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\u00a0<\/span>makes sense if the chicken is sick, or if it is needed to\u00a0<\/span>make a sick person well.)<\/span><\/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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 chickens produce eggs, killing one to eat it only\u00a0makes sense if the chicken … <\/p>\n |