[MR] Spicey stuff

[Roy B. Scherer]

         I found this bit interesting, and of course it's period.
-- Britton Morgan

>We have been puzzled for a while about how salt and ground black pepper
>became the standard spices on the American dinner table. Why don't we
>use cinnamon or oregano or something else instead?
         [SNIP]
>This is just the kind of  thing that fascinates historians, gang, something
>you may want to consider next time a historian asks you out for a date.
         [SNIP]
>For more, see:
>http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_051.html

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		- - Roy B. Scherer
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