Spinach Food Quotes
"On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full."
Delia Ephron, How To Eat Like A Child
On spinach: "I dislike it, and am happy to dislike it because if I liked it I would eat it, and I cannot stand it."
Le Prudhomme
Flaubert's Dictionnaire des idées reçues
"There was a Young Lady of Greenwich,
Whose garments were border'd with Spinach;
But a large spotty Calf,
bit her shawl quite in half,
Which alarmed that Young Lady of Greenwich."
Edward Lear, English artist, writer; known for his 'literary nonsense' & limericks (1812-1888)
"Spinach is susceptible of receiving all imprints: It is the virgin wax of the kitchen."
Grimod de la Reyniere
“One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.”
George Ade (1866-1944) American humorist
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