Do you put salt on your watermelon?

[Conservative Hippie]

I was at a picnic in north FL last week and everyone thought I was weird for putting salt on my watermelon! I'm from north Alabama, so maybe it's a regional thing?

 

[mommasita]

I hate watermelon..I always buy it, and think I love it , but find it ..

However, getting back to the topic at hand, I have NEVER seen that.

 

[1Prince2Princesses]

My mom has always done it, too. We're from central Florida.

 

[Stephres]

I am from north Florida and my yankee husband thought I was insane the first time he saw me do it. Where in north Florida were you?

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

I've done it before, but I don't like it. My grandmother does it; she's from Baltimore.

 

[CEDmom]

I know people that put salt on all kinds of melon but I don't personally. I don't put salt on much of anything. The people I know are all from the northeast.

 

[gradtchr]

Yes I eat salt w/ watermelon or else I use sugar. I'm in Texas and have always seen it done.

 

[VirtuallyMe]

We salt it here in Louisiana too- I don't usually because I'm not really a salt person- but when serving watermelon you generally offer a salt shaker with it

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I am from north Florida and my yankee husband thought I was insane the first time he saw me do it. Where in north Florida were you?

I was in Tallahassee. I thought it was a southern thing, so I was surprised that people there had never seen it. Oh well, Floridians are a weird bunch anyway!

 

[tcmata]

We're in Texas and salt is usually offered with watermelon.

 

[Saffron]

Nooooooooo! I love watermelon and wouldn't think of doing that! But ... my father loved watermelon and he did it all the time! We are from the Philly area.

 

[aprilgail2]

I am from New York and I have never heard of anyone using salt on fruit except here on the DIS. I would NEVER do it was I don't use salt on anything, not corn on the cob, not fries...nothing.

 

[Honu]

I can eat watermelon with or without, but cantaloupe must be salted.

 

[Kay1]

I learned it from my step-Dad who's from California.

 

[NotAmused]

I live in Florida and I've never even heard of putting salt on watermelon until this post.

 

[julie_yet]

I don't eat it that way but I don't think it's weird. My dad puts salt on watermelon and cantaloup. He's from Michigan.

 

[lucas]

I'm from New Orleans and my watermelon and cantaloupe must be salted. Dh, from Pittsburgh, thinks I'm nuts and defeating the purpose.

 

[cristit14]

I voted no, although when I was a kid we did put salt on our watermelon. My folks are both from the South.

 

[OK!]

I'd heard of salting cantaloupe, but never watermelon. I almost never salt things anyway; the only thing that comes to mind is scrambled eggs.

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

I've only ever salted watermelon, never cantaloupe!