It's likely he never had a good square meal of decent food in his life.

He's starved to the bone." Margaret arose deliberately, removed the white cloth from the supper table and substituted an old red one she used to wrap the bread.

She put away the pretty dishes they commonly used and set the table with old plates for pies and kitchen utensils.

But she fried the chicken, and was generous with milk and honey, snowy bread, gravy, potatoes, and fruit.
Wesley repainted the scratched wheel.

He mended the fence, with Billy holding the nails and handing the pickets.