Potatoes

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Selmo

Elves from the North might eat Yorkshire oatcakes but more discerning Elves from a little further South would, of course, consume large quantities of Staffordshire oatcacks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/local_her...e_recipe.shtml


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Fah for oatmeal adulterated by plain flour, sugar and milk!

Perhaps Tolkien himself considered the divisions of the elves as originating in their culinary differences and preferences. I would be inclined, however, to think that the more southern elves would likely display the unfortunate consequences of consuming the oatcake with the larger amount of sugar. It was perhaps these elves who would leave traces of their footprints in the snow where the northern elves would demonstrate that fabled lightness of slender elves.