Salt!

As anyone who knows me can attest, I am a lover of salt. No, really, I LOVE salt. When I have French fries, I make a pile of salt on my plate so I can dip my fries in it. Imagine my delight when I discovered that back in the day, they had salt dips!!!! A fancy table setting in the 1800’s might look like this;

This isn’t really a vintage photo but see that tiny little bowl at the top of the place setting, next to the pepper? That’s a salt dip.

OK, so they didn’t actually dip their food in their salt, like I do. But still, that’s so awesome. Anyway, I have one that was given to me years ago but it’s missing the little spoon, (which is fine). I think it’s so neat. My co-worker just got back from vacationing in Florida. She likes to prowl antique stores. She brought me a salt dip (cellar) she found at a little store in St. Could! How cool is that?! Now that I have a couple of them, I’ve decided I should collect them. They come in so many shapes and styles!

So if you ever happen to be out antiquing and you see a salt dip…