Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 1:59:44 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:32:27 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 12:24:31 PM UTC-5, 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.
>>>
>>> Why are cooks so thin-skinned that they would mind someone adding
>>> pepper (or salt, for that matter) to food? It's "season to taste", and
>>> everyone's taste is different.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>> I would have thought that it's bad manners to season a dish that one's host
>> has prepared. After all, it's criticism of her/his cooking.
>
> Not in my view. It means I like more salt or pepper than the host does.
>
> When I cook for others, I cut back on the salt to "normal people levels".
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Gray ham would still find something to whine about.

And if not, Master Druce will be along after the ham leaves.