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Some application of salt also makes sweet things taste sweeter by contrast. I believe that's the reason why some people use salt in watermelon, that's actually the default way to eat watermelon in japan, I believe.

Talking about nice hidden taste, I ate a nice sweet dessert recently where they put a small salty, crunchy, flower looking-decoration on the slice. When I eat it, it's sweet, but then I bite the crunchy decoration and it gives a nice contrasting moutfeel and taste that makes the dessert tastes better.
I've tried it, it actually does make the melon (I had it on cantaloupe, however) taste sweeter. I've heard this is a common practice in the American South as well. I wonder if it has anything to do with both places getting muggy and hot in the summer, leading to dehydration?