If you don't salt the watermelon, it looks like you're eating it wrong

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Watermelon:  A must-have summer fruit for backyard barbecues and pool parties. 

Perfecting a watermelon seems difficult, but there is a way to make it happen. 

Add a pinch of salt. 

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said John Carpenter, Executive Chef of Signature Restaurant at La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas. 

Salted watermelon is new trend. (iStock)

"Salt softens the bitterness of the watermelon andaccentuates the sweetness," he told Fox News Digital. 117}

"Salt activates the salivary glands, which makes watermelons look juicier than before."

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Carpenter large flaky salts like Maldon, Kosher, or Himalayan } Recommended as a garnish for watermelon. 

La Cantera Resort &Amp's According to Signature Restaurant's Executive Chef, John Carpenter, it's sweet and accentuates it. Spa in San Antonio, Texas. Here is a tuna he crudo dish served at a signature restaurant, served with pressed watermelon and finished with Maldon salt.  (John Carpenter)

The menu at his restaurant includes a tuna crudo dish served with compressed watermelon, finished with to a touch of Maldon Salt.  

Chef Isaac "Izzo" Walker said that salting watermelon is a "modest life hack."

Add something salty to something sweet like watermelon and, "A dance party for your taste buds." (iStock)

"Salt is neither a seasoning nor a seasoning — it's an enhancer." So it just brings out the flavor of the food that's already there," Walker told Fox News Digital.

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Add salty to something sweet like, "It's like a dance party for your taste buds," he said.