The cooks of Suffex county had prepared Fred's victuals for the journey
with painstaking care. It was made sure that he had plenty of meats of
every sort, pieces of vension and slabs of roast beef, whole chickens,
rolls of ham and bacon and sausages and lamb chops
as well as veal. Neither could their Lord be suffered to depart without a
proper assortment of exotic cheeses, assorted fruits and vegetables,
chewtaffy and
hard candy (as well as Fred's favorite cheese and strawberry pastries),
neatly sliced pieces of rhye bread, dried sweetmeats and two flagons of
raspberry ale. And it most certainly have been unthinkable to package so
much food without the proper flavouring ingredients, ie salt, pepper, hot
sauces herbs and spices from foreign lands, and marinades for the meats.
Fred had also packed enough cooking implements and fuel to cook all of
the food, but lighting a fire here and attracting attention to themselves
could be tantamount to suicide. "My goodness!" Diana exclaimed as Fred unpackaged the sundry. "It all looks so wonderful!" She tried to reach for a piece of ham but Fred jerked it away in horror. "Surely you don't intend to eat without saying prayers first? We must thank Providence for watching over us and giving us this bounty even in a time when so many experience hardship." "Pray forgive me, sire I have just not eaten anything in days," Diana said.
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