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“My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana. I said 'No, but I want a regular banana later, so... yeah.'”

Ifs Want Said Humor Wanted Funny Comedy Food My Friends Yeah Frozen Bananas

Author:Mitch Hedberg

“And Tom brought him chicken soup until he wanted to kill him. The lore has not died out of the world, and you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either.”

People World Believe Stills Wanted Hurt Food Died Illness Cures Chickens Bad Things Funeral Toms Soup Chicken Soup

Book:East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

“Crackers, toasted or hard bread may be added a short time before the soup is wanted; but do not put in those libels on civilized cookery, called DUMPLINGS! One might about as well eat, with the hope of digesting, a brick from the ruins of Babylon, as one of the hard, heavy masses of boiled dough which usually pass under this name.”

Wells May Hard Might Wanted Names Food Mass Heavy Bread Ruins Civilized Soup Bricks Short Time Dough Crackers Libel Cookery Babylon Dumplings

Book:Early American Cookery:

Source: Early American Cookery:

“According to the Spanish proverb, four persons are wanted to make a good salad: a spendthrift for oil, a miser for vinegar, a counsellor for salt and a madman to stir it all up.”

Persons Wanted Four Food Cooking Oil Culinary Salt Salad Madmen Misers Vinegar Spendthrift Counsellors Spanish Proverb

Author:John Gerard

“I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.”

“When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn't. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven't eaten for two days you'll understand.”

“When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'”

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Author:Yogi Berra

“Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.”

People Inspirational Should Wanted Success Desire Dog Military Food Should Have Hot Alcohol Beer Champagne Beer Drinking Drinking Beer Hot Dog Funny Beer Caviar Great Beer

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“I always wanted to open a delicatessen in Jerusalem and call it 'Cheeses of Nazareth'.”

Wanted Food Cheese Jerusalem Nazareth

Author:Sandi Toksvig