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From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Salt and Pepper
Message-ID: <297@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Dec-84 00:11:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 23 00:11:06 1984
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Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA
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[22 December 1984 ]

     In the middle ages, salt and pepper were very expensive.  Pepper used to
trade for its weight in gold, and a peasant had to fork over one-tenth of his
produce to obtain suffcient salt for his needs.  In those days, the wealthy
demonstrated their wealth to guests by having salt and pepper available on
their dinner tables.  Like many other customs, it spread to the general
populace when the costs became low enough.

Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder / 1-206-773-4545