The answer to the question above is probably, resourcefulness. With hunger, it will help an individual to be more resourceful and creative to provide and fulfill the body's needs, which is food. An individual may make a food out of unusual things just to give its body food and energy.
I think he was not dreaming of scandal when he uttered this warning; that was a thing which would never have entered into his mind to consider in connection with his wife's name or his own.
