Plain, cool but not ice cold, having been set in the river in a cloth bag while everyone was swimming. Oh…and can you make me 10 years old again while you’re at it?
No mention of the natural Viagra-like effects of watermelon yet? Are we all just a bunch of over-sexed pervs?
I’m not even gonna ask how else besides orally. And don’t tell me. I don’t wanna know.
I like my watermelon with salt, but I haven’t had any (watermelon) in such a long time, I don’t remember if I like it cold or room temperature. I think I’ll have to go get some and find out. Yum.
I usually take lime or lemon juice and sprinkle it on watermelon chunks (real limes and lemons, not the stuff out of the plastic bottle). The flavour of the lime/lemon enhances the watermelon and the sweetness of the watermelon reduces the sourness of the lime/lemon. Perfection.
I’ve never heard of salting it, peppering it, or adding any other spices to watermelon. The same with tomatoes–I’d eat them plain, if they were fresh off the plant, or slice them into a sandwich or salad.
Watermelon: just as is, either cold or left out on the counter. I love watermelon. It’s one of the essential tastes of “summer” to me.
Cold and plain, peferably with someone else cutting it up for me, and putting it away after.
I have never heard of adding salt (or pepper or anything else), but I am intrigued. I might try tomorrow, though the pre-cut stuff at the deli is decidedly un-fabulous…
My mother’s family is from south Texas where watermelon nectar is a given. I live in Michigan, so I make do.
I grow my own or buy small melons at the farmer’s market. Salt? Optional. They’re a little taste of Heaven (Heaven means just off the vine, at room temp, with no seasonings, just the way God made it), & lots of memories to me.
As a kid, cold and salted.
But I grow a couple kinds of watermelon now, and straight from the vine in the morning is tasty.
I don’t salt anymore, but I can still blow a seed through my nose.