The Provençal expressions on the theme “Food” gather 12 traditional sayings, presented in Mistralian spelling with their meaning in English.
Quau à ben dina crèi lis autre sadoua full belly thinks everyone else is fed a Sant Martin, la castagno e lou nouvèu vinat Saint Martin's, it's chestnuts and new wine que si coucho sènso soupa, touto la nue si boulegosleep on an empty stomach and you'll toss all night li a jamai troup de pan e de dènt n'i a de rèstothere's never too much bread, and teeth to spare for it après bouan vin bouan couissinafter good wine, a good pillow vièio oulo, bouono soupoan old pot makes the best soup lou pèis vòu nada tres cop, à la mar, à la sartan e au vèntrefish should swim three times: in the sea, in the pan, and in wine l'aigo boulido sauvo la vidoboiled water saves lives soupo e amour, lei proumiero soun lei meiouroof soups and loves, the first are the best de vièio galino, bouan bouiounan old hen makes the best broth A ni goust ni goustoit has absolutely no flavour Manja de regardelloto eat absolutely nothing