Have you ever stopped to think how much of an impact food has on our lives? Aside from being just something we put in our mouths and digest to survive, there's so much more to it. On a professional level it's a major industry from television networks to the hospitality field. It's grocery chains and little gourmet shops. Right on down to the fellowship of sitting with your family or friends around and table and breaking bread together. Cooking has such a profound influence on our civilization, that many phrases used in our everyday language have evolved from something to do with cooking, drinking or food. Proverbs and witticisms handed down through generations, from all kinds of cultures often revolve around the same subject matter. Here are a few that come to mind:
Don't cry over spilt milk
Too many cooks spoil the soup
Hunger makes the best sauce
You can't have your cake and eat it too
Out of the frying pan into the fire
An apple never falls far from the tree
A watched pot never boils
Sour grapes can never make sweet wine
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar
One bad apple spoils the bin
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
You can't get blood out of a turnip
Greatest thing since sliced bread
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Cream always rises to the top
Don't butter your bread on both sides
Man does not live by bread alone
Slow as molasses
Fell off the turnip truck
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Cool as a cucumber
And...being The Devilish Dish, my personal favorite:
Too many cooks spoil the soup
Hunger makes the best sauce
You can't have your cake and eat it too
Out of the frying pan into the fire
An apple never falls far from the tree
A watched pot never boils
Sour grapes can never make sweet wine
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar
One bad apple spoils the bin
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
You can't get blood out of a turnip
Greatest thing since sliced bread
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
Cream always rises to the top
Don't butter your bread on both sides
Man does not live by bread alone
Slow as molasses
Fell off the turnip truck
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Cool as a cucumber
And...being The Devilish Dish, my personal favorite:
If you're family has a food related proverb they're particularly fond of, feel free to post it in the comments below!
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