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a personality with the spice level of unsalted crackers.
means an adjective for someone (or something) so timid, bland, and inoffensive they leave zero impression.
from from Caspar Milquetoast, a meek comic-strip character created by H.T. Webster in 1924, whose name itself puns on milk toast — the blandest possible invalid food.
comic origindebuted in the strip the timid soul
food punmilk toast was 1800s sickbed comfort food
dictionary entryentered merriam-webster by the 1930s
for instance
caspar milquetoast — h.t. webster's 1924 cartoon everyman who fears everything
ned flanders — the simpsons neighbor, softness played for laughs since 1989
milktoast politicians — common political-press shorthand for candidates who avoid all conflict