And we do. Cream and Sugar are light comedy in contrast to the full majestic drama that Salt and Pepper conjure. Garlic and Butter can give us a steamy bedroom scene but the issue here is not singular performances.
Salt stalks down the meat and pepper pounces upon it.
Pepper perfumes the fish while salt reminds it of its birth home. Salt and Pepper sit not only in the kitchen with the thousand other odd members of the alchemical cast, but they are the only spices that rate the center stage on almost every dining room table. Think about it. If you did, you certainly wondered why. If you notice the salt and pepper at all, you don't question its presence any more than you would typically question the existence of the floor or roof of the house you are in.