Pass Me the Salt

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Good table manners remind us that salt and pepper belong together — and that tasting comes before seasoning.

Pass Me the Salt

If someone asks for the salt, proper table manners dictate that you always pass both the salt and the pepper together. Salt and pepper are a pair — an inseparable duo meant to travel the table side by side. Passing only one of them is considered a minor breach of etiquette, at least among those who take their table manners seriously.

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Before reaching for either, however, one should always taste the food first. Seasoning a dish without tasting it can come across as a lack of trust in the cook — a silent critique no one asked for.

Salt has long carried symbolic meaning. In many cultures it represented wealth, purity, and even friendship; to “share salt” was to seal a bond. Perhaps that is why salt and pepper traditionally stand together on the table — they create balance, much like good manners themselves.

There is an old superstition — harmless and rather charming — that pepper should not be placed on the tables at wedding receptions, as it was once believed to symbolize temper or discord. A marriage, after all, was meant to begin gently, not with sharpness.

Another superstition, which we can safely leave behind, is the idea that one should throw salt over one’s shoulder if it is spilled. Nowadays, wiping it up quietly will do just fine — preferably without too much drama.

After all, table manners are not about rigidity, but about consideration, balance, and a touch of elegance in everyday life. Salt and pepper remind us of that — together.

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