and coronas. ;)


i'm from cali - but my family's from oklahoma/texas, so i've grown up putting salt on bland melons and adding sugar to strawberries.

someone earlier mentioned cutting strawberries, adding sugar and putting them in the fridge... i do that, and add just a tad bit of water, which mixes really nicely with the natural juice the strawberries release.

I put sugar on my strawberries as well and I'm from the Canadian west coast - I think it's a British thing, because I learned it from both my grandmothers (who are both English).

Here's a combo I know most of you will find weird: gravy with fries instead of ketchup - it tastes so good! - very common in Canada.

For the life of me, I'm having the hardest time figuring out how this would work. Today at lunch I almost ordered a coke but then realized if I put salt in it, I'd get fired for being weird :(

-Rudey
--I'll do it at home

Speaking of sweet/salty...my friend's kid had this "Munchies" stuff...it was Doritos and Cheetos and Pretzels and also Captain Crunch. That just sounds disgusting. I mean, everything else but the Capt Crunch sounds ok together. But I'm not a big fan of that cereal to begin with, so that could be it too.

I like funyans yo. Those are salty and yummy

I knew this girl who put salt and pepper on Granny Smith apples.

I love salt, I'm going to start putting it on all my fruit to see if it makes it taste better.

Agreed, but they also tear up the roof of my mouth.

at first i thought this was about the book - which is good. :D

then I read some posts....put me in the category of salters.

There's another type of Munchies that has all of those, except it has Sun Chips instead of Capt. Crunch. I used to call it the "All Star team of snack foods."

Yes, I'm a huge dork.

I put sugar on my strawberries too. Otherwise, I find them too sour.

I always thought the whole putting salt on fruit thing was an Asian thing. I think its weird, but my mom claims that it brings out the sweetness of the fruit (because the salt provides a contrasting taste).

When the strawberries are at their best, they are so sweet that they don't need sugar. But when they're not really in season or they're being shipped from California, they are often tart and need a little sugar. Whipped cream on them does the same thing as sugar but tastes even better! Strawberry shortcake without the cake.. yummm.

I will not be responsible for what happens when you add salt to your Coke. :D

I put a little in and it didn't taste different. I put more in and it tasted awful. You guys are liars.

-Rudey

Munchies are the f*cking sh!t

and the munchies kids mix, with the m&m's--amazing.

p.s. ive heard of puttng salt on peaches... WEIRD.

Bet you won't do that experiment again. :D

I dated this one guy in high school who had relatives from the south. During one family dinner, mom was serving cantelope, and grandma asked me if I would like some salt with it. I was horrified at the though and I fear I may have been a little rude, but really I was just shocked at the idea. :(

Now, I did have a watermelon-goat cheese-balsamic vinegar salad in Boston a few years ago that was SO good. I've since served goat cheese on watermelon squares at a few parties. People always freak out at first, but then they love it once they try them!