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Default Dining room table condiments for family and guests...

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"aem" > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> [snip]
> > What condiments/shakers do you keep openly available? Most common seems
> > to be just one shaker each of salt and pepper.

>
> If we have guests we put salt and pepper on the table and any other
> seasonings appropriate to what is being served. If I've done a good
> job cooking, none of them should need to be used, but people's tastes
> vary and I want the supplemental seasonings to be available if the
> guests want them.
>
> If it's just us I know how to season the food as it cooks and I don't
> put even salt and pepper on the table. -aem


I do keep a salt shaker on the table for that very reason. People's
taste varies. With the exception of home made sausage, I do not
generally cook with salt.

I prefer to add it after the fact to taste.
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