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wp
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stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
which one does the salt go into .....the one with the more or less holes on top?
My shakers have one with 6 holes and one with 4 holes and I cant figure out which holds the salt and which one holds the pepper.
thank you
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MrsS2005
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
The salt goes into the one with fewer holes.
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| Posted 1/10/06 5:59 PM |
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Posted by MrsS2005
The salt goes into the one with fewer holes.
ooh I was going to say the opposite 
OMG I just found this and thought it was funny!
I recently became aware of an interesting debate over what I thought was common sense. Until I started asking around, I never would have thought this was so contentious (i.e. I thought I was right, goddammit). The question is over which spice goes in which shaker. Here's the beef:
Flavor Camp: Salt goes in the shaker with more holes because people use salt more often, and in greater amounts. This equalizes the need, making one shake roughly the same for either spice.
Flow Camp: Pepper goes in the shaker with more holes because it consists of larger chunks than salt. This equalizes the flow, making one shake roughly the same for either spice.
I have always been in the flow camp, and assumed it to be a tautology, but perhaps this is like the great soda/pop/coke debacle, reflecting regional preference. No one I have talked to (including chefs, cooking store clerks, and moms) has been able to provide a convincing answer for either, and have been roughly divided between the two camps. Help?
Message edited 1/10/2006 6:01:15 PM.
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MrsERod
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Posted by MrsS2005
The salt goes into the one with fewer holes.
I thought it was the other way around??  
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MissJones
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
I always thought it goes into the one with more holes and pepper goes inot the one iwth fewer holes.
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:00 PM |
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nancygrace
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Posted by MissJones
I always thought it goes into the one with more holes and pepper goes inot the one iwth fewer holes.
ME too
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:09 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
I always thought it went into the one with fewer holes b/c it's easier to control the amount that comes out. If too much pepper came out it wouldn't be as big of a deal as if you put too much salt on your food.
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:09 PM |
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wp
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
I am glad to see that I am not the only one that was confused by this question.....I feel so much better right now 
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:17 PM |
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heidla
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
I always put the pepper in the one with more holes and the salt in the one with fewer and thought that I was weird for doing it that way. I just like a lot of pepper.
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:24 PM |
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LSP2005
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Ok so I just went to look at ours and they have the same number of holes and our other ones are both grinder type (for sea salt and real pepper corns). I guess I am no help. Sorry
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:29 PM |
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phoenix913
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
our shakers have 4 holes and 3 holes and i knew i'd never remember where i put what so we went with salt in the 4 holes b/c "salt" has 4 letters
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| Posted 1/10/06 6:30 PM |
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wp
5 years!!!!
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
I went with majority on this one
I put the salt in the 6 hole shaker
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pepper in the 4 hole shaker
thank you for all your help
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| Posted 1/10/06 7:57 PM |
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leighla
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Wow....now I don't know!!
We have those grinder thingys - pepper and sea salt, so we don't use salt and pepper shakers.
But I think I put the salt in the one with four holes.
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| Posted 1/10/06 8:03 PM |
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
Posted by leighla
Wow....now I don't know!!
We have those grinder thingys - pepper and sea salt, so we don't use salt and pepper shakers.
But I think I put the salt in the one with four holes.
Same here except I thought salt was supposed to go in the one with fewer holes.
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| Posted 1/10/06 10:25 PM |
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Re: stupid question about salt and pepper shakers?
pepper, depening on the source and cut, is bigger so requireing more holes will allow a good amount to exit as salt for the most part is smaller and more comes out.
so pepper more holes
and salt, less holes
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