Because it’s tradition
my wife offered me a slice of watermelon and after tasting it I determined she was one of those people who season their melons with salt. I asked her why she did it and she said it was something her father did when she was little, and something his mother did when he was little.
I tried to analyze the practicality of it and on paper it’s akin to putting salt on pancakes. it’s just one of those learned behaviors or things you associate good times with.
which explains my acquired taste for beer…
it also explains me not being a big sports fan, because I didn’t grow up watching it.