Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Hey Chris, I reckon the folks have told you how they eat them .. and though its not one of my favorites I have watched many Turks eat them. Same fors for quince .. not to my liking though it makes great jam and is super fine when baked with cinnamon an such. Turks simply open the pomgranate and eat the seeds .. but not the skin. Just today I asked my maid if they ever squeeze it for the juice .. she said NO .. NEVER! I was a bit surprised because there are few fruits they don't squeeze here. We have " Vitamin Shops " on every main street .. similar to Tel Aviv .. and a bit like the hot dog and pretzel stands in New Yawk as folks stop by and drink their order while standing. Citrus is so cheap here now its mind boggling. I go through 2-3 glasses a day of orange/grapefruit/lemon combined in one press .. bought a hand crank press some years back and I like it a lot. While waiting for the coffee each day, I squeeze 8-10 ounces of juice and knock it out .. tis a great eye-opener. Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Hi all, Pomegranate is a great source of potassium, vitamin C and polyphenols (which promote heart health). Pomegranate is " the " new antioxidant of choice. It has almost 3x the antioxidant activity of red wine, green tea, cranberry juice and orange juice. Trader Joe's sells pure pomegranate juice that's quite tastie over ice with sparkling water and a couple of drops of stevia extract. Enjoy, Michelle http://www.holisticmenopause.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Pomegranates are one of the finest fruits and medicines around. The old Arab materia medica books have lots of formulas using them. One of those rare cases where the fruit and juice are a valuable food and the skin is a fine astringent for wounds or even internal use. In the UK they always used to be cheap, but nowadays they cost a bomb compared to other fruit. I love them so Butch please send a truck load! Nice to see you have woken up again after your few days lounging around. Martin , " Butch Owen " <butchbsi@s...> wrote: > > Hey Chris, > > I reckon the folks have told you how they eat them .. and though its > not one of my favorites I have watched many Turks eat them. Same fors > for quince .. not to my liking though it makes great jam and is super > fine when baked with cinnamon an such. > > Turks simply open the pomgranate and eat the seeds .. but not the > skin. Just today I asked my maid if they ever squeeze it for the > juice .. she said NO .. NEVER! I was a bit surprised because there > are few fruits they don't squeeze here. We have " Vitamin Shops " on > every main street .. similar to Tel Aviv .. and a bit like the hot dog > and pretzel stands in New Yawk as folks stop by and drink their order > while standing. > > Citrus is so cheap here now its mind boggling. I go through 2-3 > glasses a day of orange/grapefruit/lemon combined in one press .. > bought a hand crank press some years back and I like it a lot. While > waiting for the coffee each day, I squeeze 8-10 ounces of juice and > knock it out .. tis a great eye-opener. > > Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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