Date Night Ideas

This date night idea is another great example of how to have a fun date night at home for pennies. We had fun with this one since my wife and I are both Medieval fans. I’m definitely no historian but I managed to find some easy date night ideas for this theme. Here’s what I did.

Date Night Ideas: Medieval Story Time

Ever heard of the video game called King’s Quest? This is an OLD game originally made in the 80′s and there is a more modern remake of this game that is a lot of fun. I remember my wife telling me that she really liked King’s Quest as a kid and so I searched for it online and found the remake by AGD Interactive. It’s a free download! The remake is excellent and the graphics are beautiful (from AGD Interactive):

When you download this classic game, it comes with a PDF that tells about the story. It’s a fairy tale just as good as any classic. To start out our date night, I read her the short story without telling her about the game. In short, the story is about a kingdom (Daventry) which has 3 treasures stolen – a magic mirror, a magic chest, and a magic shield. Sir Graham, the main character in the game, is given the quest of finding the three treasures and restoring Daventry’s glory.  After reading the story, I said “we’ll finish the story later in the night, after we make these medieval tarts”.

Medieval Mini Fig Pies

So here’s the recipe for the night. These medieval mini fig pies are very authentic and they do take a bit of time to make but if you’re making them together, that can be a lot of fun. I enjoy trying new recipes with my wife because it gives us some time to talk and work together. These mini fig pies were fun to make. I found the recipe from a great blog called TastyTrix (also at CookEatShare). You’ll basically need some figs, a bunch of spices, and some ingredients to make the dough. Then you roll up the dough, cut it into circles and add your flavored figs in the middle, fry them and pour honey on top. When you taste these things you’ll see what I mean by authentic! The final result looks like this (from TastyTrix):

After cooking time, we “finished” the story and tried out King’s Quest 1 together. She was totally surprised and loved playing the game (I’m sure it brought back good times). We even got the kids into it later on (we finished the second one today). Try it out & have fun!