Monday, November 16, 2009

A Childhood Fave in the Spotlight


It amazes me the speed with which foods become popular and are crowned "nutritional powerhouses." Pomegranate appears to be everywhere and in everything! I remember when I was in high school and would take a pomegranate off the tree in our back yard to school for lunch. All of my friends thought I ate the strangest things. My sisters and I would play with pomegranates, feeding chickens the seeds and making "tea cups" out of the shells. I also remember deseeding the fruit so my dad could make juice and mom could make jelly.

If I knew then what I knew now, I would be stocking up and selling the magical fruit to pay for my high school hijinks. This month is apparently National Pomegranate Month, who knew the fruit would ever get it's own month! Health Central shares scientific finds relating to the health benefits of pomegranates.

While I have been deseeding pomegranates for years, I found a number of my friends had no idea how to handle the whole fruit. Here is a video from Gourmet Magazine that shows how easy it is to do yourself!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting this. I've been wanting to try them but have been putting it off because I didn't know how to eat them! Now, what about artichokes?? Hmmmm... :-)

R3 Method Show said...

It is amazing how healthy fruit,vegetables or supplements that have been used for decades or centuries suddenly get "discovered". ACV has been used for centuries for digestion and 1 out of every 100 people may know about it.

Marisa @Loser for Life said...

I've come to really love those crunchy little seeds!

That's a great video!

Unknown said...

YUM! I love pomegranates! Growing up we had to eat them outside with old clothes on. lol I now put a old towel on the floor and make sure I have a dark colored tee on. lol :)

Anne said...

I never used to have pomegranates as a kid, but I love em now! Deseeding them is so fun, too. Haha!

Anonymous said...

I'm holding a pomegranate recipe contest! check it out!

Anonymous said...

We've recently discovered our love for pomegranates. Celebrating the National Pomegranate month too :)

Unknown said...

These intrigued me ever since I was little. Now I can't get enough of them!

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