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Informal Poll: Watermelon- Salted or Not?
Does anyone here put salt and/or pepper on their watermelon?
Please post your country/location when replying... and thanks!
Does anyone here put salt and/or pepper on their watermelon?
Please post your country/location when replying... and thanks!
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5 years ago
No salt on my watermelon. This is probably one of my favorite snacks for any time and I prefer them at their most natural state! :)
6 years ago
no salt usa
6 years ago
no, i want it to be sweet
8 years ago
Definetely salty!
Sunshiine
Reply 8 years ago
lol... I've got a salted watermelon pop with your name on it! ;-)
Reply 8 years ago
Please freeze it until I can get there! Mouth watering already!
Sunshiine
8 years ago
Watermelon plain unless rum soaked :)
Reply 8 years ago
;-D
8 years ago
I like mine with super-salty French or Bulgarian feta. So, salted :)
For sweet, aged balsamic syrup is delicious.
Reply 8 years ago
Watermelon with really good balsamic is always amazing but the best way to have them is with salt and lemon, and chili powder!
Reply 8 years ago
Now it's Chili powder? lol... where have I been living??? Under a rock?
Who knows these things???? ;-D
So... Caitlinsdad wasn't just kidding when he suggested lime and hot sauce?
Reply 8 years ago
My babysitter is from mexico and that is the only way they eat it there. I was a little hesitant at first but now I love it! Their is this seasoning called tajin that is sold at some grocery stores. It is somewhat spicy but mostly lemony and salty. It is amazing!
Reply 8 years ago
Interesting!
FlatLinerMEDIC also mentioned using Tajin. I spend every Winter down in Baja so I'm sure I can find this seasoning mix.
What I've never seen is Watermelon in La Bocana (our sleepy fishing town) so it looks like I'll be toting some frozen pulp down there next month.
This is great! Thank you so much rrkrose!!!
Reply 8 years ago
I love your gourmet way of thinking! ;-)
8 years ago
Thanks for all the input!
The results are here: Salty (or not) Watermelon Pops
8 years ago
yeah.. I've tried to put some salt in watermelons, tastes good, but I still prefer to eat it with no salt at all... I enjoyed its refreshing juice especially during summer...
Reply 8 years ago
Thank you for commenting!
8 years ago
Dunno. But mangos--definitely salted. : )
Reply 8 years ago
Interesting! You've got me thinking that Papaya might benefit from a smidge of salt... hmmmmmmmmm.
Reply 8 years ago
don't forget about hot sauce and lemon or lime.
Reply 8 years ago
Nope... not happening in my lifetime.
8 years ago
We use to put some salt on watermelon as kids. Never heard of using pepper. Parents were immigrants from what is considered the "redneck" part of China so I don't know where they got the idea from. I guess it might be to replenish your body salts as you sweat it out and need to eat watermelon to cool down. It wasn't too common when I lived down South but not odd if you saw someone doing it. It is probably considered not healthy nowadays but just a touch of salt does make watermelon taste sweeter - does something to activate the taste buds... Then again, we had stir-fried lettuce as kids.
Reply 8 years ago
Redneck Chinese?
That's, what, eating Jambalaya with chopsticks? Copies of Mao's Little Red Book bound in alligator hide? Sun Tzu translated into Cajun?
0_o
Reply 8 years ago
Ni Haody!
Reply 8 years ago
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Reply 8 years ago
Oh, my...
Would a yee ha! be terribly inappropriate?
Reply 8 years ago
Both of you!
Reply 8 years ago
Hmmm, Jambalaya, you're thinking Cajun (Les Acadiens i.e. the French speaking Canadians) whereas redneck is more of a lifestyle rather than an ethnic group :-)
Reply 8 years ago
Fried green tomatoes for lunch and cream on biscuit for breakfast, partner! You all 'r welcome!
Reply 8 years ago
Fried okra and cornbread hush puppies are favs.
Reply 8 years ago
I prefer my okra in a nice thick gumbo ummm um
Reply 8 years ago
Ugh, I have to avoid fried, but I do like a good green tomater pie ;-)
Reply 8 years ago
Stir-fried lettuce sounds resourceful to me. I've eaten it boiled when my cupboard was bare.
I think you're correct about salt making the watermelon taste sweeter.
8 years ago
UK - never even heard of watermelon being seasoned.
Reply 8 years ago
+1
Reply 8 years ago
Same here. I'm in the Netherlands.
Reply 8 years ago
Thank you for commenting!
Reply 8 years ago
lol... must be another Redneck thang. ;-D
8 years ago
I have eaten lots of salted watermelon and it's not bad... but cantaloupe is REALLY what you should salt! It's sooooo good. I could eat a 10 pound cantaloupe all by myself if I was given enough salt. :D
Reply 8 years ago
Salt on cantaloupe... one of my hubby's favorite, too!
Reply 8 years ago
Oh, and I totally forgot - Kentucky for me! Might have lived in California for a couple months but I don't think I'll ever claim it as home, haha
Reply 8 years ago
lol Jessy... can't fault you for that. I was born and raised in So. Cal and I still don't claim it as home. ;-)
8 years ago
east coast USA, no salt when I was younger, and now definitely none :-)
Reply 8 years ago
Noted and thanks! ;-)
Reply 8 years ago
I heard of salt on fresh tomatoes but gin in watermelon.
Reply 8 years ago
Gin? I've heard of Vodka but not gin.
Reply 8 years ago
Vodka? Yes thank you! :-)
Reply 8 years ago
;-D
Reply 8 years ago
Current tab: 3 No salt. Noted and thank you. ;-)
8 years ago
Salt- just a little bit, and just on the part you're eating. Salt it too soon and it disappears.
I'm a Ga girl orginally- now in Houston. Hubbie does't salt- he's from Boston. Must be a southern thing, and maybe country and not city.