Here's a few for you, not food related but more Southern country-ish:
"More (money, women, troubles, etc) than Carter has liver pills." "Carter" was a company that made liver pills that it seemed at one time in American history everyone was taking for one ailment or another.
Her pants are "tighter than Dick's hatband." Hat bands on fedora hats commonly worn in the 30/40/50s were actually sewn to the hat so that would be pretty damned tight.
sneeze "Bless you" This came from the medievel(sp) belief that a sneeze was so traumatic that your heart stopped momentarily and thus released a part of your soul which needed to be blessed.
"More (money, women, troubles, etc) than Carter has liver pills." "Carter" was a company that made liver pills that it seemed at one time in American history everyone was taking for one ailment or another.
Her pants are "tighter than Dick's hatband." Hat bands on fedora hats commonly worn in the 30/40/50s were actually sewn to the hat so that would be pretty damned tight.
sneeze "Bless you" This came from the medievel(sp) belief that a sneeze was so traumatic that your heart stopped momentarily and thus released a part of your soul which needed to be blessed.