Translation:
The food that cooks well is cooked with the first water
Postproverbial:
Ya kũhĩa,nĩ ĩcuraga
Translation:
The food that cooks well, gets burnt
Comments:
The difference between the two illustrations is the quality of the cooked food. While the food which will cook well is detected early, it is seen to deteriorate in the postproverbial
Language - Region:
gikuyu-kenya
Label:
food
cook
burn