So what's your favorite way of eating watermelon? with or without salt? I like mine with and without--but prefer with.

Reason im asking (ESPECIALLY for those who live in Texas) I just went through two mid-sized "seedless" melonsin a week. This newest crop we are getting from here doesnt come from the Valley--but from the Poteet area--also famed for their Strawberries. These are some fo the sweetest ive had in years-and yes--I eat the seeds too.

PS, anxiously awaiting for the Figs to start coming in.

PSS< HAPPY Independance Day (4th of July)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely, positively, irrefutably I cannot eat watermelon, sweet or not, without salt. You hereby have my vote.

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Dick

Salt, definitely. Same for grapefruit.
Sweet and salt go together like well....peanut butter and jelly.

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-jwk-
US Army '72-'95

Amen to that. I also do that to Strawberries too.

No salt here but a little, (or Lot) of some good shine works wonders.

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Psalm 23:4

My preference for eating watermelon is definitely with salt. Strange what we get used to isn't it.

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James
On the Llano Estacado

I don't eat watermelon much anymore.
When I did the salt shaker was handy.

I guess I actually didn't know there was any other way to eat watermelon than with salt. Yep, I vote salt.

I guess I've lived a sheltered life, I've never heard of watermelon with salt, guess I've gotta try it!

I vote for salt. And with cantaloupe, apples, and grapefruit.

No salt. Tried it as a kid but it just wasn't the "norm".

There's even any question? With, of course!

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Bob | KM4DEO
Sport | Glock 22

Salt for sure!

I put salt on top of my beer can as well.

Lightly salted. For cantaloupe, salt and fresh-ground black pepper.

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Oh well, what the hell.

NO salt on melon or Maters and no sugar on Grapefruit, what's wrong with you people?

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Still Running Against the Wind

SALT???
Do you put the salt on before or after you pour the rum over the watermelon?
Salt & rum? Maybe if you pour tequila on your melon....

Nahhhhhhhh - I'm sticking with rum.

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PS - My way works even if you don't have a watermelon

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In dog years I'm dead.

Two slices one with one without.

Salt. Well, yes. Doesn't everybody.
I will give that rum thing a try.

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Some men, you just can't reach

I can eat it with or without. However if I start with salt I gotta finish with salt.

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Regards, Ron
USASA 1965/69

no salt on watermelon, but salt and pepper on cantaloupe.

From an old boy from Virginia, SALT on melons and tomatoes. Mike

No salt, no way. Maybe on home grown tomaters!

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Didn't get a lot of salt growing up. Mom had high blood pressure and salt was a no no so, we didn't get it either. As a result, the only things I like salt on are popcorn and ANY form of potato.......fries, chips, baked or whatever.

I like my watermelon fresh and unsalted.

Salt & Pepper on cantaloupe, sugar on grapefruit (except grapefruit is currently off of my diet). Never tried salt on watermelon but am willing to give it a try.

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Dean
SWCA #680 SWHF #446

I always taste it natural, then decide...usually I salt it. I also love squeezing fresh lime on it. I love that sandia.

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Halfway and one more step

I didn't know you could eat it any other way.

Watermelon Man--Charles Bronson

Yup he had melons to pick.

We get a lot of Poteet melons here, guess you already figgered that out.

Way I look at it... A watermelon without salt is like a day in the rain....miserable

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Slim, U.S. Army, Ret.

A shot tequila, maybe. A shot shine for sure.

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Slim, U.S. Army, Ret.

Watermelon Wine-Tom T Hall --They are called piss chunks when you get tired of eating & start throwing.

Sitting on my tailgate, watermelon dripping off my elbows, WITH salt.

Does anyone but me think seedless watermelons, while tasty, aren't as sweet as the ones with seeds?

Trouble is finding the seeded ones these days.

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Oh well, what the hell.

I have high blood pressure, so salt is on my can not have list. I've learned to cook and eat without salt. Call me crazy but it's not that hard to do.

No salt. And seedless melons are somewhat less than optimal.

I tried it once and saw no reason to try it twice. Neither my wife nor I salt our food and find most restaurant fare too salty. In the mountain west I have seen around 5% or less of people at a bbq looking for salt with watermelon.

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Front sight and squeeze

SALT = YUCK

A little salt..unless the WM is very sweet. Then I eat it ala carte.

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John 1:17
NRA Life Benefactor

As long as it is ice cold I eat until I am almost ready to pop with or without salt you can't find anything better!!!!

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Hue 68 noli me tangere

Growing up we always put a little salt on cantaloupe and honeydews.Why we never thought to put it on watermelon beats me.

My favorite as a youngster was and still is Lay's chips on PB&J.

Even my internist/cardiologist puts salt on his watermelon, but does not tell his wife!

medxam

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Doc Garrett
Dead Man's Doctor

I never liked watermelon much (or cantelope ) - loaded with sugar - another cheap fruit to fatten up the peeps in the name of "healthy fruits" - stick to berries.

OK - when I did eat it I put salt & pepper on it - even as a kid.

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Lou

Yellow meated watermelon! sweet!

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Halfway and one more step

I don't use salt on melons.
I do eat the seeds most times.
The only fruits I salt are lemons , grapefruit and tomatoes.

HowStuffWorks "Surprising Health Benefits of Watermelon"

No salt.

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Georgia On My Mind

Maybe these seedless melons need salt, but real water melons have seeds and taste much better, and salt ruins the flavor.

I would say I use to use no salt on watermelon, actually a product called No Salt. It gives your food a nice chemical flavor...I gave up on that stuff, & I'm currently using a product by Morton called Lite Salt, which has 50% less sodium than regular salt & actually tastes pretty decent. Had some on a chunk of watermelon this evening.

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Lounge Lizard Extraordinaire

I never was a huge salt fan to begin with. High B/P has made me have to cut down further. Now I realize there is plenty there already in just about anything prepared. the less you use it the better you can taste it. Like sugar you keep using more and more. As for watermelon a nice sweet/cold melon on a hot day is hard to beat. If you want to salt it, knock yourself out, just PLEASE don't salt the whole dam thing.

Love salt on watermelon. On cantaloupe, salt and a lot of black pepper. I think while I'm in Deleon tomorrow, I'm gonna have to pick up a couple for the weekend.