Why is black pepper, of all things, the one standard spice served with salt? RULES: You have to KNOW to answer. I can make nerd guesses too, so don't peppersplain to me unless you know pepper TRUTH.
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I can’t remember where exactly, but I once read that mustard was an extremely common third accompaniment to salt and pepper until relatively late.
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Most mid-1900s English cruet sets are salt / pepper / mustard.
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Folk French restaurants all feature mustard on the standard table, along with salt & pepper... And bread - now that I think of it, bread is a condiment too !
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Why, yes - wine is a French condiment too ! "Faire chabrot or faire chabròl is an ancient Occitanian custom whereby at the end of a soup or broth, one adds red wine to the bowl to dilute the remnants and brings it to the lips to drink in big gulps" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabrot
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Today I learned my freshman dorm was ancient Occitan
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