What's so special about salt and pepper?
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Salt is a famous preservative
I think that's a singing group.
No, I mean why not cumin on the coffee table
salt is delicious
that's true
but so is cumin
need salt to live
and as for pepper it started out as being something that only those rich SOB's had
cause it had to come from like india
it was also used to hide the rancidity of the meat
Salt is a necessary diet item for people under stress, like farmers, soldiers, etc. It was also used as a food preservative, so food was frequently already salted before it was cooked or prepared. A number of cultures have pepper as an important part of their cooking. Not only does the flavor hide lesser spoilage, pepper is also an irritant and causes the stomach to feel fuller than it actually is.
Salt is the most basic spice: it enhances existing flavors, rather than creating a different one. One can't really cook to great effect without it. It allows you to adjust the 'volume' of your flavor.
Great lemonade from real lemons benefits from adding sugar, but it also works very well when you add some salt! Also, fruits with salt are even fruitier.
I think salt is a no-brainer. Nothing like it, biologically necessary, and most things taste better with it. It’s not an herb or a spice…it’s just salt and there’s a reason people have been carrying it all over hell and gone since time immemorial. Pepper on the other hand, that’s a fantastic question and I have no idea. I mean it’s good, but not uniquely so. I reckon it’s more habit and culture than anything else.
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Is this the first ever question?
I just felt like answering the first question.
They are lost without each other!
Salt was once used as currency, right? Pepper makes you sneeze. I like to sneeze.
I just felt like answering the first question.
Salt is the only rock you can eat. It has lots of taste but is odorless. It’s one thing that’s price hasn’t risen much in years. And it looks good on a counter next to pepper.
Don’t they make a cute couple?
columbus came to america looking for pepper.
i mean, that’s gotta have some value.
northern european spices, as opposed to asian / middle eastern spices. white man’s spice.
Salt-N-Pepa helped raise awareness in the mid-80s. Be it ordering fans to “push it” or suggesting that we all talk about sex, Salt-N-Pepa were pioneering females with a headstrong vision and a positive message. They caused a sensation, taking on hot button topics such as AIDS and abusive relationships while delivering witty put-downs to poorly-endowed lovers. Essentially they revolutionized hip-hop as a legitimate and recognized means of spreading a message. Be it political, socio-economical, environmental or whatever. what’s more they showed that women could be heard as loud and clear as any man.
part of that was taken from a biography I read a while back
1.It kills the taste of rancid food
2.It can be used to help preserve food
3.It is complementary in color to each other
4.We have been raised eating it so we are trained to want it
And, most important of all, they are the subject of the very first question on Fluther.
@astroChuck: Indeed. Visiting this question feels like a mini-pilgrimage.
bm- That’s a great way to refer to it. It’s our Mecca.
Unless, of course, one’s Muslim. Then Mecca would be their Mecca.
Did I just refer to you as bm?
We need to start having red chilli pepper right next to salt. Ground black pepper is overrated. i wanted to tour our Mecca too. It’s nice down here.
I wonder if Andrew’s mom ever found that faux fur silver fox jacket that zips?
first thread on fluther? sweet. i guess it’s how they spice up food and goes great with almost all food.
This was the first question ever asked?
Salt is tasty goodness towards food.
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