I always figured hobbitses would be fond of rutabaga's turnips, and lettuces...not to mention good cheese and bread...
In case you hadn't noticed, food is one of my favorite hobbies. :)
That reminds me a bit of a gal my brother dated for awhile... a divorced mom of three... she was/had been very low income. She watched as my brother brought down a couple full bags of red potatos for a day of shooting the potato cannon on the beach. Good way to entertain her kids, especially the young boy. (watching of course, they were too little to fire it)
When we started firing off the potatos, she said "But you are wasting food!
Wow, yeah we are... um... want a potato? - What do you say?