Pomegranate Season -
They are also used to make pomegranate juice and a recent trend is to cook them down to make pomegranate molasses. You can even use pomegranates as fall decorations as long as you keep them cool and dry but it's so much more fun to eat them!
Pomegranates should be a deep red or reddish brown color and feel heavy for their size. Try to avoid bruises, cut marks or soft spots and you should be able to pick a perfect pomegranate. It's actually easier than you may think, and there are definitely benefits to buying fresh pomegranates!
Check out this video to see how easy it can be. Yes, you can buy pre-seeded pomegranates. First, pre-seeded pomegranates can be ridiculously expensive! Seeding a pomegranate is super-easy! First, fill a medium size bowl with water.
Place a pomegranate half or quarter in the bowl, submerged in the water. Pry the seeds out and let them fall to the bottom of the bowl -- the white pulp will float on the top of the water.
Now all you have to do is scoop out the pulp, remove the seeds from the water and repeat for the rest of the fruit. Beat it? Some people recommend holding a pomegranate half over a bowl and beating it with a large wooden spoon.
This may work well for some, but our experience included a lot of juice coming out along with the seeds -- we definitely prefer the submersion method. Many nutritionists me included!
assign the pomegranate as one of the top superfoods in the fruit category. Its antioxidant capacity tops the charts, and it is high in vitamin C and potassium. Studies with pomegranates appear promising in lowering cholesterol , blood pressure , and atherosclerosis, in addition to reducing risk of breast, prostate and colon cancer.
The phytochemicals in this wonder-fruit may also help fight depression and bone-density loss. Enjoy pomegranates fresh October through February, and as juice 4 oz.
serving March through September to provide a constant intake of this beneficial superfood! Take advantage of the season and try pomegranates in different ways over the next few weeks. Now that you know how to pick them, seed them and store them here are some great ideas how to enjoy them!
just to name a few! You can also add them to your smoothies, oatmeal or on top of your yogurt and granola! We simply strip the jewels out into tiny bowls so each person sitting in the evening can slowly eat their 2 oz bowlfull. Your email address will not be published. Garnet derives from Old French grenat by metathesis , from Medieval Latin granatum as used in a different meaning "of a dark red color".
This derivation may have originated from pomum granatum , describing the color of pomegranate pulp, or from granum , referring to "red dye, cochineal ".
The modern French term for pomegranate, grenade , has given its name to the military grenade. Pomegranates were colloquially called 'wineapples' or 'wine-apples' in Ireland, although this term has somewhat fallen out of use lately.
A shrub or small tree growing 5 to 10 m 16 to 33 ft high, the pomegranate has multiple spiny branches and is long-lived, with some specimens in France surviving for years.
Red-purple in color, the pomegranate fruit husk has two parts: an outer, hard pericarp , and an inner, spongy mesocarp white "albedo" , which comprises the fruit inner wall where seeds arils attach.
Botanically, the edible fruit is a berry with seeds and pulp produced from the ovary of a single flower. In mature fruits, the juice obtained by compressing the seeds yields a sour flavor due to low pH 4.
granatum is grown for its vegetable crop, and as ornamental trees and shrubs in parks and gardens. Mature specimens can develop sculptural twisted-bark multiple trunks and a distinctive overall form.
Pomegranates are drought -tolerant, and can be grown in dry areas with either a Mediterranean winter rainfall climate or in summer rainfall climates. In wetter areas, they can be prone to root decay from fungal diseases. Insect pests of the pomegranate can include the butterflies Virachola isocrates , Iraota timoleon , Deudorix epijarbas , and the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus , and fruit flies and ants are attracted to unharvested ripe fruit.
Air layering is also an option for propagation, but grafting fails. granatum var. nana is a dwarf variety of P. granatum popularly planted as an ornamental plant in gardens and larger containers, and used as a bonsai specimen tree.
It could well be a wild form with a distinct origin. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit. The only other species in the genus Punica is the Socotran pomegranate P. protopunica , which is endemic to the Socotran archipelago of four islands located in the Arabian Sea, the largest island of which is also known as Socotra.
The territory is part of Yemen. It differs in having pink not red flowers and smaller, less sweet fruit. granatum has more than named cultivars , but evidently has considerable synonymy in which the same genotype is named differently across regions of the world.
Several characteristics between pomegranate genotypes vary for identification, consumer preference, preferred use, and marketing, the most important of which are fruit size, exocarp color ranging from yellow to purple, with pink and red most common , seed-coat color ranging from white to red , the hardness of seed, maturity, juice content and its acidity, sweetness, and astringency.
The leading producers globally are India and China followed by Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, the US, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria and Spain. The pomegranate is native to a region from modern-day Iran to northern India. Carbonized exocarp of the fruit has been identified in early Bronze Age levels of Tell es-Sultan Jericho in the West Bank , as well as late Bronze Age levels of Hala Sultan Tekke on Cyprus and Tiryns.
It is also extensively grown in southern China and in Southeast Asia, whether originally spread along the route of the Silk Road or brought by sea traders. Kandahar is famous in Afghanistan for its high-quality pomegranates.
Although not native to Korea or Japan, the pomegranate is widely grown there and many cultivars have been developed. It is widely used for bonsai because of its flowers and for the unusual twisted bark the older specimens can attain. Spanish colonists later introduced the fruit to the Caribbean and America Spanish America , but in the English colonies , it was less at home: "Don't use the pomegranate inhospitably, a stranger that has come so far to pay his respects to thee," the English Quaker Peter Collinson wrote to the botanizing John Bartram in Philadelphia , In this manner it thrives wonderfully with us, and flowers beautifully, and bears fruit this hot year.
I have twenty-four on one tree Doctor Fothergill says, of all trees this is most salutiferous to mankind. The pomegranate had been introduced as an exotic to England the previous century, by John Tradescant the Elder , but the disappointment that it did not set fruit there led to its repeated introduction to the American colonies, even New England.
It succeeded in the South: Bartram received a barrel of pomegranates and oranges from a correspondent in Charleston , South Carolina, John Bartram partook of "delitious" pomegranates with Noble Jones at Wormsloe Plantation , near Savannah, Georgia , in September Thomas Jefferson planted pomegranates at Monticello in ; he had them from George Wythe of Williamsburg.
Pomegranate juice can be sweet or sour , but most fruits are moderate in taste, with sour notes from the acidic ellagitannins contained in the juice. Grenadine syrup originally consisted of thickened and sweetened pomegranate juice, [45] now is usually a sales name for a syrup based on various berries, citric acid, and food coloring, mainly used in cocktail mixing.
Before tomatoes a New World fruit arrived in the Middle East, pomegranate juice, pomegranate molasses , and vinegar were widely used in many Iranian foods, and are still found in traditional recipes such as fesenjān , a thick sauce made from pomegranate juice and ground walnuts , usually spooned over duck or other poultry and rice, and in ash-e anar pomegranate soup.
Dried whole seeds can often be obtained in ethnic Indian markets. These seeds are separated from the flesh, dried for 10—15 days, and used as an acidic agent for chutney and curry preparation. Ground anardana is also used, which results in a deeper flavoring in dishes and prevents the seeds from getting stuck in teeth.
Seeds of the wild pomegranate variety known as daru from the Himalayas are regarded as high-quality sources for this spice. Dried pomegranate seeds, found in some natural specialty food markets, still contain some residual water, maintaining a natural sweet and tart flavor.
Dried seeds can be used in several culinary applications, such as trail mix , granola bars, or as a topping for salad, yogurt, or ice cream. In the Caucasus , pomegranate is used mainly for juice.
In Turkey, pomegranate sauce Turkish : nar ekşisi is used as a salad dressing, to marinate meat, or simply to drink straight. Pomegranate seeds are also used in salads and sometimes as garnish for desserts such as güllaç. In Greece, pomegranate is used in many recipes, including kollivozoumi , a creamy broth made from boiled wheat, pomegranates, and raisins , legume salad with wheat and pomegranate, traditional Middle Eastern lamb kebabs with pomegranate glaze, pomegranate eggplant relish, and avocado -pomegranate dip.
Pomegranate is also made into a liqueur , and as a popular fruit confectionery used as ice cream topping, mixed with yogurt , or spread as jam on toast. In Mexico, pomegranate seeds are commonly used to adorn the traditional dish chiles en nogada , representing the red of the Mexican flag in the dish which evokes the green poblano pepper , white nogada sauce and red pomegranate seeds tricolor.
The phenolic content of pomegranate juice is degraded by processing and pasteurization techniques. The most abundant phytochemicals in pomegranate juice are polyphenols , including the hydrolyzable tannins called ellagitannins formed when ellagic acid and gallic acid bind with a carbohydrate to form pomegranate ellagitannins , also known as punicalagins.
Pomegranate peel contains high amount of polyphenols, condensed tannins, catechins , and prodelphinidins. Despite limited research data, manufacturers and marketers of pomegranate juice have liberally used results from preliminary research to promote products.
In May , the US Federal Trade Commission declared that POM Wonderful could not make health claims in its advertising, followed by a US Supreme Court ruling that declined a request by POM Wonderful to review the court ruling, upholding the FTC decision.
Iran is one of the largest producers and exporters of pomegranates in the world. The fruit's juice and paste have a role in Iranian cuisine , e. chicken, ghormas , and refreshment bars.
Pomegranate skins may be used to stain wool and silk in the carpet industry. Ancient Egyptians regarded the pomegranate as a symbol of prosperity and ambition. It was referred to by the Semitic names of jnhm or nhm. A pomegranate is displayed on coins from Side , as Side was the name for pomegranate in the local language, which is the city's name.
The Greeks were familiar with the fruit far before it was introduced to Rome via Carthage , and it figures in multiple myths and artworks. The myth of Persephone , the goddess of the underworld , prominently features her consumption of pomegranate seeds, requiring her to spend a certain number of months in the underworld every year.
The number of seeds and therefore months vary. During the months that Persephone sits on the throne of the underworld beside her husband Hades , her mother Demeter mourned and no longer gave fertility to the earth. This was an ancient Greek explanation for the seasons.
According to Carl A. Ruck and Danny Staples , the chambered pomegranate is also a surrogate for the poppy's narcotic capsule , with its comparable shape and chambered interior. She embodies both aspects of the dual goddess, life-giving and death-dealing at once.
The hunter Orion was represented as "marrying" Side , a name that in Boeotia means "pomegranate", thus consecrating the primal hunter to the goddess. In another Greek myth, a girl named Side "pomegranate" killed herself on her mother's grave in order to avoid suffering rape at the hands of her own father Ictinus.
Her blood transformed into a pomegranate tree. In the fifth century BC, Polycleitus took ivory and gold to sculpt the seated Argive Hera in her temple. She held a scepter in one hand and offered a pomegranate, like a "royal orb ", in the other. In Jewish tradition, it has been seen as the original "design" for the proper crown.
Within the Heraion at the mouth of the Sele , near Paestum , Magna Graecia , is a chapel devoted to the Madonna del Granato , "Our Lady of the Pomegranate", "who by virtue of her epithet and the attribute of a pomegranate must be the Christian successor of the ancient Greek goddess Hera", observes the excavator of the Heraion of Samos , Helmut Kyrieleis.
In modern times, the pomegranate still holds strong symbolic meanings for the Greeks. When Greeks commemorate their dead, they make kollyva as offerings, which consist of boiled wheat, mixed with sugar and decorated with pomegranate.
Pomegranate decorations for the home are very common in Greece and sold in most home goods stores. The pomegranate has an important role in Jewish tradition. The fruit is said to have seeds representing the commandments of the Torah.
For example, pomegranates were known in Ancient Israel as the fruits that the scouts brought to Moses to demonstrate the fertility of the "promised land". According to the Books of Kings , [86] the capitals of the two pillars Jachin and Boaz that stood in front of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem were engraved with pomegranates.
Solomon is said to have designed his coronet based on the pomegranate's "crown" calyx. Some Jewish scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Consuming pomegranates on Rosh Hashana is traditional because, with its numerous seeds, it symbolizes fruitfulness.
There is no clear source for this claim although it is used as a metaphor in the Talmud for numerous good deeds. The pomegranate appeared on the ancient coins of Judea, and when not in use, the handles of Torah scrolls are sometimes covered with decorative silver globes similar in shape to pomegranates rimmonim.
Pomegranates symbolize the mystical experience in the Jewish mystical tradition, or kabbalah , with the typical reference being to entering the "garden of pomegranates" or pardes rimonim ; this is also the title of a book by the 16th-century mystic Moses ben Jacob Cordovero.
In the earliest incontrovertible appearance of Christ in a mosaic, a fourth-century floor mosaic from Hinton St Mary , Dorset, now in the British Museum , the bust of Christ and the chi rho are flanked by pomegranates. They are often woven into the fabric of vestments and liturgical hangings or wrought in metalwork.
Pomegranates figure in many religious paintings by the likes of Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci , often in the hands of the Virgin Mary or the infant Jesus. The fruit, broken or bursting open, is a symbol of the fullness of Jesus' suffering and resurrection.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church , pomegranate seeds may be used in kolyva , a dish prepared for memorial services , as a symbol of the sweetness of the heavenly kingdom. Chapter 55 of the Quran mentions the pomegranate as a "favour" among many to be offered to those fearful to the " Lord " in "two Gardens ".
The pomegranate is one of the main fruits in Armenian culture alongside apricots and grapes. Its juice is used with Armenian food, heritage, or wine. The pomegranate is a symbol in Armenia, representing fertility, abundance, and marriage.
For example, the fruit played an integral role in a wedding custom widely practiced in ancient Armenia; a bride was given a pomegranate fruit, which she threw against a wall, breaking it into pieces. Scattered pomegranate seeds ensured the bride future children.
Wild pomegranate can be found in Armenia, specifically in the Idjevan and Noyemberyan regions in the northeast, and in the Goris, Kapan, and Meghri regions in the southeast.
They typically grow in foothill areas at elevations of m above sea level. Additionally, there are some settlements in the Ararat valley near Yerevan where wild pomegranates can be found.
The Color of Pomegranates , a movie directed by Sergei Parajanov , is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova King of Song which attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The pomegranate is considered one of the symbols of Azerbaijan.
The festival features Azerbaijani fruit-cuisine mainly the pomegranates from Goychay, which is famous for its pomegranate growing industry. At the festival, a parade is held with traditional Azerbaijani dances and Azerbaijani music. Introduced to China during the Han Dynasty BC— AD , the pomegranate Chinese : 石榴 ; pinyin : shíliu , in older times, was considered an emblem of fertility and numerous progeny.
This symbolism is a pun on the Chinese character 子 zǐ which, as well as meaning seed, also means "offspring", thus a fruit containing so many seeds is a sign of fecundity. In some Hindu traditions, the pomegranate Hindi : anār symbolizes prosperity and fertility, and is associated with both Bhoomidevi the earth goddess and Lord Ganesha the one fond of the many-seeded fruit.
Pomegranate is an important fruit and symbol in Kurdish culture. It is accepted as a symbol of abundance and a sacred fruit of ancient Kurdish religions. Pomegranate is used as a symbol of abundance in Kurdish carpets.
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From their Pomehranate Happiness Pomegranats their Pomegranate Season red arils, Polyphenols and cardiovascular health are Pomegranate Season amongst Seasson. Pomegranate Season, delicious, full of antioxidants - they are the original superfood. But when is pomegranate season? How on earth do you open them? And what should you use them for? Here's everything you didn't know you needed to know about pomegranates.Pomegranate Season -
Opening a pomegranate can be messy; however, if you cut the blossom end off and score through the skin marking the fruit in quarters, you can submerge the pomegranate in ice cold water and rub the seeds off the skins. The skin will float to the top, the seeds to the bottom and then drain off the fruit.
To store pomegranates, keep at room temperature for a week, refrigerate in an air tight bag for up to 3 months, or freeze the seeds for 6 months to a year.
Most pomegranates are imported into Utah markets and grocery stores from California and Arizona; however two varieties are produced in Washington County, Utah.
The light pink seeded Dixie Sweet is native to the Southern Utah warm climate with soft and sweet seeds. Other southern Utah-grown pomegranates and those imported may have darker and harder seeds. If you have an opportunity to travel to southern Utah, take the time to consume these locally grown fruits.
No matter where you consume them, a pomegranate could be one of the best foods you can give your health. The harvesting time for pomegranates is October through November; you will find them in most Utah grocery stores during October into December. Pomegranates are a treat, enjoyable as a salsa, in salads, with main dishes, as jelly and syrups, or just by the hand full, so eat up and enjoy.
Score, and break pomegranate apart in ice water. Drain the pomegranate seeds. Add all ingredients and chill for 2 hours before serving. Combine pomegranate juice, lemon juice, and pectin in a 4 or 5-quart pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
Drizzle vinaigrette over salad and toss to combine. Season to taste and sprinkle with pomegranate seeds. Combine pomegranate juice, molasses, vinegar, olive oil, ginger, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper in a zip-top bag. Add chicken pieces and seal. Massage bag to coat chicken with marinade. Refrigerate for 2 hours, turning once.
Preheat oven to F. Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in a glass baking dish; pour marinade over chicken. Bake, uncovered, until chicken is cooked through, about 45 minutes.
Serve with roasted sweet potatoes, garnished with sliced green onion and pomegranate seeds. Slice onion and sauté in olive oil in a large frying pan until softened.
Stir in cubed lamb and sauté until well browned, about 25 minutes. Meanwhile, combine stock, molasses and walnuts in a small saucepan; heat over low, stirring often, for 10 minutes. Once lamb is cooked, drain off fat. Stir in pepper, salt, cinnamon, turmeric, cardamom and lemon juice; simmer for 5 minutes.
Pour sauce over lamb and simmer on low heat for another 10 minutes. Serve over Basmati rice. Send questions, comments and recipe ideas to Denise at capeflavors comcast. WEATHER CAPE GAZETTE VIDEOS COMMUNITY PHOTOS BEACH PAPER ARCHIVE.
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The fruit, when stored in the refrigerator, will last three-to-four weeks unopened. But, once seeded, pomegranates should be enjoyed within two or three days; they can also be frozen in a sealed bag for up to a year.
Pomegranates don't offer the most instant gratification of all fruits. The tough, leathery shell opens up to reveal clusters of seeds, or arils, that are plump with juice, but covered in inedible pith. Since they can be a mess to seed, the best way to open a pomegranate is to submerge it in water to avoid splattering juice.
Conveniently, you can also buy just pomegranate arils — no extra work necessary! By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from POPSUGAR. When Is Pomegranate Season? How Do You Know If a Pomegranate Is Ripe?
What's the Best Way to Open a Pomegranate? How Should I Eat Pomegranates? Aside from snacking on the satisfying seeds out of hand, you can also: Add bites of tart, juicy crunch into a dip of mango guacamole. Enjoy eating the seeds in a butternut squash salad.
Garnish soups with pomegranate seeds to counterbalance texture.
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