I don't know about you, but we always seem to have too many Salt and Pepper dispensers on the table.
We have stainless steel electric ones that are not very reliable, shop bought see-through plastic containers with good quality contents that come in their own simple mills, a combined salt-n-pepper mill that works well, and best of all a French antique glass two-bay dispenser that is used by finger-pinching the amount needed (in foreground below).
Someone once said that my preferred French glass twin containers are not very hygienic. That may be so, but the user-friendly advantages far out-way any risk to health. Anyway, we do tend to wash our hands before eating.
I have several other versions of the glass container. I have various English examples including a pair of classic Chippendale cellars, as well as more simple Victorian cut-glass pots.
I had a friend who never went anywhere without his small antique pepper grinder. It was a nice little object, trimmed with silver, that he kept in his pocket at all times. He hated the idea of poor quality pepper! I know how he felt.
I shall continue to use my French glass containers. As far as I'm concerned they are perfect; and don't tell me otherwise!
I am hard pushed to come up with something meaningful in reply to your post.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone have so many pepper/salt grinders - particularly whilst living in a "bijoux" abode?
Cellars? Yes, salt is fine - up to a point. Pepper should be freshly ground on an as and when needed basis not sit there, open, for days/weeks on end. As to hygiene: In the olden days, those salt cellars came with teensy weensy silver spoons - no fingertips in the bowl.
Well, that was "fun".
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