stackyFACTSWhere you sat in relation to the table salt determined your entire worth as a human being. Massive, elaborate salt cellars were placed in the middle of long dining tables. Important guests sat 'above the salt' near the host, while the social nobodies were banished to the flavorless end of the table.
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You didn't go out for a massive steak dinner; you went out to sip hot meat water because you felt a little bit under the weather and lacked modern medicine.
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In the era of 'sensibility', displaying extreme emotion proved you had a refined soul. If a poem was read at a party, guests would violently weep and collapse…
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There were zero substitutions and definitely no dietary requests. You simply sat down, read the scrap of paper, and ate the mystery stew in silence.
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