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Child of the 7th Age · 10-14-2002, 11:09 AM

Please don't forget that, in between those meals, most hobbits were out in the fields planting, weeding, and sowing. All that work was carried out by hand, or only with animals to help. There were no factories or cars belching out pollution.

Food was cooked from scratch; there were no chemical preservatives or meals of grease a la fast-food lines. Given the lack of refrigeration, I also think meat may have been rarer than in our day. Certainly, that was true of the medieval peasant.

Plus, although not perfect by any standard, there seems to have been a relative lack of stress in day-to-day Shire life when compared with our own.

So I would guess that their overall health would have been good, pipeweed or not.

sharon

10-14-2002, 11:09 AM	#8
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Please don't forget that, in between those meals, most hobbits were out in the fields planting, weeding, and sowing. All that work was carried out by hand, or only with animals to help. There were no factories or cars belching out pollution. Food was cooked from scratch; there were no chemical preservatives or meals of grease a la fast-food lines. Given the lack of refrigeration, I also think meat may have been rarer than in our day. Certainly, that was true of the medieval peasant. Plus, although not perfect by any standard, there seems to have been a relative lack of stress in day-to-day Shire life when compared with our own. So I would guess that their overall health would have been good, pipeweed or not. sharon __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.