The only way to "go hungry" at a black powder event where folks are camping is to completely refuse offers of food, and to forget to bring some of your own. A friend named Scott once went to a four day event at Fort Frederick MD and tried an experiment, ..., to see if he accepted all of the offers for food, would get enough to eat or would he go hungry... didn't bring any food himself...he gained weight.
One more thing... I saw a "heated dispute" once at a BP rifle match at Fort Frederick Maryland... they used to have a "Governor's Firelock Match" before the state went socialist...
Anyway, two veteran BP shooters, strangers to each other, were loudly arguing which of the two was going to help the Nicky-Newbie who was having an engine problem with his car in the parking area... oh and the Nickie-Newbie was a stranger to both veteran BP shooters too, they'd just met him and each other while the hood was up on Newbie's car. One vet had the right tools, the other vet was the master mechanic... wasn't a complicated fix either...
Wow so folks arguing on who could be the most helpful to a complete stranger, for free???
Show me where that happens in the "modern world"!
They finally settled on the master mechanic would direct the tool owner on "the best and shortest method" to effect the repair. Meanwhile Nickie-Newbie just stood there not knowing how to react.
LD