the sheer variety of the edibles put before them - especially after the months they had spent eating nothing but lobster meat , deer meat , and the few bitter greens which roland pronounced safe - undoubtedly had something to do with the pleasure he took in the food , but eddie did n't think that was the sole answer ; he noticed that the kid was packing it away by the plateful ( and feeding a chunk of something to the bumbler crouched at his feet every couple of minutes ) , and jake had n't been here a week yet .