Folk sayings on eating and drinking. Do you have a favorite one? (table manners, tuna)

[boolouwho]

I never realized there were so many food and drink sayings. I love some of these!

My nan (who is British) never puts sugar in her tea. If offered, she always says:

"No sugar for me dear, I'm already sweet enough!"

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

(When meat is too rare) "Shhhhhhh..." (leaning over and putting an ear close to the steak) "I thought I heard it calling for help."

My grandmother would say that the meat was "still mooing."

[sll3454]

"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"

[luzianne]

"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach."
"Don't cry over spilled milk."

[aquietpath]

"Now we're cookin' with Crisco"
"He/she is the salt of the earth"
"slow as molasses on a January morning"
"She looked as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth"
"dry as a bone"

[phonelady61]

My pastors wife used to say about me eating a rare steak "Oh my gosh you like it stuck while it runs through the gate " , she was such a good person . Her and her husband both . They both have gone on home to Heaven to be with the Lord .
i sure do miss those two fine people . The pastor was from North Carolina and I know he liked Andy Griffith and I hope when I get there I get to see them again along with Andy Griffith singing on the front porch with Aunt Bea ...

[phonelady61]

when someone would tell me there are starving kids in china who would love to have that , I used to tell them
Good give it to them and my aunt used to get so mad at that . LOL

[lubby]

It's finger lickin good
We are like two peas in a pod
slow as molasses
this meat is so tough it's like shoe leather
don't cry over spilled milk
Want some fries with that shake?

[theatergypsy]

Bread - the staff of life.
Good bread, good meat, good lord, let's eat!
Old nursery rhymes:
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey.
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold.
Oats, peas, beans and barley grow.
Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean.
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone.
There was an old woman lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn't know what to do. (Obviously) She gave them some broth without any bread.
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie.

So many children's rhymes centered around food. Must have been hungry times when they were written. Agreed?

[cat1116]

There's always room for jello.

I remember a neighbor's father saying this alot. He was a big, tall guy. Actually his saying, would probably be more like, "there's always room for dessert".


My parents used to pull the ole saying too about finishing everything on your plate because there's children starving in this world.

Whenever Mom served anything that had beans in it, more specifically, hot dogs and beans, Dad would say this, "beans, beans, the magical fruit, makes your pants go rooty-toot-toot".