I keep noticing a push for novelty Salt&Pepper shakers at a popular aggregate site with a shop. Is it just a form to play with, or are people actually still buying - and using that many S&P shakers? I certainly never bought any. Given a pair in a tupperware set at the shower - 29 years ago. Filled both, used the salt for a while, both long lost but unmissed. My mother had several sets, for everyday, for fancy, and a clever diner set her DIL gave her.
Very much like these, in blue.
This is our condiment selection.
I use some salt in cooking, on occasion. Not much, by the pinch. We cooked up bacon for dinner last night, good stuff, ends & pieces, no nitrates. An hour later, my mouth felt like I'd been sucking on rock salt. Not used to it anymore. Getting away from processed foods, the taste for more than a hint of salt is gone. Not a health concern, just don't use it much, don't want it, don't miss it. Do overtaste it in salted foods, certainly. Come to prefer spicy, a touch of oily, tart and savory.
The last time we were at Red Iguana, all wonderful moles and carefully mixed spices and flavors, we wondered at the presence of S&P shakers on the tables. Who would add either to those dishes? Really? Why not ketchup as well?
As we discussed this, while falling asleep last night, D tells me of Bede's possessions at his death, incense, some linen, and a bag of pepper, the latter being the most expensive. I wonder if its popularity has to do with being rare, so transportable, while staying fresh? Looked it up this year, to see if growing* it is a possibility. It's not. Not even close. I'll stick to chili peppers - they love it here.
*"Needs plenty of water, shade, humidity and heat. It takes 3-4 years before the first fruit can be harvested." - excerpt of post from Gardenweb.
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My wife does 99% of the cooking in our household, though I do make the kids' lunches in the morning.
In her cooking she often uses both salt and pepper as many recipes require 'salt and pepper to taste'.
At our table, she will also add salt and/or pepper, occasionally, to the food we are eating.
I rarely do.
Canadian cooking. I have to assume. I much prefer salsa.
Now I really have to show you my collection of salt and pepper containers......watch my space!
Ah, came to this by a link. I love salt and pepper shakers. I just gave my daughter a pair exactly like chickens. Awfully lifelike - I mean apart from being only 2 inches high and made of china. :)
Bede's possessions.... yes, and people had so little then. They often left cloaks and blankets to others in their wills.
Jenny,
I'd like to see a picture of 'em.
Well made wool could last generations. I still have a blanket that was not new when I was little, and a wool skirt of my aunt's.
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