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Originally Posted by Inky
That, yes, I just meant they seemed to have a fairly well-equipped castle going on which implied either rather more going on than Tolkien suggests or else a lot of magical cheating.
I love the comments about the possible ways in which making food by magic might not be straightforward.
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Tolkien concentrates on the things he is interested in. He does not for instance tell how the fireworks were transported from the Lonely Mountain as the trip was unusually hazardous.