Four pages into The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins presents us with a description of something that sounds both delicious and precious. A special occasion food for the reaping from Katniss’ darling sister Prim, hidden under a bowl so that Buttercup couldn’t steal it.
“I swing my legs off the bed and slide into my hunting boots. Supple leather that has molded to my feet. I pull on trousers, a shirt, tuck my long dark braid up into a cap, and grab my forage bag. On the table, under a wooden bowl to protect it from hungry rats and cats alike, sits a perfect little goat cheese wrapped in basil leaves. Prim’s gift to me on reaping day. I put the cheese carefully into my pocket as I slip outside.”
To do this, I decided I’d better at least make some of the same effort as Prim and make my own goat cheese. You can read about how I did it here. It’s surprisingly easy.
To form the cheese, I simply took some in my hands and made a small rounded square. I took some washed basil leaves and cut the thick parts of the stem off. I wrapped leaves around from the bottom to ensure that part was covered. The tips of the leaves would form the little tip at the top.
Since I live in a hot climate, the cheese was very soft and squishy. I figured the Everdeens didn’t have a fridge and so I figured chilling mine would be cheating, but then later I realized that it was probably pretty cold where they were and that would have kept the cheese in a nice, solid form. That would explain why Katniss could put it in her pocket and not have a mushy goat cheese pocket.
I’d bought twine to tie it up, but I thought this looked nice by itself so I left it.
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I am totally in love with the site’s idea! I have wanted to do this so many times! But especially after reading a paranormal romance about Ms. Frankenstein breaking into an old duke’s house because she thought he was a vampire. She found him making chicken wings in a red wine stew. I WANTED this so badly and there is no recipe out there that I found that matched the description very well. I can’t wait to see what else you do on here! We have a local farm that makes home made goat cheese, it’s the only goat cheese I’ll eat.
Thanks Kelly!
If you can find the text, you can post it in the Requests section and I’ll see about trying it. 🙂
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Hi! I just discovered your blog and am in love! Every time I reread The Hunger Games I find myself craving goat cheese and basil thanks to Suzanne Collins’ simple but delicious descriptions. I think it’s so neat that you actually recreated Prim’s cheese. 🙂 Next up: Greasy Sae’s “beef”? stew? 😉
Hahaha, I was going to do lamb stew, but maybe if I find something I can do a beef stew. It certainly won’t be wild dog!!! LOL
This is such a cool website – I am loving this idea and can’t wait to see what other things you do in the future!
I would never have thought of making my own goat cheese (goat cheese is one of my favorite foods ever)! I am super intrigued by this.
Also, you make a good point about the lack of refrigeration and the texture of the goat cheese. Since the reaping is in the summer (most likely June, July or August), and District 12 is in the Appalachian region, it would be pretty darn hot. Katniss’s pocket would undoubtedly be super messy with a soft goat cheese inside. I had never thought of this before..!
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This is so cool. I’m going to get whole bunch of hunger games recipes, and cook them for my hunger games party that I’m going to have with my friends for when the movie comes out in theaters. 241 more days!
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i was wondering if there was anyway to make goat cheese less sour?I’ve only had it once,and it was like licking lemons. =P
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How many little cheese wraps does one recipe make? I would like to serve these at a Hunger Games party I’m having for four of my friends and was wondering how much I should make.
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Thanks for the fresh insights
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OMG THIS LOOKS SO GOOD! This is basically exactly what I imagined the goat cheese to look like! TOTALLY trying it! And im not going to forget those blackberries with them. Yummy! Cant wait untill I get the ingredients. Oh and can you PLEASE make peeta biscuts or bread? Or maybe the capitols lamb chops.
These look so good! But how big exactly are they supposed to be? I got the ingredients and I am trying to figure it out. And how many leaves did you use to wrap them? I am guessing about 2? Because even with my 2 big leaves it looks small.
They’re pretty small, should be able to fit into the palm of your hand! I always envisioned it being a tiny goat cheese, not something big.
Thanks! That really helped! I just made them and they are amazing! Yum. I even had blackberries on the side.
Love this website! And I can not stop eating these. Ive had a ton of these. They are so good I can not stop eating these! Next can you make like a Capitol Punch? Like a drink from the Capitol. Or a smoothie or something like that.
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It looks so yummy! *.* and I love this website!
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