[nocoiner]

What a great comment.

I recall reading not that long ago something about some condiment that was apparently on every public eating table in 18th England. Yet (as I recall the story) virtually nothing is known about what the condiment actually was. It was so ordinary yet unremarkable, there’s like only a single surviving written reference to it. And that reference was something like, “is there even anything to be said about the humble table jar?” And in retrospect, yes, there was!