Enjoy the following regional sayings and poems which illustrate the Italians\u2019 love for food<\/p>\n
Quote<\/strong><\/td>\n| Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Quando un contadino mangia un pollo, o \u00e8 ammalato\u00a0l\u2019uno o \u00e8 ammalato l\u2019altro<\/td>\n | When a peasant eats a\u00a0chicken, either one or the other is sick (since chickens produce eggs, killing one to eat it only\u00a0makes sense if the chicken is sick, or if it is needed to\u00a0make a sick person well.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \u00a0Insalata, ben salata,\u00a0\u00a0poco aceto, molto oliata,\u00a0\u00a0mille volte rivoltata.<\/td>\n | \u00a0Greens, well salted,\u00a0\u00a0little vinegar, well-oiled,\u00a0\u00a0tossed one thousand times!<\/p>\n | An old expression describing the best way to prepare a\u00a0salad. Notice ben salata\u00a0 – the Romans liked to use a lot\u00a0of salt, since salt was money and it showed that they\u00a0had wealth. Both the word insalata\u00a0 and our Englishword \u2018salary\u2019 come from the Italian word for salt: sale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \u00a0Il magnar non vale un\u2019acca se alla fine non sa di vacca.<\/td>\n | \u00a0A meal is worthless if it doesn\u2019t taste of milk at the\u00a0conclusion<\/p>\n | Lombardo expression, denoting their love\u00a0for cheese at the end of a meal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \u00a0El vin bon,\u00a0\u00a0l\u2019omo bravo,\u00a0\u00a0e la dona bela,\u00a0\u00a0dura poco<\/td>\n | Good wine, the trustworthy man, and the beautiful woman don’t last long<\/p>\n | –Old Proverb from Friuli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ci scusiamo. Al momento non \u00e8 disponibile alcuna traduzione italiana per questa pagina. Enjoy the following regional sayings and poems which illustrate the Italians\u2019 love for food Quote Meaning Quando un contadino mangia un pollo, o \u00e8 ammalato\u00a0l\u2019uno o \u00e8 ammalato l\u2019altro When a peasant eats a\u00a0chicken, either one or the other is sick (since … <\/p>\n |