While Erin was visiting, she and Meghan, Taite, Fox and I went to a few antique shops and at one I found these darling little glass cups, so tiny that I had no idea what they would be for. On the little tag with the price, it said, “salt cellar,” and that really excited me. If you have read previously, you know I love big chunky salt so this was a great find.
I can fill these little glass cups with about one teaspoon of salt each and set them down the middle of the table. And the glass is a lot prettier than the Maldon salt box. The middle one in the photo holds truffle salt and the other two hold my all time favorite, Maldon salt. Each dinner guest can simply pinch their desired amount out of the bowl and sprinkle over their food. Canon, my oldest grandson, was very excited to give this method a try. He got out of his chair, came over and whispered in my ear asking if he too could take a little pinch for his food and happily scooted back to his chair when I said, “Yes.”
Of course any tiny container would work for this but I was really glad the antique dealer wrote on the tag what these little things were.
Keep looking in those antique shops and you might find tiny little spoons that were originally used with salt cellars.
And… if you find any, mom, you know there’s a house here that they could live in.
Terry, http://www.saltworks.com you need to check out all the great gourmet salts there! Love your salt cellar find!! I’m really impressed with the fact that you all are getting ads posted. Cool!
Thanks for the salt site! I kinda wonder if the flavors are a bit of an oversell but the chunky shapes definitely add to the taste experience and the different colors are gorgeous.