Re: [london.food] Surprising food combinations

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From: Simon Wistow
Subject: Re: [london.food] Surprising food combinations
Date: 16:03 on 09 Aug 2004

> My dad used to put a small amount of salt on watermelon back in Bermuda.
> Sounds stupid to me, but apparently it makes it taste sweeter.  Maybe
> there's a connection?

Possibly. An old navy trick was to put a pinch of salt in coffee. A 
friend got me hooked on this a while back.

There's stuff above here

Re: [london.food] Surprising food combinations David Turner 15:52 on 09 Aug 2004
My dad used to put a small amount of salt on watermelon back in Bermuda.
- Simon Wistow 16:03 on 09 Aug 2004
  Possibly. An old navy trick was to put a pinch of salt in coffee. A
  - Richard Tunnicliffe 16:40 on 09 Aug 2004
    I tried that with tea once. Very bad idea.
- Jakob Whitfield 17:27 on 09 Aug 2004
  Yeah, one of Heston Blumenthal's (Oh him of the Olympian *** heights)
- candace 21:46 on 10 Aug 2004
  Where I'm From(tm), it's normal to put salt on your watermelon. well,

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