The black kitchen cabinets are filled with the surplus-foodstuffs of the laborers, the necessary means of subsistence. In those of the better-paid servants, however, the floor is tiled and the walls decorated with murals of flowers, leaves, and fruits. In order to afford amusement to the children, who have been trained to eat and drink well, these moulds are often decorated with figures of animals, birds, and other creatures adapted to the taste of the laborer. Sometimes both are consumed, but always in the form of snack foods.