So I know I usually end a lot of my posts with quotes that are relevent (or at least semi-relevent in my addled mind) to said subject material. That however is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO limiting. I can only do quotes about mushrooms, entertaining, gnochhi, or specific things. So, I am broadening the horizon for this one. The following is a list of quotes, mostly about food, some not, but all that I find inspiring, thought provoking, or funny.
Please add some that you love, or tell me what you think of mine.....even if you want to tell me that you think mine suck, are wierd, or disgusting.
A GOOD START
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~Voltaire
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. ~Garrison Keillor
Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? ~Author Unknown
Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you! ~Tommy Smothers
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. ~Diogenes
COURSE 2
You can say this for ready-mixes - the next generation isn't going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make. ~Earl Wilson
All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. ~John Gunther
******I have tried using this as a defense to my weekend laziness, but, unfortunately guys, it apparently is trumped by the "honeydew" list (read HONEY DO)
A bagel is a doughnut with the sin removed. ~George Rosenbaum
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. ~Lewis Grizzard
I don't think America will have really made it until we have our own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French, Italians, Russians and Caesarians. ~Pat McNelis
***for the record, other than caesar, all these dressings suck, it's just a funny quote
Sleep 'til you're hungry, eat 'til you're sleepy. ~Author Unknown
***If only life were that simple.....it might be for my basset hound, but not I
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. ~Alfred E. Newman
***Sad, but True
THE ENTREE
If God had intended us to follow recipes,He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.~Linda Henley
***my father is happy that this isn't actually true in our family.....creamed onions..AGHHHH!!!!
Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our anti-materialistic, otherworldly, New Age spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should be as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu and seaweed slime. ~Edward Abbey
Hey yogurt, if you're so cultured, how come I never see you at the opera - ANON
***now that's just funny
What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? ~Lin Yutang
Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on. ~George Bernard Shaw
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. ~James Beard
***Crass, but true.....kind of true to Beard although he is somehow sanctified by all
We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow. ~Lee Iacocca
***Not a bad philosophy actually
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food? ~Bill Bryson
***For the record, this guy is just f'in hilarious. Everything he writes, but I chose this quote as a highlight.
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. ~Mark Twain
Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie. ~Astrid Alauda
***This might be my second favorite food quote ever
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well - Virginia Wolfe
***This is my absolute favorite one
THE SWEET FINISH
Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. ~Ernestine Ulmer
Research tells us fourteen out of any ten individuals likes chocolate. ~Sandra Boynton
Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos. ~Don Kardong
Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! ~Author Unknown
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who love chocolate, and communists. ~Leslie Moak Murray
***No offense Kenny...Oh wait, you're a MAN U fan, not a communist, I get the two confused :)
I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not highly rouged. Holding back, not exposing everything and, of course, with a flavor that lasts. ~Graham Kerr
Cookies are made of butter and love. ~Norwegian Proverb
Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. ~Erma Bombeck
***Dark, but that's just funny
Man cannot live on chocolate alone, but woman sure can. ~Author Unknown
THE BIG FINISH
"Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon."Doug Larson
So, that's it. Hope you enjoyed some, were intrigued by others, and will post some of your own.
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