Watermelon - Salted or Not?

[Justin V]

I would neve put salt on watermelon, but I am tempted to try a sprinkle of crushed red pepper.

[JSngry]

I went to some dude's house and he had grilled some watermelon. I don't know how he did it (or why), but it was not bad. Not great, either.

Grilled peaches, otoh, that works!

[Scott Dolan]

4 hours ago, Justin V said:

I would neve put salt on watermelon, but I am tempted to try a sprinkle of crushed red pepper.

Freaky! 

Though I’m a HUGE fan of crushed red pepper, I’d have never thought to sprinkle it on watermelon. 

Doesn’t sound right, but neither does salt...

3 hours ago, JSngry said:

I went to some dude's house and he had grilled some watermelon. I don't know how he did it (or why), but it was not bad. Not great, either.

Grilled peaches, otoh, that works!

Seriously? 

Did grilling it all but dehydrate it? 

[Brad]

I put salt on a few pieces before and let it sink in before I ate it. I can't say it did anything for me. 

[jlhoots]

Not!!

[Scott Dolan]

15 minutes ago, Brad said:

I put salt on a few pieces before and let it sink in before I ate it. I can't say it did anything for me. 

Dry roasted peanuts.

M&M’s.

Game over...

[Brad]

On watermelon?

[Scott Dolan]

It’s a thought, I suppose...

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

Seriously? 

Did grilling it all but dehydrate it? 

Best as I can figure, he did some indirect heat, got the smoke and grill marks and then got it outta there. It was kind of, uh, "compressed", like a sun-dried tomato, but not that much. Truthfully, I enjoyed it strictly as a novelty, one and done. Watermelon is all about the water and the sweetness. Grilling it seems like mistreatment of a puppy or something, just the wrong impulse to begin with.

If you leave a slice out in open air for a few says, it will shrink up like that, but it goes sour pretty quick. And again, why? Although, watermelon rind pickles, something my grandma used to make...not for me though. Sometimes the old folks were genius, sometimes just loony as fuck. And sometimes you can't tell the difference.

Peaches, though, them's the bomb of grilled fruits, just a few minutes, bakes 'em essentially, like a pie or cobbler, but with all the betterness that comes with grilling (wood grilling, don't know about propane and propane accessories).

[Royal Oak]

Watermelon is a fairly recent visitor to British shores, I think, unless we just never had it in the house when I was a kid.

When I first tried it, I found it a little tasteless, compared to the Honeydew or Canary melon I was used to. I prefer Watermelon now, the other stuff is too sweet.

I wouldn't dream of salting it, however. JSngry talks about adding sugar to berries - we used to do that with strawberries all the time in my choldhood. Seems a bit vulgar now

Edited June 3, 2018 by rdavenport

[Justin V]

On 6/1/2018 at 7:25 PM, JSngry said:

Peaches, though, them's the bomb of grilled fruits, just a few minutes, bakes 'em essentially, like a pie or cobbler, but with all the betterness that comes with grilling (wood grilling, don't know about propane and propane accessories).

A grilled peach a la mode sounds like a great idea.

[Scott Dolan]

Just had a salted caramel brownie from Cosentino’s in Kansas City. Simply divine!