Salt on watermelon?

[JazznFunk]

Watermelon with feta cheese, mint and lime is my favorite summer salad.

Now we're talking. That's a whole other deal.

 

[The B Keeper]

I grew up in the South with people dumping salt on watermelon and it's the grossest thing ever. No coincidence that high blood pressure ran in my family either. One of the many things related to 'Southern cuisine' I rejected as part of my Southern upbringing. Don't get me started on boiled peanuts either.

How about people putting peanuts in their Coke bottles? I just did that at work for fun a couple weeks ago and both coworkers with heavy southern accents were completely in awe to see that here in the north

 

[gln1955]

How about people putting peanuts in their Coke bottles? I just did that at work for fun a couple weeks ago and both coworkers with heavy southern accents were completely in awe to see that here in the north

I knew poeple in Texas that did it with their Dr Peppers. I was never much of a Dr Pepper fan and the peanuts didn't help.

 

[mikewalker]

I voted no - but ONLY because I cannot put salt on ANYTHING anymore

 

[Iristone]

Never heard of salted watermelon until today
and looking at my address, it's not like I haven't eaten some watermelon for a single summer. Maybe we've got the best watermelon here, we don't need salt?

 

[J Wilson]

That's fine.

But sugar on grits is blasphemy which God will never forgive.

 

[Ralph Manak]

Salt. And fresh ground pepper.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

That's fine.

But sugar on grits is blasphemy which God will never forgive.

I like it both ways. But your statement was hilarious!!!

 

[fhm555]

When I was a kid we lived in SE Alabama about 80 miles from Panama City beach in NW Florida. On summer weekends we'd get up early, drive to PCB, swim and have a picnic dinner at a roadside park across the road from the beach, then clean up and go to a local amusement park for a while before heading home. The road we took down and back was a major route from many points north to PCB and all along that route in Florida were farmers who would grow industrial crops of peanuts and soybeans, and most had a largish patch of land they would grow assorted fruits and veggies to sell in roadside stands on that beach route. We always stopped on the way down and got a watermelon to go with lunch. The flavor varied widely and the depth of red was the key to how sweet they were. If they were not so red, they needed salt to enhance their flavor, but the dark red meat melons were like sugar OD and needed no salt. For yellow meat melons, I never used salt even though their sweetness was on the low side, but they had a better natural flavor to me so they didn't need any help. I think the best deal we ever got on watermelons was 10 for a dollar when the season was coming to a close and any melons not sold would be tossed in a ditch, so they were very affordable. We gave most of them to folks in neighborhood

 

[Fender_Bender]

Never heard of it before .

 

[Tom Gallo]

I'm not against it, but I generally try to keep my salt intake down.

 

[definenredefine]

Feta and watermelon is great.

Add blueberries and some mixed greens, dress with balsamic vinegar, and you've got a delicious, refreshing salad.

 

[fretno]

It’s a southern thing, salt on everything. Luckily I got away from it many years ago. The salt not the south.

 

[Nashrakh]

Salt on watermelon?

Personally, I don't know how you CAN eat watermelon without salt.

I know that addiction. Watermelon without salt just doesn't hit the same way -- I can't go back.

 

[MojoPin]

I prefer watermelon on my salt but to each their own.

 

[J Wilson]

When I was a kid we lived in SE Alabama about 80 miles from Panama City beach in NW Florida. On summer weekends we'd get up early, drive to PCB, swim and have a picnic dinner at a roadside park across the road from the beach, then clean up and go to a local amusement park for a while before heading home. The road we took down and back was a major route from many points north to PCB and all along that route in Florida were farmers who would grow industrial crops of peanuts and soybeans, and most had a largish patch of land they would grow assorted fruits and veggies to sell in roadside stands on that beach route. We always stopped on the way down and got a watermelon to go with lunch. The flavor varied widely and the depth of red was the key to how sweet they were. If they were not so red, they needed salt to enhance their flavor, but the dark red meat melons were like sugar OD and needed no salt. For yellow meat melons, I never used salt even though their sweetness was on the low side, but they had a better natural flavor to me so they didn't need any help. I think the best deal we ever got on watermelons was 10 for a dollar when the season was coming to a close and any melons not sold would be tossed in a ditch, so they were very affordable. We gave most of them to folks in neighborhood

FHM, any time I get to go to PC, Destin, Gulf Shores, etc., I tell friends I'm going to LA for the weekend.

Lower Alabama !

 

[SoonerBill]

Yes. But just a very light amount.

 

[LowWay]

Plain watermelon is good. Salted watermelon is good. Sometimes my wife will dice one up, squeeze fresh lime juice on it and sprinkle it with fresh mint. That’s good too. Basically, all watermelon is good.

My wife does it that way. I just eat it plain if I'm doing it on y own. Both are good. The feta sounds intruiging.

 

[JoeyFab]

Tomatoes are the only raw fruit that I would put salt on.

 

[Gorn]

Tomatoes are the only raw fruit that I would put salt on.

There are the fruits that most people consider vegetables. Avocados, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers. You probably put salt on those. It really is good on watermelon though. I'd put enough for it to be slightly salty, but even just a tiny bit so no one would even guess it was there really does make it especially delicious.