Hunger me, and I'll harry thee.
"If servants get not their meat honestly and decently, they will neglect their master's business, or embezzle his goods."—Kelly.
Hunger never fails of a gude cook.
Hunger's gude kitchen.
"Hunger is the best sauce."—English.
Hunger's gude kitchen to a cauld potato, but a wet divot to the lowe o' love.
That is, hunger is good sauce for common meat, but a wet turf (vulgariter, "a damper") to love.
Hunger will break through stane wa's.
The English add to this, "or anything except a Suffolk cheese."