Folk sayings on eating and drinking. Do you have a favorite one? (coffee, soups)

[Arctic Samurai]

"The way to a man's heart, goes through his stomach", I think you say.

[no kudzu]

when the kids would complain about food touching on the plate my father would say
"It's all going to the same place"

"You're stomach doesn't have a clock" -but actually mine does

and the worst advice I ever got from my mother
"Men don't like casseroles"

[gentlearts]

A moment on the lips, forever on the hips.

[lubby]

I am so hungry I could eat a horse
I just ate like a pig
I am stuffed to the gills
Finish your plate there are starving children in Africa my mom would say
Beans, beans, good for your heart, the more you eat the more you fart, the more you fart the better you feel. So eat your beans at every meal. LOL

[theatergypsy]

Originally Posted by lubby

My grandmother used to say to us "A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine" She always had us drink orange juice with our breakfast. It was very inportant to her that we drank this. An Apple a day keeps the doctor away is one I have heard for many years.

Who is your grandmother, Anita Bryant?

Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we diet.

Eat what you can, and what you can't eat, you can.

Eat every bean and pea on your plate. (That was my Grandpa's favorite)

[nj185]

My father was fond of checking if the "sun was over the yardarm" before you could have that beer - - -

[hey teach]

"hey MaMa, make me a rum cake and leave out the cake!"

[baker Freesia]

You can't have your cake and eat it too, this one always bugged me. Argh!

The rest of these sayings did not necessarily come from my parents or grandparent's but from my youth:

slow as molasses
that's the way the cookie crumbles
a watched pot never boils
a piece of cake
Life's a bowl of cherries
don't count your chicken before they hatch

ha, there are plenty more I'm sure

[laorbust61]

Too much sugar for a dime
Drunk as Cooty Brown

[maggie2101]

"Thru the teeth and past the gums, look out stomach hear it comes."
"Three sheets to the wind" three sheets to the wind - Wiktionary