I do believe that Louise is correct in the fact that the little blue salt and pepper shakers were considered too small. I remember Dad at one meal shaking the blue one and saying forcefully that he couldn't get anything out of it and he wanted a "real" salt shaker.Mother replaced it with this version and it was used at the table thereafter.
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And the pepper shaker was the can, correct?
Yes. It really works the best, right?
I remember this little friend very well. And pepper - who ate pepper? It just made me sneeze! Mother kept the salt she used for cooking in a little green can (kind of tall and skinny). That tin was in very good shape until one time when Wasdens were visiting and I think we had made popcorn and for some reason the tin was sitting on the floor. Doug accidentally stepped on the tin and felt ever so bad. Mother just reshaped it back to its original shape (close, that is) and it was used for years.
0h, yes. I had forgotten what the design was on the shaker. So Mother was the one who bought it? I do remember Daddy trying to get more salt out of the little blue one. Mother didn't cook with pepper did she? I had forgotten about the salt can, did someone end up with it? Isn't it neat how even the littlest things bring back the best of memories/
Louise, how good to have you chime in! You are right, it is wonderful how the most common items bring the greatest connection to our home thoughts and feelings.
So why was the innocent salt shaker so important? And the green can, now there's one for you!
Does this have something to do with being the "salt" of the earth?
And we certainly don't want to lose the savor, right?
Amen, "Sisterns" How clever of you to put that all into perspective, it does kind of reflect on our lives. And all of thie bit of insight from a humble salt shaker.
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