Potatoes

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

There might be taters in the Lembas, but I always think of it as a bit like Ship Biscuit but nicer and with less maggots and weevils.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

Or perhaps they indeed kept the remains of the vermin in the lembas as a protein source, but always chose a smaller rather than a larger one (so as not to be conspicuous) -- the lesser of two weevils, as it were.

Actually, that sounds more like cram to me, the vermin providing the chewier substance, since Tokien says somewhere that cram is chewy.

I would also think that the elves' miruvor would decompose, dissolve or otherwise cancel out any vermin--assuming that miruvor and lembas were taken together--and would thereby diminish any nutritional value. So there wouldn't be any point in including either a lesser or a greater of two weevils if one was going to imbibe miruvor with them.

But then I've always thought of lembas as similar to Yorkshire oatcakes.