Lesson 3: Salt to survive, pepper ’cause it’s popular

Have you ever thought about why, of all spices, salt and pepper are the one on every kitchen table?

Salt might be easy to guess, after all, it’s crucial for human bodies to function . And even though we’ve only known that for a comparatively short time, we’ve been consuming salt for thousands of years . Some ancient, indigenous people went as far as drying urine to extract it. For many kings, amassing lots of salt was also a sign of power.