf of the 'Furbolg Retirement Club' may we wish you all a very merry and happy Winter Veil season!

Rawrs xxx

OOC - A special note: I must thank my IRL furbolg auntie, Rae, for making me some Tasty Timbermaw Truffles and sharing this recipe with me. She gave me some to take back to my cave to eat and now they have all disappeared too!