Why Are Pepper Grinders A Thing In Restaurants? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.ee to c/food@beehaw.org

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Let's say I decide to go to a nice restaurant for a meal. The dish comes out, and I ask for a salt shaker before I even taste it (I never have, btw). That is normally considered an insult to the chef or you are pegged as a neanderthal diner.

Why, then, is it normal for a waiter to offer you grinds of pepper all over your plate before you have even had your first bite?

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[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's because chefs are taught that there is a "right" amount of salt that they need to master.

On the other hand there is no "right" amount of spices (pepper it's a spice) it's more a personal and cultural difference.

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023

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