Sancho observed all, contemplated all, and everything won his heart. The first to captivate and take his fancy were the pots, out of which he would have very gladly helped himself to a moderate pipkinful; then the wine skins secured his affections; and lastly, the produce of the frying-pans, if, indeed, such imposing cauldrons may be called frying-pans; and unable to control himself or bear it any longer, he approached one of the busy cooks and civilly but hungrily begged permission to soak a scrap of bread in one of the pots; to which the cook made answer, "Brother, this is not a day on which hunger is to have any sway, thanks to the rich Camacho; get down and look about for a ladle and skim off a hen or two, and much good may they do you."
Todo lo miraba Sancho Panza, y todo lo contemplaba, y de todo se aficionaba: primero le cautivaron y rindieron el deseo las ollas, de quién él tomara de bonísima gana un mediano puchero; luego le aficionaron la voluntad los zaques; y, últimamente, las frutas de sartén, si es que se podían llamar sartenes las tan orondas calderas; y así, sin poderlo sufrir ni ser en su mano hacer otra cosa, se llegó a uno de los solícitos cocineros, y, con corteses y hambrientas razones, le rogó le dejase mojar un mendrugo de pan en una de aquellas ollas. A lo que el cocinero respondió: -Hermano, este día no es de aquellos sobre quien tiene juridición la hambre, merced al rico Camacho.