The food, to the credit of the elves, was quite delicious.
They served rich, delicious stews of boiled vegetables along with servings of a rice-like grain, as well as all manner and variety of assortments of different parts of plants and trees, including the roots, leaves, flowers, fruits, and even the bark.
Yet, they made it work in what was fulfilling meal that was satisfying, but not too heavy.
He found it interesting that they ate with their hands, rather than with a culinary tool fashioned from wood or plants, cleaning their hands with an organic root sap disinfectant before they had begun eating.
By the time they had completed their meals, the dark elves had finished every ounce of food, leaving nothing to waste.
"We thank Mother Nature for this meal," the dark elf elder conjoined her hands together as she closed her eyes. "May she feed us for all time to come."