Salt or Sugar?

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Juicy, vine-ripened red tomatoes are a food I have always enjoyed with a liberal sprinkling of salt. Though many seem to prefer salt AND pepper... or even SUGAR!

Watermelon also is something I always salted- guess that's just 'how I roll'! But I hear tell of folks who also pepper it- and sugar it!

There are other foods some tend to salt- that others prefer to sugar.

Do you salt or sugar? And with what foods do you prefer which?

(I can just see a whole new Abbot & Costello "Who's on first?" skit developing outta this thread!)

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Salt on watermelon UGH! I eat mine plain, tomatoes also, although I used to use salt on them (outgrew it I guess) and I knew one idiot (an ex so I can call him that) that put salt & pepper on canteloupe Now I apologize I do not want to offend anyone their eating preferences, but why ruin a perfectly good thing with salt and pepper

I do salt & pepper potatoes, and corn, broccoli, and asparagus! And occassionally an avacado, but as I get older I like 'avacados plain!

[chubbyalaskagriz]

To me the salt really brings out the sweetness of watermelon, Cathy. In fact, sometimes to me a watermelon seems to lack sweetness until I salt it- weird, huh?

In addition to salting melons I've also heard of peppering them too- like your ex w/ his canteloupe. And like you, that seems a bit over-the-top, to me- but hey- I don't have to eat it! Ha!

I don't use salt much but I do shake a l'il on corn on the cob, broccoli, hard-boiled eggs and tomatoes.

Also- my Mom was Southern- definitley no Italian like mama... but when Mom made spaghetti sauce she always said- "With tomato sauces- ya gotta salt'em... and ya never add salt to tomato sauce without adding an equal amount of sugar!"

"It wasn't a Southern watermelon that Eve took- we know this because she repented!" -Mark Twain

[jglass]

I dont like salt or sugar on watermelon or cantaloupe. I like them cold and plain.
If I am eating raw tomatoes I like salt..no pepper. If Im roasting tomatoes I like a tiny bit of pepper,salt and evoo. I have seen people eat salt on oranges. I like salt with my granny smith apples lol. I dont like salt on carrots but I like it on corn, taters, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower and greens. I always season my salad lettuce/greens with salt and pepper before dressing them.

[Mama Mangia]

I was brought up salting watermelon and apples - and to eat tomatoes plain.

I even eat grapefruit without sugar on it. Ditto with lemons.

I use salt in all my cooking - so we never salt after it is done.

And a sprinkle of sugar on your bread and butter or buttered toast is good too.

[mrsjimmyp]

Kev...I love Salt on my watermelon and Tomatoes....as you...It seems to bring out more flavor...just my opinion...I use light salt ...and not much of that anymore though I have a touch of high blood pressure so try to watch what I eat.I have been known to srinkle a tad of black pepper on Canteloupe.......and another strange combo I like every now and then is....mayo on my black eyed peas ! Has to be Blueplate though ! lol.....

[cookie]

I never heard of salt on watermelon ewe I love salt on pop corn and yea I like salt sometimes on tomatoes. Black pepper on cantaloupe I never heard of that. I love pepper and eggs. It's fun to see what combinations people like. Cookie

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Francie, I've heard the term "blueplate"- but I've never known- what does that mean?

[mrsjimmyp]

Kev...that's a Name Brand of Mayo....Blueplate is a staple in this household ! lol and in the South too most likely

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Oh- I recall now, Francie... I must have read it in "Screen Doors & Sweet Tea" the cookbook by Mississippi chef Martha Hall Foose- just read that one recently... I'm pretty sure she mentioned it. We don't have that brand here in Illinois- but I like Helmann's best- which is sold as "Best Foods" on the west-coast and in Alaska...