> Caviar was served as a free bar snack, in the hope that as with peanuts, the saltiness would encourage drinking. So it isn't just the cheap stuff. I do have

> Caviar was served as a free bar snack, in the hope that as with peanuts, the saltiness would encourage drinking. So it isn't just the cheap stuff. I do have a note about the source, though: > Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky This book vectors the myth that Romans were paid in salt. This is not true: http://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2017/01/salt-and-salary.html http://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2017/01/salt-and-salary.ht... (Wikipedia has, of course, been fixed. The printed material never will be.)