Identical salt and pepper shakers.

[Jim Logajan]

Just go on a salt free diet and get rid of one shaker.

Geez you guys make this so difficult....

Or put KCl instead of NaCl in the "salt" shaker. Better for you.

 

[RJM62]

Personal Foul! If you remember from the discussion, I called the event "BBQ", not carnitas specifically.

Your dilemma, however, is a non issue to me because I don't use salt at the table, therefore either only the pepper shaker is going to be in use, or both will be in use but one will deliver more pepper than the other.

I have translucent tupperware plastic type shakers. There is no ambiguity there, you can see what's inside.

These dollar-store jobbies work on the same principle and are surprisingly advanced despite their modest price. They're designed to facilitate visual inspection to make mishaps almost impossible (assuming corrected vision of at least 20/40), they blend in well with any decor, and the space-age polymer caps never rust or corrode.

I have more of them for cinnamon, garlic powder, etc.

Rich

 

[Mason]

Or put KCl instead of NaCl in the "salt" shaker. Better for you.

I did that.

Next blood test, Doc says "your potassium level seems high."

I said, hows my blood pressure and my sodium level, he says ok.

I said...thanks for small miracles....

 

[Henning]

Yes but people tend to use less pepper than salt.

Not everyone probably not close anymore. People in general are more salt conscious and add less than they used to. Salty has been replaced with spicy.

 

[RV10flyer]

We rarely use salt and mostly spices, so our salt shaker is probably with other cooking spices. We have two grinders from Germany with black and white peppercorns. Then hot pepper flakes, sriracha and cholula hot sauces. Of course honey from my hard working bees. Then real butter.

 

[mikea]

Or put KCl instead of NaCl in the "salt" shaker. Better for you.

Sure. Load up on the drug they use in lethal injections.

 

[pbramlett]

JHC, am i the only one that just leaves the pepper and the salt in the container in which it was purchased and use that as the dispenser?

 

[JoeFromKS]

Everyone knows s & p are obsolete. This is the way of the future:

 

[Jim Logajan]

Sure. Load up on the drug they use in lethal injections.

If you must "shoot up" with your salt, then can't help ya. Meanwhile, here's the reality when compared to NaCl:

"Orally, potassium chloride is toxic in excess; the LD[SIZE=-1]50[/SIZE] is around 2.5 g/kg (meaning that a lethal dose for 50% of people weighing 75 kg (165 lb) is about 190 g (6.7 ounces)). However, this is not far from oral toxicity of sodium chloride (table salt), of 3.75 g/kg, thus potassium chloride is harmless for alimentation (and even good for health, see previous paragraph). But intravenously, without the step of digestive absorption, this is reduced to just over 30 mg/kg.[14]" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_chloride

Sodium chloride, when injected in similar large doses can also be used to kill:

"Mom suspected of poisoning son with lethal doses of salt"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mom-suspected-poisoning-son-salt-police-article-1.1787140