When I was at WorldCon, chatting with one customer, she answered a question on how much she knows about a specific topic with "not a sausage" - meaning "exactly nothing". That was an expression I had never heard before, and there ensued a short but fun conversation about where it came from (she got it off someone else, but it seems to be rather rare) and that Germans use sausage in a different way in their (very common) idiom: Das ist mir Wurst (it's sausage to me, meaning "I don't care").

Which reminded me of a much longer conversation that we had during one dinner at the last Textile Forum, resulting in the insight that Germans have a lot of expressions that concern food. And when I say "a lot", I mean a huge lot.

So I thought it might be fun to go and collect some of them here, and maybe even get some input from people in other places, with other languages, if you have similar expressions - or not.

Here you go. Some German food idioms. The German phrase, the literal translation into English, and an explanation.

Das ist mir Wurst.	It's sausage to me.	I don't care.
Das ist nicht mein Bier.	That's not my beer.	It's not my problem.
eine beleidigte Leberwurst sein	to be an insulted liver sausage (liver paté, or sausage with liver in it)	to be easily offended, or more offended than warranted by the circumstances
seinen Senf dazugeben	to add one's mustard	state one's opinion about something (unasked and usually also not too welcome)
mit dem ist nicht gut Kirschen essen	this person is not good to eat cherries with	it's hard to get along with this person
seine Brötchen verdienen	earn one's bread rolls	make money for living/work
das macht das Kraut nicht fett	this doesn't make the cabbage greasy	it's not accounting for much in the overall picture
die dümmsten Bauern haben die dicksten Kartoffeln	the most stupid farmer has the largest potatoes	usually said when someone gets a lot of money without effort
nicht die Bohne	not a bean	not at all
Tomaten auf den Augen haben	to have tomatoes on the eyes	to be blind/not see something that should be obvious
Petersilie in den Ohren haben	to have parsley in the ears	the audio equivalent to the tomatoes - to not hear something
ein armes Würstchen sein	to be a poor sausage	poor devil/poor thing
der schaut, als hätten ihm die Hühner das Brot weggefressen	that one has a look as if the chickens ate his bread	to look helpless or perplexed
sich ein Ei legen	lay oneself an egg	to dig a hole for yourself
für'n Apfel und ein Ei	for an apple and an egg	for very little money
dumm wie Bohnenstroh	dumb as bean straw	dumb as a post
es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird	nothing is eaten as hot as it's being cooked	it won't be as bad as it seems at first
der satten Maus schmeckt das süße Mehl bitter	the satiated mouse finds the sweet flour tastes bitter	things lose their appeal when you have had enough of them
wie Kraut und Rüben	like cabbage and turnips	completely dis-ordered
das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei	that's not the yolk of the egg	that's not the best situation/solution
die Rosinen aus dem Kuchen picken	to pick the raisins out of the cake	only take the best bits and leave the rest

Funny how many there are, right? And I have probably forgotten quite a few. Let me know if I did (and which ones) - and let me know if there's similar food-related idioms in your (non-German) language!