On 2013-12-22 02:27:38 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 12/21/2013 8:57 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>> I don't think I could eat any kind of potato (maybe fried), without
>> pepper. When I was a kid my mom through much more cracked pepper at food
>> than salt.
>>
>
> My neighbour puts a lot of pepper on his food, but he does not hold a
> candle to a the friend of a former co-worker. We used to run into him
> occasionally at a breakfast join we used to go to. He likes his eggs
> sunny side up. I don't know how much salt he used, but by the time he
> finished peppering his eggs they were black.

Not quite my mom's approach: She always used pepper, she always used a
fair amount, but it was never "over the top" in my mind. I was always
reminded of this whenever I ate a friend's house during those years: a)
Very little to no black pepper, b) 8 times the salt my mother added to
any food ever.