[hamdainvincible]

So, my family being super Vietnamese (Ok, stereotypical but yes) we eat our fruits with SALT.
My grandpa used to be a doctor and he told me eating Watermelons with salt helps digest the fruit, but... otherwise that my family still eats almost all our fruits (besides fruits like bananas, papaya, and some others) with salt.

Sometimes we even mix our salt with Chili Garlic Sauce

and make something called Muối ớt in Vietnamese and it basically translate to salt chili or chili salt.
And it looks like this:


My grandma usually cuts up our pineapples and put them in a bowl and mixes salt in with it.

For Vietnamese, I've only seen this once and my cousin does it a lot, she mixes sugar and fish sauce and sometimes a little chili in with it and she eats like plums *that look like cherry.

Also, sometimes Vietnamese take mangoes (the harder kind) and soak it in spicy/ salty water, it's almost like pickling the fruit, tastes good.

Does anyone happen to eat their fruits with Salt?

> I get weird stares when I eat my fruit with salt...
( Mods: I'm not sure if there's already been a thread on this, so please close if there is. )

PS I don't want to make it sound like I'm making this an all-Vietnamese thing, just stating that I've tried/ seen these things ONLY because I've seen it at Vietnamese locations or through my own family taste.

[Ms.Tran]

salty and spicy.
except I don't use garlic chili like you do though, I use a whole chili pepper and smash it into a bowl of salt until the salt turned red/orange. drools.

over here they don't have those exotic fruits like in Southeast Asia
this is best with crunchy fruits like tra'i O^?i or Co'c.

[hamdainvincible]

^ ahh, my aunt does that, it's must more fresh with the actual ot.
Oh yes, my great-aunt lives in Cali and she sends over trai oi from time to time but i've never eaten it with the muoi ot.
When you eat it with white peach when the fruit is still very crunchy it's the best. (:

[Everlasting Melody;]

My family eats fruits with salt o:
Usually oranges haha

[Br0kenheartsx3]

YEEAH. i've eaten pineapples with salt. it helps bring out the flavor lol

[kween_lisa]

Eat rip mango with pepper and fish sauce! really yummy!

[nataliiexx]

LOL. same same. xDD i eat apples with it usually. gives two flavors in one bite.

[leelee.]

I'm vietnamese and I do that too.
I eat apples, watermelon, plums, nectarines, etc. with salt, or sometimes with Mexican chili powder (like Lucas).
It's pretty good, but so unhealthy. x__x

[deathangelxd]

o_o That's a little strange, but not unheard of I guess. I don't eat my fruit with salt but I've heard of other people doing that.

[yeuthuong]

yes yes! i eat salt with most fruits..they just taste so much better that way

[SeliT]

my mum puts salt on some fruits, either to help the flavour or cause they're not ripe or something

personally i find it horrible! just doesnt taste right to me!

[tinatran_]

fruits and salt make a good combination. my non-vietnamese friends give me wierd looks when i bring fruits and salt to school for lunch. XD

[miinolee]

i eat tomatoes with salt sometimes its good to me lol

[meisheep]

I tried eating watermelon with salt. It didn't work out for me lol

[me_maoh]

Salt only works for sour fruits I think.
I eat it with pineapples and oranges and other fruits.
But I don't think I could eat watermelons with salt.

[gabbstar]

my mum does all the time
i dont usually cause i like the sourness x]

[hiswendy]

Mango, guava, watermelon, corn (wait is corn fruit?) stuff like that.

[simplykristal]

When I was younger, my mom always ate cherries with salt .. so now
I always add some salt to cherries it doesn't seem the same without it.

[kathoz]

they serve watermelon with salt at some restaurants..
i always thought the salt was only to draw out the watermelon flavour.
never thought about eating salt with other fruits.

[twix0rz]

Whoa i never heard/seen this before. Cool. I am going to try eating my watermelon tomorrow with some salt and see how it tastes like. XD