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Farm Kitchen:  it's Pomagranite season!  |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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 Posted - Nov 09 2008 : 12:22:33 PM
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Did a little quick grocery shopping this afternoon and was just so hoping by chance pomagranites would be back.
As I rounded the lettuce section, there was a huge bin brimming FULL!
YEA!
Discovered these last year at a friend's house when she fixed them in a salad. The rest as they say is history. I ate pomagranite just about every day until they went out.
You can eat the seeds in all kinds of salads or just plain.
And for antioxidnats, you can't beat these powerhouses! |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2008 : 1:41:54 PM
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I love them too... I am planning a surprise Birthday dinner for my daughter It's her 40th and she will be surprised with a 5 course dinner party here when she comes for Thanksgiving..This will happen saturday after T day on her birthday. .I will use them with a pear & pecan starter. They are sooooooooooooo good. & high in vitamin C
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2008 : 6:28:45 PM
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| and they're SO fun for the kiddos too--they get to pick the fruits out and then eat them!! Fun and food in one! |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Nov 11 2008 : 11:48:23 AM
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I do miss living where they grow. I've toyed with the idea of keeping one in a pot so I can bring it indoors in the winter like I do with my Meyer Lemon. But I'm running out of space! Lol. Guess I need a greenhouse...right! They are on the spendy side here...and we love to use lots of them. Ah, well, I guess it is worth it for the health and fun. A pomegranate snack can last a long time (peeling, etc) and is much healthier than chips or popcorn.
We make a difference. http://huckleberrywine.blogspot.com |
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
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Posted - Nov 11 2008 : 12:38:25 PM
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Okay...I'm really ignorant...I bought one and didn't know what to do with it...I had a recipe that called for the seeds. I opened it and tried the seeds and they were like eating orange seeds...hard and tough. It was hard to cut in half too...was it not ripe? Am I missing something? there was no pulp just mostly seeds...are they supposed to be that tough to eat? What do you do with them?
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 08:48:13 AM
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Sounds like yours wasn't ripe, or was overripe. Look for smooth, soft skin. Not dried and stuck to the fruit. The best way to open them is to get a pan or sink full of water (they can squirt and do stain). Find the blossom end (a small dot is the stem end) and with a sharp knife, cut down into this bit in an X pattern, but don't go very deeply into the sides. In a very ripe fresh pomegranate this is enough to release pressure and it might pop open along a seam and make it easy to get to the seeds/fruit/kernals. In others, you will want to get your thumbs in and pull out from this center to get the sections to separate. Doing it underwater will save you from stains, and the kernals will float free for easy removal. If the hard center of the individual kernals is too crunchy for you, you can munch off the pulp and leave the seeds in a napkin, like eating sunflower seeds in reverse. The tasty/ripe kernals will look like bright, clear rubies. Pink or clear colorless ones aren't fully ripe. Cloudy ones are bruised/spoiled and will not taste right. Hope you have better luck and do try another one. There are always a few "bad" ones...sounds like that must be what you got.
We make a difference. http://huckleberrywine.blogspot.com |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 09:01:00 AM
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Sandra, You are not... Who would have thought you could eat these delicious balls of seeds?
http://www.k-fallsfarmgirl.blogspot.com/
Cheryl #309
Farm girl sister
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 10:57:03 AM
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I make pomegranate jelly for gifts.......
"life is drab without a lab"
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Nov 15 2008 : 12:23:52 PM
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Bless your heart Jo! That is a LOT of work. DH and I did it ONCE. But oh, was it yummy. And such a pretty color. I hope those that get your jelly appreciate the time and love that goes into it. :)
We make a difference. http://huckleberrywine.blogspot.com |
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