The spike might have helped in extracting meat from snails, a popular Roman food, and the spatula invoking sauce out of narrow-necked bottles.
长钉可以用来挑出蜗牛肉，这是一种流行的罗马食物，而抹刀可以从窄颈瓶中提取调味酱。
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"Our sauce was first sold in old cologne bottles that had sprinkler tops and we kept the style, " notes Paul McIlhenny, the company's fourth generation chief executive, who took control in 1999.
As neatly stacked shelves began to writhe and wobble, staff did not rush for cover. Instead, they tried - mostly in vain - to stop bottles of soy sauce and packets of miso crashing to the floor.