Tsuyokute New Game na Love Come - Vol. 5 Ch. 56

[MangaDex]

 

[Kaarme]

I still don't get that whole salt with watermelon thing. Is it common for the Japanese eat all other fruit with salt as well? Or is the watermelon just an inexplicable exception?

 

[vhr2121]

Still curious about the girl doing that head rubbing to mc... Is that also a common thing or it's just her being quirky?

 

[Arx724]

I still don't get that whole salt with watermelon thing. Is it common for the Japanese eat all other fruit with salt as well? Or is the watermelon just an inexplicable exception?

It has to do with the salt suppressing the bitter/sour flavors, which brings out the sweetness even more. Think of how cantaloupe can be served with (salty) prosciutto as an appetizer.
Supposedly it makes more of a difference when added to a less ripe melon, and left to soak a bit (ideally mixed into a pile of cut melon balls/cubes/whatever) but honestly I just eat ripe ones and don't bother with salt myself, so I'm not sure.

 

[Kaarme]

It has to do with the salt suppressing the bitter/sour flavors, which brings out the sweetness even more. Think of how cantaloupe can be served with (salty) prosciutto as an appetizer.
Supposedly it makes more of a difference when added to a less ripe melon, and left to soak a bit (ideally mixed into a pile of cut melon balls/cubes/whatever) but honestly I just eat ripe ones and don't bother with salt myself, so I'm not sure.

Don't the Japanese make and enjoy those super sour plum (?) preserves that make them go all >.<

I guess it's a tradition with the melon, then. Who knows why they don't just wait until they are ripe.

 

[AbuHajaar]

Salting a watermelon is a war crime

 

[HeyMate]

I've seen the same thing done with unripe mangoes in Brazil