I am pretty sure I have used pomegranate in the form of hair wash and body wash…
but I have never even seen one in person until this Tuesday night. The night that I first saw, and consumed, a pomegranate fruit.
My sisters came over for a (late) Halloween movie night.
{Did you know I have two sisters? An 11-year old sister and a 21 year old sister. Plus a 19-year old brother. Yep, I’m the oldest!}
So my sister pulls out this fruit as I’m preparing my dinner. It looks sort of like a grapefruit. Hmm. Then she started cutting into it and revealing little pink droplet..things. I do like trying new things so I said I’d have a try!
She simply started peeling away the outside and put all of the little seeds into a bowl. This took FOREVER. This is one fruit that makes you work!
She held this open for me and I thought it looked like a mouth opening. See it? RAWR…
When she FINALLY got done (I was no help) we set it between us and ate the little corn kernel-like seeds (they are actually called arils). I did have to research whether we could chew and swallow the part on the inside. Yes, you can infact eat that and it supposedly helps…clean out the system. They contain fiber and unsaturated oils.
We decided to eat our pomegranate arils like popcorn while we watched The Nightmare Before Christmas snuggled on the couch. I don’t think I’ve watched this since I was little and it was amazing to notice how unique the story line was and to appreciate each character. I was also (sort of) surprised that I remembered most of the songs.
Isn’t it weird the things we remember? I forget Chemistry I learned a year ago, but movie lines and songs from my childhood? Those I remember.
I googled Pomegranate Recipes so you can check those out. I’m not sure if I will venture to take one apart any time soon, but now I know that I do, in fact like Pomegranates.
The juice is sweet and satisfying and yay for Vitamin C and Fiber! (And yay for trying new things!)
~Amanda aka Semi-Health Nut~
Have you tried anything new lately?
What’s your fav childhood Halloween movie?
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