@Former Member posted:There was once a third common condiment used on every table of rich people along with salt and pepper, but nobody wrote it down so we don’t know what is was. They speculate it was mustard seed but nobody knows for sure!
Roman soldiers were paid partly in salt and their salarium gave way to today’s word for “salary.” The word “salad” also originated from “salt,” and began with the early Romans salting their leafy greens and vegetables...