Seasonings

The bald description salt and pepper in a recipe can cover a multitude of sins. At worst the salt will be mined and contain additives, while the pepper will be a mouldy sneezing powder. I always use Maldon sea salt which is as fine as any imported from France, and recommend that you keep this to hand in your kitchen in a stoneware crock as this keeps it dry. Using this pure flake sea salt you do not find any need for a salt mill, but at home you should use a mill to grind peppercorns fresh for every application.