OTC: Salted melons

benlisquare · Post by **benlisquare** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:03 am

Another thing confusing in FMP:

In FMP: Fumoffu, in the episode Summer Illusion of Steel, when they are eating the watermelon, one of them says "Misuki, pass the salt."

WTF?!?!?!??! Do japanese people eat watermelon with salt or something?!?!?!?

THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!! SWEET THINGS SHOULDN'T HAVE SALT IN THEM!!! AND THE SUBTITLES WERE FROM THE OFFICIAL DVD SET!!! SALT?!?!?!?!?

SOULS_LEADER · Post by **SOULS_LEADER** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:11 am

Yes... Actually not Japanese, It's more of the Eastern culture. I eat my watermellon with a little bit of Salt and it's good. You should try it

Moonshadow · Post by **Moonshadow** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:12 am

Salt on watermelon is kind of a common thing in Japan. Different cultures like different things . . . oh, and way off topic too, by the way

sj4iy · Post by **sj4iy** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:20 am

Same thing with tomatoes- some people put salt on it for taste.

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:25 am

I always put salt on tomatoes when I cook 'em, it's the taste thing.

I think the salt is to add some flavor/zest to the watermelon. And also to replenish the body's lost salt from sweat.

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:12 pm

Post's have slid into OT hell. - K

Putting salt on watermelons is not unusually as you may think. We do that in Hungary as well. (We also eat bread with it sometimes.)

Post by **Taurec** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:18 pm

As Shana would say .... OOOOOISHJIIIII MELONPAAAAN DESUUUUUU!!!

JelliCelli · Post by **JelliCelli** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:46 pm

I don't think putting salt on watermelon is necessarily a cultural thing. I actually recall seeing a show on Food Network about salt and it said that salt actually serves to bring out the flavor in a lot of food (used modestly, of course

).

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:24 am

I've eaten watermelon with salt before... it's not good when you're thirsty or maybe I was using too much. But yea it adds a different flavor but overall, I like it more without the salt.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:07 am

Wise man say... try it before you knock it

Watermelon ain't my idea of a great fruit, but alittle salt on it never hurt
anyone... 'less you're recovering from triple-bypass surgery and have
blood vessels resembling the New York sewer system

Regards

Pyrite · Post by **Pyrite** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:41 am

Well, I never understood why our folks ate guava with that brown powder stuff, but I was never a guava person anyway.

Never did see anyone eat watermelon with salt, though drinking Pepsi with salt is another thing, according to my parents. In addition to the "bringing out the flavour" reason (which they use for almost any condiment), they say it makes it fizzier, which is easier for me to understand.

Eisenmann · Post by **Eisenmann** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:26 am

well we drink tequilla with salt and lemons, too

lick the salt of you hand, drink, suck the slice of lemon and you are fine

Chief Petty Officer Klerk · Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:57 am

Eisenmann wrote:well we drink tequilla with salt and lemons, too

lick the salt of you hand, drink, suck the slice of lemon and you are fine

/me sucks on lemons with no taste distractors...and was able to eat onions like apples before I was diagnosed with Crohns.

KiLlEr · Post by **KiLlEr** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:39 pm

Sucking on a lemon whilst sitting in the front row of a debate is FUN!

Wild Goose · Post by **Wild Goose** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:09 pm

CPOK, you wouldn't have been a SEAL, would you? *curious*

Anyhow, for me, whenever I'm cooking and I have tomatoes, I HAVE to pult salt with them. *shrugs* It could just be some sorta psychological thing though.

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OTC: Salted melons

SALT IN WATERMELON?!?!?!?!?!?!?!