ecl@ahuta.UUCP (ecl) (11/30/84)
Every table in every restaurant and home (well, almost every) has salt and pepper shakers. I can understand why salt is considered such a basic condiment, but why pepper? Does anyone know? Does anyone want to guess? Does anyone want to complain about people like me posting useless questions like this one? Evelyn C. Leeper ==> Note new net address: ...ihnp4!ahuta!ecl (Mail sent to my old address will be forwarded temporarily.)
eac@druor.UUCP (CveticEA) (11/30/84)
Why pepper? Its simple--pepper goes with everything except sweets and there are even exceptions to that (pfefferneus--excuse my spelling). Pepper ands zip and it stimulates the tastes buds. If more people had pepper mills, instead of shakers, I think more people would use it. Betsy Cvetic P.S.--I have a third condiment on my table. My own blend of salt, pepper, herbs and spices. It helps cut down on some of the salt while adding a lot more flavor!
ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (11/30/84)
One of the best restaurants I ever ate in did NOT have salt or pepper shakers on the tables. I liked their confidence. They were right, by the way.
hollis@ucf-cs.UUCP (William ) (12/03/84)
Maybe someone can ge Miss Manners an account on the Net...
William Kendall Hollis (Ken)
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hollis.ucf-cs@Csnet-Relayeder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) (12/23/84)
[22 December 1984 ]
In the middle ages, salt and pepper were very expensive. Pepper used to
trade for its weight in gold, and a peasant had to fork over one-tenth of his
produce to obtain suffcient salt for his needs. In those days, the wealthy
demonstrated their wealth to guests by having salt and pepper available on
their dinner tables. Like many other customs, it spread to the general
populace when the costs became low enough.
Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder / 1-206-773-4545