I'LL BITE...

DID YOU EVER REALIZE HOW MANY OF OUR COMMON COLLOQUIAL PHRASES ARE BASED ON FOOD?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL DERIVATIONS OF SOME OF THEM:

EASY AS PIE
THIS ONE ALWAYS BAFFLED ME. WHAT EXACTLY IS SO EASY ABOUT PIE? ASK ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BAKED A PIE, IT'S NOT SO EASY! WELL, THE POPULAR EXPRESSION WAS ORIGINALLY A MID-19TH CENTURY PHRASE. IT STARTED AS "EASY AS EATING PIE". OVER THE YEARS, THE FAMOUS CONTRACTION FORM OF THE ORIGINAL, "EASY AS PIE", SOMEHOW DEVELOPED.

WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
SALT WAS ONCE BELIEVED TO HAVE HEALING PROPERTIES. TO EAT OR DRINK SOMETHING WITH "A GRAIN OF SALT" WAS TO PRACTICE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AGAINST POISONING OR ILLNESS.

COOK YOUR GOOSE
IN 1560, A TOWN WAS ATTACKED BY THE MAD KING OF SWEDEN, ERIC XIV. THE TOWNSPEOPLE HUNG UP A GOOSE IN PROTEST. THE GOOSE WAS A SYMBOL OF STUPIDITY. FURIOUS, THE ANGRY KING THREATENED TO "COOK YOUR GOOSE"