I have always wondered why some people sprinkle salt onto their slices of watermelon. Wouldn't the salt make the watermelon taste funny? Since I was really interested about this, I asked my friends and family.
Apparently, the salt brings out and enhances the flavor of the watermelon. It actually makes the watermelon sweeter by opening up taste buds and allowing them to catch the sweetness. They even sell "Watermelon and Salt" flavored Kit-Kats in Japan! They are on my Japan shopping list for thissummer. Who came up with the idea of doing this? They must have experienced with many other condiments such as sugar and pepper. Imagine sprinkling pepper on your watermelon...
Watermelons are one of my favorite fruits. What is your favorite fruit? In my lovely Japanese class, my classmates affectionately call me Suika (watermelon). I was one for Halloween! I might have to add white salt dots on my costume for next year. I do not sprinkle salt when I am eating watermelon because it is already sweet enough for me. However, I might try it the next time my mother buys a watermelon from the super market.
Some people even add lemon juice to their watermelon! Have you heard of any other interesting ways to make fruit taste better?
That is all for now.
---Katie.
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you can sprinkle salt on peaches / nectarines too! :) it makes it a lotttt sweeter
ReplyDeleteinteresting!! i sometimes sprinkle salt on fruits too but i didnt know it 'opened up the taste buds' :D haha u are so funny .. adding white stuff to ur costume XD my mom likes to eat tomatoes w/ shuan mei powder, like those powdered sour prune things w/ that seed inside? not sure wats its called if u know wat i mean... haha
ReplyDeleteReally?! Salt?
ReplyDeleteI'll try that next time... I love watermelons =)
Ok, this sounds bizarre... but eat your watermelon with a piece of feta cheese on top! I swear. It. Is. So. Good. It's a Azerbaijan custom, and it is one of my favorite foods EVER! Please try it. Really.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to eat tomatoes with shuan mei too :D
ReplyDeleteooh sounds interesting! SUIKA hahah
ReplyDeletei never knew that salt makes fruit taste better.
ReplyDeleteweird.
I tried this at lunch yesterday!
ReplyDeleteIt does taste sweeter, but there's also the weird salt-grain flavor left over..
You should try it.
I am glad to see that others sprinkle salt on watermelon- I do, and this time of summer I eat watermelon every night. My husband thinks it is odd...and I have always told him that I must have done it as a child and acquired the habit. However, this past weekend I was with my parents and they both said that neither of them do it, nor had they heard of it! lol!
ReplyDeleteI wonder where I got the habit? It makes the watermelon so much sweeter!