Mark Twain

 The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

black bread to keep him in a half-fed con­di­tion;

lot of wheat, a del­i­cacy as rare to the ta­bles of their class as was ice-cream to a her­mit’s; also a size­able deal din­ner-ta­ble; also two en­tire pounds of salt, which was an­other piece of ex­trav­a­gance in those peo­ple’s eyes; also crock­ery, stools, the clothes, a small cask of beer, and so on.

din­ner-ma­te­ri­als,