"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:05:52 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/30/2014 11:45 AM, sf wrote:
>> > On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:36:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps another solution would be to have a pepper mill. Central
>> >> Market
>> >> keeps one on their salad bar. Sure somebody could steal that too but
>> >> if you
>> >> get a big one and keep it in an obvious place, that would be hard to
>> >> do.
>> >
>> > Are you kidding? If they can steal televisions from grocery stores,
>> > they can certainly steal pepper mills.
>> >
>> I'm pretty sure that's why, in better restaurants servers will ask if
>> you want freshly ground pepper. They bring the peppermill to the table
>> and grind it over the plate. They don't just leave them sitting on
>> every table so someone can walk off with them. The same thing sometimes
>> applies to freshly grated Parmesan. I'm not talking about places that
>> have a shaker of some dried cheese stuff sitting on the table.
>>
> I consider that harkening back to the olden daze and hate it. I don't
> want to have to call the waiter over if I want a little more pepper,
> so better restaurants put grinders of both salt and pepper on the
> table now so you can do it yourself.

I have never seen a grinder of any kind on a table.