Cantaloupe with jamón (cured pork ham) for lunch and tostada con aceite y tomate (tomato rubbed on a toast with olive oil) for breakfast are both everyday treats in menus in Spain.

Funny story: my first night in Italy (a country where I would go on to spend years, get married and have kids) they served "prosciutto con melone" - cured ham with cantaloupe at the place I was staying.

To this day I love prosciutto, and I like melons, but I can't stand the taste of them together.

That first evening there, I was really worried that all I had heard about how good Italian food was maybe not true - perhaps it was all strange things like what they'd just given me?

My friend from Guadalajara swears by Tajin seasoning on a lot of stuff, including cantaloupes and watermelon and I think kind of everything...

This is pretty common in SoCal. Any puesto de frutas will give you fruta y chamoy y tajin.

watermelon too

Yes watermelon! Not enough people know about this.

You can also pickle watermelon: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/russian-style-pi...