Which holes salt and pepper shakers

Pepper mills are now standard issue on many restaurant tables, but the fate of salt is still being decided. Fans of salt and pepper mills like me find themselves constantly changing the size of the grind of both condiments, thereby controlling the complexion of a dish. For more from St. Louis Magazine , subscribe or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. BOX St. Louis, MO Skip to main content. Which are the best salt and pepper grinders? Bottle Grinder.

Why do you pass the salt and PePPer together? The etiquette is to pass both salt and pepper together. The person who passes both when only one has been requested has likely learned proper table manners which others may not have learned even as adults.

It's never too late to learn new things. Where is black pepper from? Black pepper is native to present-day Kerala in South India, and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. How do you refill a salt and pepper grinder? Simply shake salt from the top and use the salt Shaker as a knob for easy pepper grinding from the base of the grinder Shaker.

A grind-selector locks into 5 different settings to easily adjust from fine to coarse. To refill salt, unscrew the Shaker cap or remove the salt chamber altogether to refill peppercorns. Allrecipes member Cupps is in the 'more holes for pepper' camp with a mnemonic: "I remember it because there's three P's in PePPer, so it has three holes.

The short answer is that it varies by culture and also current health trends. Those wishing to limit their sodium intake aka, those in the United States use the top with the fewest holes in it for the salt. Practically speaking though, the real answer is to use whichever top gives you the result you want. It all depends on the kind of salt and pepper you are using. Same with salt. Some places get fancy and use coarse sea salt, but put it in salt shakers with holes too small. Avoid this needless frustration by matching the size of your salt and pepper to your shakers.