Psellos rejoiced in his friendship with Ioannes the kaisar (with images of food). There was an unwritten law that when one sacrificed or kept a festival, first-fruits were sent to a superior. By this rule he sent Ioannes first-fruits of common foods - bread, wine and fruit. To do things properly, Ioannes should eat them himself. Otherwise he should give them to his sons Andronikos and Konstantinos as playthings, and enjoy their games