everything they couldnt grow or make at home but wouldnt do without : salted herring from barrels for a little variety at meals ; kerosene for lamps ; oil for frying food ; spun flax , needles , buttons , and thread for making homespun clothes , along with cloth for the professional tailors to sew up something better ; cheap tobacco , snuff , and pipes , since smoking was one of the few peasant pleasures ; boots and shoes , a dolhinov specialty .