Thursday, September 14, 2023

Laughing Lhursday*

Once again I feel relieved
that Fortune favours fools,
or as a German saying goes,
"Die dümmsten Bauern
ernten die größten Kartoffeln."
/
"The dumbest farmers
harvest the biggest potatoes".

Sometimes a saying
can be a great comfort.

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

 

10 comments:

  1. Fortune has certainly favoured me. More than once.

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    1. In this very case it favoured the right person, for a change.

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  2. You would have to be very carful trying to peel the smallest potato :-)

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  3. I love potatoes and that one looks very tiny, enough for a wee bird. :)

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    1. While I was digging Lady C. was delighted to collect all the big spuds; had I not intervened she would have spurned (?) all those little ones proving my genius.
      At the end there were enough for a nice meal: Sesame lightly roasted without fat, some butter added, the tiny potatoes tossed and served with herbed curd cheese and some freshly picked tomatoes and salad.

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  4. Well, they have to start growing at some size in order to eventually get bigger.

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  5. O com diem per aquí, "mal de molts, conhort de boigs".😅
    N'hi ha molts que no tenen ni una patata diminuta. Aquesta no sé si val la pena fregir-la o bullir-la i tampoc sé si li notaras el gust.🤭

    Aferradetes, Sean.

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    1. Ah, the little ones are delicious. No need to peel them. ;-)
      Just look above for the recipe I mentioned to Bill.

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