Salt & Pepper Pots

peachey · 23-10-2003, 16:36

While at asdas I bought a cheap salt and pepper set.

One has lots of holes and the other has a larger single hole but none are marked with the traditional 'S' and 'P'.

In the past I have always thought that the single hole one should be for the salt and the multiple one for the pepper. But after a brief conversation it appears this is not universally used as a standard.

Which one should I use for the salt and which for pepper do you reckon?

Dooby · 23-10-2003, 16:43

I actually thought it was the other way round, single hole for salt...
usually the single hole is larger, and salt grains tend to be larger than pepper ( assuming it isnt coarse ground pepper ).

orangebird · 23-10-2003, 16:45

single = salt
multiple = pepper

**Chris** · 23-10-2003, 16:50

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Originally Posted by orangebird

single = salt
multiple = pepper

Same here ... peachey, you really are trying to domesticate this forum, aren't you?

Bex · 23-10-2003, 17:07

i agree with orange and towny

Atomic22 · 23-10-2003, 18:29

single = black pepper
multiple = white pepper

salt is bad for you and all food contains more than enough of the recommended daily salt intake for the average adult so dont add more....also it tastes awful so thats two good reasons....

Theodoric · 28-10-2003, 19:53

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Originally Posted by orangebird

single = salt
multiple = pepper

Ah, but we foodies who use sea salt (all right, rock salt!) and whole pepper corns need mills to grind these items.

Ramrod · 28-10-2003, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Theodoric

Ah, but we foodies who use sea salt (all right, rock salt!) and whole pepper corns need mills to grind these items.

I thought I was the only one

MadGamer · 29-10-2003, 13:46

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

I thought I was the only one

Thats why we have the pots where you twist to grind the pepper down. lol

SMHarman · 29-10-2003, 14:15

I like the single handed pepper grinder where you squeeze the two handles together. Ball shape at the bottom.

Agreed single hole for salt and multiple for pepper. Though I think the french do it the other way round.

MadGamer · 29-10-2003, 14:34

So they have the single hole for the pepper and the triple for the salt?

29-10-2003, 14:51

are they grinders? in which case its metal gringer for the pepper and plastic for the salt (unless you want to eat rust!!)

MadGamer · 29-10-2003, 15:20

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Originally Posted by gary_580

are they grinders? in which case its metal gringer for the pepper and plastic for the salt (unless you want to eat rust!!)

Err NO!!!

SMHarman · 29-10-2003, 17:31

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Originally Posted by WNA

So they have the single hole for the pepper and the triple for the salt?

I'm sure parts of the world seem to do this backwards

snodvan · 29-10-2003, 18:29

I recall an item in Antiques Raoadshow where an "expert" said that until the very early part of the last century salt was dispensed from a shaker with multiple holes and pepper was dispensed from a shaker with a single hole. Remember that up until that sort of date salt was also traditionally dispensed with a spoon (or "pinched" with fingers) from a glass-lined dish. However, that original convention was gradually reversed until by the 1940s it was salt - single/ pepper - multi. The same expert gave a rationale for why the original convention and why it then changed. The reason was something to do with the first world war but I cannot recall the details.