poppy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Not a euphamism....... I'm really asking, when you eat melon, do you put salt on it?I do and it's delicious. (No health issues knock-on-wood). My husband thinks it's a strange thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My grandparents did, and so does my mom. I have before, but I don't usually bother. I don't think it's nuts or anything though, since I grew up with it! Is it a southern thing? My grandparents were from Mississippi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Mouse Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I don't, but I remember my mom putting salt on melon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My grandmother did, but I don't. Cantaloupe is good with prosciutto though. And watermelon with feta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 It depends upon what kind it is. But, sometimes, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I don't but many of my relatives did while I was growing up. It's good, I just don't tend to do it anymore. I do like melon with salty things, like zoobie said, watermelon with feta and cantaloupe with prosciutto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I've never even have heard of this. I am intrigued... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 No, I've never heard of it before. Perhaps it's regional? Maybe I'll have to try it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salt and pepper on cantaloupe! Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sometimes. I grew up with it in the South--salt on watermelon and cantaloupe. I like it either way, but if the melon is really sweet and delicious, I am less likely to salt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salted melon is like salted caramel. Without salt,still delicious. With salt, it's sweeter and has that saltly contrast too. Yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I came from a place where people salt watermelon. I thought it was normal until I left home :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My mother always salted watermelon and grapefruit. I never saw the appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsrevmeg Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I like salt on watermelon, but not other types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 No I don't ever salt mine, but when I was growing up my mom always salted her melons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I don't know what's stranger. The salt thing or people's obsession with French dressing on pizza in the South (okay maybe not the whole South, just a city or so??) I have never heard of people putting French dressing on pizza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I just recently started doing this and it's delicious. I salt my fruit salad, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I sometimes put salt on watermelon, and always on grapefruit. I make a summer salad that has fruit, and I always salt that, but no other fruit. No I don't ever salt mine, but when I was growing up my mom always salted her melons. That made me LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Never heard of this before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Chile, salt, and lime. I've never been a melon fan before, but Mexico has taught me how to eat it. Dh grew up putting salt on grapefruit. It takes away all the tartness for me and I really dislike it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xixstar Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salt watermelon and apples occasionally. Need to try it on muskmelon now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto10blessings Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I don't know what's stranger. The salt thing or people's obsession with French dressing on pizza in the South (okay maybe not the whole South, just a city or so??) I know people that put ranch dressing on their pizza but not french dressing. Hey what about people putting fries on their salad? Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 The only melon I salt is watermelon. Dh and dds put sugar on grapefruit and strawberries (I act like I don't see it). All other fruit is eaten as is without anything added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My mother salts not only her melons, but most other fruit as well. I only salt grapefruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/522652 Based on a few links I've read some say it started in Biloxi, MS but others say they saw it in other parts of MS. The part that is crazy is how it was common to see the dressing on the table in the local Pizza Huts. But I don't know if it is still common. That's odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 When I was 10 or so, I started taking my own saltshaker to my church's July 4th picnic; the poor hostess committee was uneducated in proper watermelon consumption :) At least 4 generations on my mother's side salted watermelon. Now I only do it if I'm not particularly pleased with the quality. I never salt my friend's fresh-off-the-farm ones. I was declared a freak for this in college in SoCal; none of my friends had heard of it. We could open a whole new argument with my 4-generation paternal habit of never serving pancakes or waffles without peanut butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Never heard of it... It doesn't sound appealing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Wow, I have never heard of this. It sounds gross, but I'm sure some of my Yankee tastes would sound gross to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ewww....no. (I tried it growing up and don't see the appeal.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 We could open a whole new argument with my 4-generation paternal habit of never serving pancakes or waffles without peanut butter. Ack, this is so gross. My parents eat them this way, as did my grandparents. I don't like peanut butter, so perhaps that's why I find it gross, but even if I did, it just seems so....wrong. My grandfather always ate the same dessert after every dinner. It was fresh biscuits (I swear my grandmother spent most of her days making biscuits), sliced open with peanut butter spread on them, then covered with dark Karo syrup. He used so much syrup he had to eat it with a fork. Ick. He said he'd eaten that almost every day of his life (he was born in 1899), and was what kept him alive for so long (along with a few "swigs" behind the shed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salt enhances the flavor of lots of things. Even if you haven't tried it, I think calling it gross or strange is kind of weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 No. No salt on melons for me! But I like salt on lots of other things, so I'm definitely not anti-salt. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My mother salts not only her melons, but most other fruit as well. I only salt grapefruit. I put sugar on grapefruit. LOTS OF SUGAR. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Not a euphamism....... LOL. Totally thought it was a euphemism. I even re-read it like this ---> Sorry, carry on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen State Sue Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salt and pepper on cantaloupe! Yum! Yep! My Dad did both salt and pepper on cantaloupe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 LOL. Totally thought it was a euphemism. I even re-read it like this ---> Sorry, carry on... I'll admit it. I did the same thing. :D I was actually a little disappointed to find out that it was actually about putting salt on a melon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I sometimes salt my melons. :) This was normal growing up in the Midwest...no southern heritage. My favorite way to eat watermelon is with fresh lime juice and mint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I salt watermelon. I've never thought of salting other melons, maybe I should experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 I occasionally French dressing on pizza and I didn't know it was a thing! More sweet + more fat. Unhealthy but it hits those pleasure centers in the brain. I have heard of ranch on pizza, trendy in CA 20 or so years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 The only kind of Melon I eat is Watermelon and yes, sometimes I do (not an unusual thing to do in S. Indiana). One of my favorite memories from childhood is eating salted watermelon under my Mim's Tulip Tree at family cookouts, then spitting seeds at my PITA cousin. I also will occasionally put salt on green apples (same family members taught me that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My family made me stop. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest submarines Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 LOL. Totally thought it was a euphemism. I even re-read it like this ---> Sorry, carry on... Me too, me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamzanne Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I nearly always salt melon, especially when it isn't very tasty. The only exceptions are the local, heirloom melons at the farmer's market. There are several that have such a lovely, complex taste that I don't want to mess with them. I also hate cooked fruit and fruit pies, for the PP that joined these two things together. I also put a sprinkle of salt in chocolate milk (Yum-O!) and when I'm feeling indulgent, put peanut butter, brown sugar, and then maple syrup on my pancakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Salt on cantaloupe and green apples. Sugar on grapefruit. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 My dad does and his parents did too. I don't like melon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Yes. I grew up salting them. It brings out the sweetness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoHomeschooler Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I salt my salt. Of course I salt my melon ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I've heard of people doing it. I've tried it. But I don't do it regularly. I do eat peanut butter on pancakes, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 I know people that put ranch dressing on their pizza but not french dressing. Hey what about people putting fries on their salad? Strange. you know what is really good? Dipping your french fries in soft serve ice cream!!! I sometimes salt my melons. Usually do with watermelon. Salt on apples is really yummy. I use sugar and salt at the same time on grapefruit (otherwise it is just yucky). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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