LL-L "Proverb" 2004.11.30 (02) [A/E]

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From: heather rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Proverbs" 2004.11.30 (02) [E]

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>>> 3.  An empty stomach makes the kail [soup] excellent.<

I think that this just means that even cabbage tastes good to/on any empty
stomach

Rather like  - beggars can't be choosers

If you are hungry even something ( as nasty as ) cabbage is better than
nothing

Heather

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From: ezinsser at tiscali.co.za <ezinsser at tiscali.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Proverbs" 2004.11.30 (08) [E]

Dag julle,

Mark, ek ken die uitdrukking as "Honger is die beste kok".

Groete,
Elsie

> > As we say in Afrikaans, 'Honger is die beste sous' -' Hunger is the best
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sauce'.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Proverbs

English:
Hunger is the best sauce.
Hunger is the best spice.
Hunger is good kitchen.

Scots:
Hunger ne'er wants a guid cook.

German:
Hunger ist der beste Koch.
(Hunger is the best cook.)

Latin:
Fames est optimus coquus.
(Hunger is the best cook.)
Cibi condimentum est fames.
(Hunger is flavoring for any meal.)

Italian:
La fame muta le fave in mandorle.
(Hunger makes hard beans sweet.)

Spanish:
A pan de quince dias, hambre de tres semanas.
(To bread of fifteen days, hunger of three weeks.)
A buena hambre no hace falta condimento.
(Good hunger has no need for flavoring.)

Vietnamese:
Đói thì ăn gì cũng ngon.
(Anything tastes delicious when you are hungry.)

Chinese:
饑不擇食。
(Hunger does not pick and choose food.)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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