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As a child in Florida I grew up salting watermelon and cantaloupe. I don't remember when I stopped doing that--probably when my family moved to Colorado and we didn't eat melons as often as before. That, and the fact that no one in Colorado salted their melons. Is this a Southern thing?
Nancy in Pátzcuaro
As a child in Florida I grew up salting watermelon and cantaloupe. I don't remember when I stopped doing that--probably when my family moved to Colorado and we didn't eat melons on as often as before. That, and the fact that no one in Colorado salted their melons. Is this a Southern thing?
Nancy in Pátzcuaro
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