The ordinary Fremen family of the sietches lived on simple, healthy fare (The donkeys that earned the family s belongings also provided milk, which was made into butter, cheese, and kvetch a clabbered milk dnnk) Fruits were mostly dates, figs, and apricots grown in the palma-nes, and the occasional portygul or melon imported from Caladan, especially the pink-fleshed, sweet, and fragrant paradan melon Fruits were eaten fresh, made into conserves pickled or dned Leafy vegetables were very scarce on Arrakis Instead, a large number of root crops, like tabaroot available most of the year were grown in the gardens tended by the children of the tribes Meat was often roasted-desert hare and chukka (a fowl) were the most common-or a savory stew might be made of meat and roots