Salt and pepper

Salt and pepper on a dining table of a hotel

Salt and pepper is the common name for edible salt and black pepper, a traditionally paired set of condiments found on dining tables where European-style food is eaten. The pairing of salt and pepper as table condiments dates to seventeenth-century French cuisine, which considered pepper the only spice (as distinct from herbs such as fines herbes) which did not overpower the true taste of food.^[1] They are typically found in a set of salt and pepper shakers, often a matched set.

References

1. ↑ "When did salt and pepper become a pair?", Max Shrem, Slashfood.com

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