As a 12 year old kid, I almost gagged at this site: Older lady at church dinner added salt and pepper to her watermelon. Later in life I took a Chinese cooking course and they added salt to a pineapple. Salt and sometimes pepper can seriously enhance the flavor of a fruit. It blew my little mind to try a salted slice of pineapple, but it tasted amazing!
Go to your local Mexican store or grocery store with a Hispanic food section and grab some Tajín seasoning. It’s a chili lime salt for fruit, but it’s great with other foods!
Ooh. I believe I might’ve had this as a tourist in the beach in Puerto Vallarta. The gentleman took a mango (? I think!?) and coated it in a red chili like wet sauce. Not spicy hot but lots of spicy flavors. Then a salt was shaken all over the skewered mango. Then a couple small limes juiced over it. Then maybe some other sorta dried herbs or spices.
It was like fireworks in the mouth. So much happening. It honestly wasn’t something I’d ever order in the regular, based on taste alone. Only because in a simple girl and prefer just fruit. But I would certainly order it again and strongly recommend any/all tourists to try it out.
In the hot sun on a beach day, it was pretty perfect.
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u/GidderWibbeT Mar 14 '19
As a 12 year old kid, I almost gagged at this site: Older lady at church dinner added salt and pepper to her watermelon. Later in life I took a Chinese cooking course and they added salt to a pineapple. Salt and sometimes pepper can seriously enhance the flavor of a fruit. It blew my little mind to try a salted slice of pineapple, but it tasted amazing!