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PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

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TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

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It is part of the novelist's convention not to mention soup and salmon and ducklings, as if soup and salmon and ducklings were of no importance.

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Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.

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The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.

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The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

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This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let's go and beat this guy up and come back and drink some more beer.

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TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.

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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

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When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface

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But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.

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Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

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There are two Italies.... The one is the most sublime and lovely contemplation that can be conceived by the imagination of man; the other is the most degraded, disgusting, and odious. What do you think? Young women of rank actually eat - you will never guess what - garlick! Our poor friend Lord Byron is quite corrupted by living among these people, and in fact, is going on in a way not worthy of him.

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Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

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CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

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WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

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It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine, is irreproachable in private life. Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees.

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SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.

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Man is a carnivorous production, And must have meals, at least one meal a day; He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction, But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey; Although his anatomical construction Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way, Your laboring people think beyond all question, Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion.

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