On 2021-02-07 12:24 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:13:41 -0800, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>
>> The salt thread has started and continued to be nutso.
>>
>> Can we do the same with pepper?
>
> Interesting!
> Lately, I've been making pepper mills and it has occurred to me that their
> real place is in the kitchen, not on the formal dining table where their
> use would be an insult to the cook.
>

I can't imagine a cook being insulted by someone seasoning their food at
the table. Tastes vary. Some people are more sensitive to salt than
others. Some people like pepper more than others. I used to know a guy
who used a lot of pepper. We used to run into him in a diner where he
had breakfast every morning. He used more pepper in a single breakfast
that I use in a month or more. He would have fried eggs and sprinkle so
much pepper on them that the eggs were almost black. I like pepper, but
I cringed at the thought of eating that much pepper on anything.