Is it Etiquette or offensive to add alot of black pepper over a meal after it has already been seasoned?!
Take a bite, decide whether or not it needs more seasoning, and then season away politely. I've eaten with people who make a big show of adding extra salt and pepper to their food, and that's just rude.
Answers: Everyone has their own tastes on how salty or peppery they like their food. Personally, I would be offended if someone started shaking it all on WITHOUT having tasted it first.
Take a bite, decide whether or not it needs more seasoning, and then season away politely. I've eaten with people who make a big show of adding extra salt and pepper to their food, and that's just rude.
no, it's your own personal preference! I do the same and add alot of crushed red chili pepper too!
It's only rude to add it if you have not first tasted the food. If you just sit down and reach for the S&P, that is rude and an insult to the cook. But if they've tasted it first... there's no accounting for taste. They just like black pepper!
If it wasn't etiquette, I guess they wouldn't put the pepper grinder/shaker on the table. Yes it's quite OK. I load the black pepper on!
It's a matter of taste -- some people simply like lots of pepper.
The only thing I would add is, make sure you taste it first!
If, after you taste it, you still feel it needs more pepper, go for it.
That's what the papper shaker is for.
I don't think adding a lot of black pepper is offensive, because that is your own opinion. Maybe the chef doesn't like it as pepper-y as you.
WelL, they do put salt and pepper shakers on the dinner table, but it is always good etiquette to taste the food BEFORE adjusting the seasonings to your taste.
It is the cooks job to do 'corrective' seasoning before something is served. (Though some dishes might be better suited to be seasoned at the table).
But unfortunately, many cooks don't do that. And if it is at a chain restaurant, it may very well be aggressively BLAND (and may make up for it by providing all kinds of condiments). And some don't realize that some salt IS good for you and needlessly leave it out.
Though I agree that in general things need to be tasted first. I do know that salt enhances the flavors already in the dish (and perhaps pepper does the same), so it should be much less of an issue than putting ketchup on something.
well if at a restaurant its ok. at your family meal-yes. mom dont mind a shake but more than that grosses a lot of people out.drink water instead of tainted drinks & the food tastes better & you might not need all that pepper.
It is bad etiquette to add a lot of anything to a prepared dish. But salt is more offensive than pepper.