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Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-03-07, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>> They used to sell special knives and spoons for grapefruit.  Son of a
>> gun... I went online to search and they still do.
> 
> I bet I've got grapefruit spoons in the basement.  Can't remember
> the last time I owned a grapefruit knife.  The last time I ate
> grapefruit, I used a paring knife to peel it and cut it into
> supremes.
> 
> Back when I was a kid, I salted my grapefruit rather than putting
> sugar on it.  Now I just eat it plain.  I also used to salt watermelon,
> apples, and cantaloupe.  A little pepper on the cantaloupe, too.
> 

Same here, but I only need a touch of salt on watermelons. Same for 
pepper on cantaloupes. It's easy to overdo it.

But you have a high tolerance for salt, so you might not notice it.