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salting watermelon

remingtonoaks
The only way I eat watermelon is to put salt on it.

Salty To Sweet

Now one of the things that salt does is in effect to draw water toward itself. If you have a region of high salt concentration next to one of low salt concentration, the water from the low-salt concentration area will move over to the high-salt area.

By sprinkling a little salt on your melon you are creating a high-salt concentration area next to those cells. Their water is drawn up to the surface where you bite, bringing flavor with it. The melon has become miraculously sweeter thanks to salt! Add too much, however, and the taste of the salt itself will overpower the effect, and it will taste salty.

Do you salt your watermelon?
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  • yoshmyster
    That's how I too was taught to eat it Japo style. I think I'll go look for a seedy one this week.
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  • Mobuck
    ALWAYS
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  • reload999
    I hadn't thought of it in years, but we salted it when I was a kid. I don't do it anymore.
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  • grumpygy
    Always, Just now use sea salt. Have to add it is the only thing I do add salt to.
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  • jimdeere
    quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
    No way!

    As my grandkids would say:
    ?Yes, way!?
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  • hdcolt51
    Absolutely lots of sea salt
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  • sharpshooter039
    Lightly salt over the top
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    "Do you salt your watermelon?"..........you bettcha
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  • alias
    That's the way I was taught to eat melon in Wisconsin. My wife, originally from Long Island, thinks I'm nuts for salting melon and won't even try it.
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  • Junkballer
    As one from a long line of watermelon growers, I highly recommend salting, always have but it's ones choice [;)]
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  • Heavy Chevy
    Not since I got old enough to make up my own mind! Dad wouldn't eat a mellon without salt. And hooray for NO seeds!
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  • Sam06
    Yes and cantaloupe.
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  • Heavy Chevy
    Not since I got old enough to make up my own mind! Dad wouldn't eat a mellon without salt. And hooray for NO seeds!
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  • gunnut505
    Can't do salt due to medical concerns, but lime juice has the same effect for me, especially on Charentais Cantaloupe! And Fritos.
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  • Aztngundoc22
    OK :

    Yes : either way !!! with a lil salt or with out !!!

    I eat very lil salt : french fries , tomatoes , watermelon , ect ????

    Thanks !!!
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  • Locust Fork
    My son wrecked his drone he was flying around because of this. He was out on the front porch. I had just fixed a bowl of watermelon and sprinkled some salt on it. Not thinking I just stuck my fork in a bit and held it out to his mouth.....he shuddered and dove for the railing to spit it out. His drone flew into a pile of dead branches and he started ranting....."WHAT DID YOU PUT IN MY MOUTH???"

    So, that is how I learned not everyone does this. I figured everyone loved salt on their watermelon.
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  • neacpa
    I salt very few things, but watermelon and canteloupe are two exceptions to my no salt policy.
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  • SCOUT5
    Only on a sub-par melon. A good sweet melon doesn't need it and is better without salt.
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  • JimmyJack
    Add radishes to the list!
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  • ltcdoty
    My father and grandfathers salted watermelon and apples...
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  • bpost
    Yes, and cantaloupe too.
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  • jwb267
    salt on watermelon and on granny smith apples
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  • Mr. Perfect
    That's how you eat it when the watermelon sucks. Good watermelon should be unadulterated.
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  • Rocky Raab
    The scientific explanation in the OP is correct. But the emphasis must be on lightly salted. A little is good, but a lot is NOT better.
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  • minitruck83
    quote:Originally posted by bpost
    Yes, and cantaloupe too.


    Cantalope gets peppered too.
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  • He Dog
    sometimes.
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  • Arby
    Yes, most of the time, not always if the melon is really sweet.

    I also like Honey Dew or Cantaloupe slices wrapped in prosciutto (Italian Dried Ham)...very tasty.
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  • gruntled
    quote:Originally posted by JimmyJack
    Add radishes to the list!



    Raw potatoes too.
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  • gruntled
    quote:Originally posted by JimmyJack
    Add radishes to the list!



    Raw potatoes too.
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  • diver-rig
    I salt all melons, grapefruit, apples, and most everything else, up to and including beer.

    I crave salt, especially after sweating all day at work. Low blood pressure will do that to a fella.
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