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Marion

Tue, May 01 2007, 2:17 pm

I don't, not even for challah. In fact, we don't usually use it for challah. I also don't cook with it much. On the other hand, no one's going to insult me by asking for it...I just don't salt in my food.

Lechatchila Ariber

Tue, May 01 2007, 2:22 pm

I haven't heard about the salt on the table but once when we ran out of salt my husband said we must never let that happened because there is something about always having salt in the home.
when moving to a new home you are supposed to first thing bring salt and bread into the house when you first come in.

chen

Tue, May 01 2007, 2:34 pm

EstiS wrote:

when moving to a new home you are supposed to first thing bring salt and bread into the house when you first come in.

That's a minhog, not a holocho, and appears in many other cultures than Judaism. In some cultures the bride and groom carry salt and bread at the wedding ceremony, in others they are given gifts of bread and salt by the wedding guests, in still others they are brought to the couple's new home.

Lechatchila Ariber

Tue, May 01 2007, 2:45 pm

oh of course. I didn't mean to pass it off as halacha

shalhevet

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:07 pm

You are supposed to have salt on the table where you are eating always. I'm not sure if it's halacha or a minhag. The reason is that a table is like a mizbeach (altar) and there was always salt on the altar. After you wash you are always supposed to dip the bread in salt, not just on Shabbos.

Never heard the segula part though.

DefyGravity

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:12 pm

chen wrote:

EstiS wrote:

when moving to a new home you are supposed to first thing bring salt and bread into the house when you first come in.

This could be because salt used to be very valuable and therefore, it was looked upon as a necessary gift for the newlyweds. Soldiers were even paid in salt! Where do you think the word salary comes from?

shanie5

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:26 pm

we dont have guests over too often when its not shabbos. there is salt on the table on shabbos, but not otherwise. (pepper shaker I dont even own, but now, maybe I'll just get a set for 'just in case....')

amother

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:28 pm

I always put salt and pepper shakers on the table, I thought most pple do.

DefyGravity

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:30 pm

I used to eat at family that put a little salt and pepper shaker by everybody's place!

Aaaahhhh. . . good people.

I just like my food to be very spicy - I put lots of pepper on it as well. Especially in soup.

chocolate moose

Tue, May 01 2007, 3:54 pm

Defy, I'm surprised that you don't like freshly ground pepper, then. You can get pepper mills that grind it very fine, you know.

DefyGravity

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:00 pm

Of course I use a pepper mill! What do you take me for?

chocolate moose

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:37 pm

Remember months ago I asked about getting one . . and you poo poo'd the idea, saying the grated strands stuck in your throat!!!

I held that to my heart !!!!!

DefyGravity

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:42 pm

Huh, I said that?
I've had a pepper mill for years and use it all the time.

Maybe I just wanted to be contrary.

chocolate moose

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:44 pm

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I BELIEVED YOU AND TOLD OTHERS.

AND I DENIED MY FAMILY PEPPER, ALL ON YOUR CHESHBON!!!!!!

DefyGravity

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:47 pm

It does get stuck in my throat sometimes. But it's soooo nice and spicey!

chocolate moose

Tue, May 01 2007, 4:49 pm

I do NOT believe it.................

maybe you are being contrary NOW.

bashinda

Tue, May 01 2007, 7:46 pm

PEPPERMILL: A Drama

It started innocently one day with an inquiry about a peppermill but little did they know where it would end...

Do you think Bina or Hamodia will serialize it?

gryp

Wed, May 02 2007, 9:38 am

defy, don't you get sick of the same kind of food all the time?

chocolate moose

Wed, May 02 2007, 9:43 am

BasHinda and Defy are laughing at me. Pepperless. On advice.

bashinda

Wed, May 02 2007, 9:50 am

I'm not laughing at you I'm being goofy. Get your peppermill! I want to get one too

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