[Sca-cooks] fruit with salt was Re: OOP - Weird American food?

[Elaine Koogler]

Along the same lines, a wonderful summer treat is to take sliced cantaloupe
and wrap each slice in proscuitto.  This is such a wonderful combination of
flavors!

Kiri

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Margaret Rendell <m_rendell at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> S CLEMENGER wrote:
>
>> I've heard of doing that...and of putting salt on things like grapefruit
>> and apples, as well.  I might try it sometime when I'm not having to watch
>> my sodium intake so closely....
>> --Maire
>>
>>
>
> I've also heard "extremely thinly sliced, with a sprinkling of salt" mooted
> as the only way quinces are palatable raw. I've never tried it, I never
> remember when I have quinces to hand.
>
>
> Margaret/Emma
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