Do you salt your watermelon?

[satindesire]

I want to know, definitively, if I'm a freak or if I have brothers and sisters in this tastiness.

 

[Netzach]

Yes.

Also honeydew, a little. Or lime.

 

[satindesire]

Yes.

Also honeydew, a little. Or lime.

The hubs thinks it's weird. I think it's delicious and brings out the watermelon flavor much more due to salt's ability to electrify the ions of the-...

I'm a nerd.

Anyway, it's good isn't it?!

 

[WriterDom]

Yes, and I salt my grits too.

 

[satindesire]

Yes, and I salt my grits too.

Who doesn't? That would just be bland.

 

[Netzach]

I'm trying to think what else - mango holds up really wonderfully in salty dishes.

Yeah it's really good. Weird, sure.

 

[Cattypuss]

OK.

To a non-American, the title of this thread sounds like some kind of innuendo-ridden euphemism.

 

[satindesire]

OK.

To a non-American, the title of this thread sounds like some kind of innuendo-ridden euphemism.

It sounds like it to me, too. And I am American.

"Hey, I'd like to salt his watermelon, if you know what I mean."

"Hey, I'd like to fluff his garfield, if you know what I mean."

Ten points to the first person who gets that last one.

 

[MisterSir]

OK.

To a non-American, the title of this thread sounds like some kind of innuendo-ridden euphemism.

My thought to the bloody letter. I mean, I have no idea what it might be referring to...

 

[XsNrg]

I cannot imagine watermelon without salting. Good taste.......

 

[WriterDom]

I'll bring back my watermelon av for a bit.

 

[midwestyankee]

Tomatoes fresh from the garden (or, in my case, the farmers market) get a light sprinkle as I munch them like apples.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

Um.


No.


WTF?

 

[ownedsubgal]

yes, i always salt my watermelon, but i thought that was strictly a southern thing. *shrug* learn something new everyday.

 

[graceanne]

Yep. I salt any melon, including cantelope, I salt my apples, I salt grapefruit, I salt ... salt makes fruit taste better.

 

[FurryFury]

No.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

I've never heard of salting fruit.

It sounds counterproductive.

 

[Stella_Omega]

salt always makes sweet taste better. Take a look at any cookie recipe, there will be a teensy bit of salt in it.

Salt on any melon-- or even better, bacon. Or ham sliced thin.

You can get a chili salt mixture in Mexican grocery stores that is great on oranges and mangoes and Jicama root...

cheese with grapes, apples, pears, melons...

pickles and ice cream... Actually-- I have never eaten pickles and ice cream!

 

[Cattypuss]

Salt on any melon-- or even better, bacon. Or ham sliced thin.

Mmm yeah - melon with either Parma ham or Serrano ham is the bee's knees.

 

[chy_girl]

Yes. I also salt my apples. And tomatoes. And cucumbers.

 

[kayakbuck]

Salt is ok, but lime and a little chili powder is the best

 

[satindesire]

Salt on fruits is a typically southern thing, but it's spreading. I've seen quite a few people in Cali do it, when I lived there.

I will say, however, that to my Puerto Rican husband, I'm weird.

And now it's time for my nap, because the baby is finally asleep and my curiosity has been sated!!

 

[Homburg]

Yes, well, when I eat melons. I'm not a big melon fan, but salt definitely brings out the flavour.

I will say that I remember seeing kids salt apples when I first moved to the South, and thought it was damned odd. I tried it, and sorta got it, but I still think it is odd. I prefer my apples unsalted.

I also like pepper on my french fries.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Salt, pepper, a little vinegar. NO catsup, I never liked that shit.

 

[Cattypuss]

Best thing on French fries is strongish Dijon mustard.