Food is a subject of conversation more spiritually refreshing even that the weather, for the number of possible remarks about the weather is limited, whereas of food you can talk on and on and on.
- A. A. Milne
There is good to see happy Faces
round a table of good food
Indeed, for sounds,
I will put the song of
knives and forks
next to the song of man.
Richard Liewelyn
“How Green Was My Valley”
Come and take potluck with me
My hearth is warm,
my friendship free.
- Irish blessing
Oh cakes and friends we should choose with care,
Not always the fanciest cake that’s there
Is the best to eat! And the plainest friend
Is sometimes the finest one in the end.
from “French Pastry”
by Margaret E. Sangster
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
- Scottish Table Grace
