"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
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> Pepper I could understand, but not the salt. I've always
> been appalled at the idea of salt on melon or other fruit.
> And even on a fresh tomato!
>
> I remember going to visit my Dad's family in Alabama
> when I was 13. We had a picnic with water melon and
> my aunt asked me if I wanted a piece. I said, "Yes,
> please." and she proceeded to put a large slice on a
> plate for me and salt it!!!! I had to choked that
> abomination down. Why would anyone do such a horrid
> thing to perfectly good watermelon????

Because just a LITTLE salt - not enough to come through
as a definite sense of "saltiness" - will enhance the
perception of sweetness in the melon's flavor.

Bob M.