The pomegranates are just coming into season now as winter approaches.
November is the time to pick them here in Greece. We have three bushes
in our land and as I walked around this afternoon I could see that some
were ripe but I picked only six, just in case it was a little too soon.
The arils, (seed sacs) were already a good colour and looked like rubies when I cut and peeled the pomegranate, it is reckoned that each fruit contains 600 of these little seeds. The fruit is not just beautiful to behold it is also very healthy to eat being high in antioxidants and Vitamin C.
Pomegranates have been popular since the first man reached out and picked one. In modern times we have learned to value them for their health benefits as well as their taste.
Tests have proved that drinking the juice in what is described as ‘a significant amount’ will help to keep PSA levels down in prostate cancer. It is also believed to reduce inflammation of the joints and to be beneficial to the heart.
Last year I tried blending them to produce juice but as each aril produces only a drop it meant using a lot of pomegranates, so this year I am not going to do it again. I much prefer to each the crunchy little seeds from a dish using a spoon. It is so much nicer than merely drinking the juice. Pomegranates are also known as ‘jewel of the winter’ and that seems a perfect way to describe them.
The arils, (seed sacs) were already a good colour and looked like rubies when I cut and peeled the pomegranate, it is reckoned that each fruit contains 600 of these little seeds. The fruit is not just beautiful to behold it is also very healthy to eat being high in antioxidants and Vitamin C.
Pomegranates have been popular since the first man reached out and picked one. In modern times we have learned to value them for their health benefits as well as their taste.
Tests have proved that drinking the juice in what is described as ‘a significant amount’ will help to keep PSA levels down in prostate cancer. It is also believed to reduce inflammation of the joints and to be beneficial to the heart.
Last year I tried blending them to produce juice but as each aril produces only a drop it meant using a lot of pomegranates, so this year I am not going to do it again. I much prefer to each the crunchy little seeds from a dish using a spoon. It is so much nicer than merely drinking the juice. Pomegranates are also known as ‘jewel of the winter’ and that seems a perfect way to describe them.
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