593905 Fri Feb 06 05:42:09 -0800 2009 6 29 Not About Food 0 4392429 I used to give a gift of wine, salt and bread to newly weds. I can't remember the wording that goes with that gift. Does anyone know? Fri Feb 06 05:42:09 -0800 2009 247986 JerryMe 1 4392443 Bread... that this house may never know hunger. Salt... that life may always have flavor. And wine... that joy and prosperity may reign forever. Fri Feb 06 05:47:27 -0800 2009 4392429 18353 DGresh 2 4393125 I love learning something new every day. Fri Feb 06 09:16:15 -0800 2009 4392443 92180 gourmet wife 2 4394038 I always remember that from It's A Wonderful Life. Fri Feb 06 13:24:21 -0800 2009 4392443 104084 LNG212 1 4394123 I've heard a similar one without the "prosperity" angle. Bread so that you may never go hungry, salt so that you will have a life full of flavor, wine so that you will share a life of joy with friends and family. Fri Feb 06 13:48:25 -0800 2009 4392429 25664 meg944 2 4400890 In my family because my dad was Jewish we followed the old Jewish tradition. He gave us salt, bread and a broom as a housewarming gift. Salt is to season your life, the bread is so you will not go hungry, and the broom is to sweep your troubles or sorrows away.....very similar to the Italian tradition. Mon Feb 09 10:45:43 -0800 2009 4394123 103626 lvanleer 1 4400944 I am part Lithuanian, and my husband and I were give wine, bread, and salt as our first meal to share as we entered our wedding reception. They represent joy, work, and tears as the 3 elements of a life together. Mon Feb 09 10:57:02 -0800 2009 4392429 115460 stephiehun