Thanks for the reply,
Zigūr!
While I'm critical of Jackson's adaptations, in terms of his facile joining of elves and vegetarianism I'm saving my annoyance for the people who
began that nonsense.
Also, the request for chips can be said to have some support, Sam Gamgee promising Gollum in
LotR that if he continued to behave well, he would cook him some fish and chips.