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AS A CHILD, MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO NEVER OVERINDULGE IN EATING
BECAUSE "TO CHOKE DOWN FOOD WHEN IT IS NEEDED ELSEWHERE BY
OTHERS IS TO CHOKE ON THE GIFT OF OVERABUNDANCE." SHE FEELS VERY
STRONGLY THAT FOOD SHOULD NOT BE WASTED, AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT
OVERINDULGE WHEN OTHERS GO WITHOUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER ; WHERE I HEARD THIS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1960

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