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> Why not stash it in the rack with the fennel seed, the mustard seed, and the cinnamon Interestingly, people kept a third shaker with their salt and pepper as
by PsylentKnight 8y ago
> Why not stash it in the rack with the fennel seed, the mustard seed, and the cinnamon
Interestingly, people kept a third shaker with their salt and pepper as late as the mid-1850's. No one is sure what it was commonly used for, but it might have been powdered mustard.
- Scaevolus 8y agoBased on the literature, it was almost certainly mustard. 1823: https://books.google.com/books?id=02gUAAAAQAAJ&dq=cruet%20stand&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q=cruet%20stand&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=02gUAAAAQAAJ&dq=cruet%20st... 1857: https://books.google.com/books?id=IXkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255&dq=cruet+salt+pepper&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIiqrjx9fdAhUkO30KHeUvDKYQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=cruet%20salt%20pepper&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=IXkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255&dq=c... 1893: https://books.google.com/books?id=gRM-AQAAMAAJ&dq=cruet%20salt%20pepper&pg=RA1-PR7#v=onepage&q=cruet%20salt%20pepper&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=gRM-AQAAMAAJ&dq=cruet%20sa...