Frodo and Bilbo are cousins (yes ... Gorbadoc is the Master of Buckland (the leader of the Brandybucks), and his house is famous for its feasting and good food, an obvious prerequisite for ...

There are some things that time cannot mend, some hurts that go too deep. This is what Frodo says in Return of the King when he is finishing up his memoir, and it is both literal and metaphorical.