Salt on Fruit

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Sea salt is the best.

Not just watermelon, either, but it's nice on fruit salad.

I buy mangos sometimes in the "latin quarter" of Oakland (Fruitvale) and they put salt, chili-powder, and lime juice in the ziplock bag and then shake'n'bake it. Very zesty.

Salt on fruit is tops.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

MIA to thread

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Magoes take all kinds of spices. You can damn near make a mango taste like meat.

― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Mango only pawn... in game of life.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Jackfruit/durian falls into this category. The Hare Krishnas call it the meat of the trees.

I had a fruit salad STARTER at a Thai restaurant the other day. It was spicy melon, starfruit, etc.

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

apples, lemons, limes, yum.

I used to argue with an ex about what to put on grapefruit, salt or sugar. I favored sugar.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Durian fruit is the dogshit of the trees.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had that salt and chili powder mango thing (I've never had it baked though, are you kidding?) It's great.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 3 March 2005 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

No, it wasn't baked, but they shook it up in the plastic bag like the old 70's Shake'n'Bake thing, that's all I was referring to.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, cucumbers are great with the salt + chili + lime combo.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a special salt for fruit i've seen in asian markets. i tried to google it but was unsuccessful.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:06 (twenty-one years ago)

One thing though: the mango they sell on the street is often pretty unripe, I think they prefer it that way. I like them when they're so soft they fall off the skin...

I went out with a Hawaiian girl for awhile, and she had this dish where she would marinate ripe strips of mango in soy sauce, in the fridge. It was pretty kick-axe, as the rockers say.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.twang.com/images/pickle.jpg

Beer salts are on the rise... here's a dill flavored beer salt!!

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

salt on a tomato, mm hm.

― f--gg (gcannon), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Kids here love mexican candies which are almost all hot. They take those Lucas salts (limon-lime and chile) and pour them into their hands to lick. They also like corn, mango and watermelon lollipops that are then dipped in chili powder.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

don't forget saladitos!

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I dunno about salt on fruit. But pepper on pineapple=yum

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Pepper on cantaloupe is delicious with a splash of balsamic vinegar.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 3 March 2005 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

durian fruit, gag, ick! it's banned from a lot of hotels in thailand because of the stink. i was told it is delicious if you can make it past the smell, which i cannot.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I've ever deliberately put condiments on fruit (unless you count salt on tomatoes).

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Saladitos are the bomb. I like the more moist kind compared to the ultra-dried up ones. They also make a chili saladito which is BRUTAL, and I've seen licorice ones too.

On mango related confections, has anyone tried those long chili mango sticks that look like a shish-kabob and have weird big inedible SEEDS in them?... strange but good.

― andy --, Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

salt on cantaloupe is u&k

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Black pepper on strawberries is a good combo.

I can't eat tomatoes without a sprinkling salt.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

An oldtimers' way to eat apples around here is to pour out a little pile of salt, peel the apple and dip the wedges into the salt pile. I do that myself occasionally (best with Granny Smiths). Salt on tomatoes is great, but my family gives me hell because I also grind a little fresh black pepper on them.

― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

A bare sprinkle of salt followed by a heftier dose of sugar on grapefruit. Yum. And absolutely salt on tomatoes, but no pepper. Salt on cantaloupes and watermelons. Pepper, maybe, on cantaloupes.

Dang. Now I'm hungry for melon. ::sigh::

― Hey Jude, Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I skip salt and go straight for the PROSCIUTTO!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_5983,00.html

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 March 2005 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree, these are ace. You can get them at most Mexican groceries, and sometimes as regular ol' stores with "international" sections.

― sugarpants (sugarpants), Friday, 4 March 2005 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to love saladitos. Growing up in Southern CA I used to eat them constantly. My taste buds have gradually wussed out on me now, so that if I put one in my mouth I shiver involuntarily.

Salt is good on fresh lemons and tomatoes though.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I hardly ever eat fruit. I am going to die.

― RS £aRue (rockist_scientist), Friday, 4 March 2005 01:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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