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- From: wvenable@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au (Bill Venables)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
- Subject: Re: Salt and Pepper
- Date: 16 Nov 92 12:40:53
- Organization: Department of Statistics, University of Adelaide
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- In-reply-to: claudiak@i88.isc.com's message of 11 Nov 92 18:27:56 GMT
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- >>>>> "Claudia" == Claudia Kale (STG) <claudiak@i88.isc.com> writes:
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- Claudia> My mom always had our salt in the shaker with one hole and the
- Claudia> pepper in the shaker with several holes; this was standard
- Claudia> practice in the homes of my friends as well. So maybe it's a
- Claudia> geographic phenomenon?
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- This agrees with the Australian standard, too. :-) In fact most shaker
- sets I have seen here have one with one big hole and the other with many
- smaller holes. The smaller holes would not allow salt out, in fact,
- especially in muggy or sultry weather.
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