"You're going to blog about pomegranates?" Will asks, reading over my shoulder. Sounds lame, I know but really the post is more about tradition than pomegranates, so, bear with me for a minute. Growing up, it was such a treat to get a pomegranate around the holidays. I remember thinking they had to be the weirdest fruit on the planet; leather-like skin wrapped around a maze of the most beautifully edible rubies nature could dream up. Pomegranates were cool to look at, fun to take apart and yummy to eat.
Last winter I cut open a pomegranate, eager to share this nifty treat with my kids. No dice, they wouldn't even taste it! Lorien examined one tiny seed between her fingers with her nose wrinkled. It did not help that I compared a pomegranates taste to cranberries--a fruit they never eat--not even in jelly form. I should have said "Oh, it tastes like ice cream!" and sat back while they gobbled up the fruit. Not a chance, they were not interested and I was disappointed.
Last week as I perused the produce isle I noted the bin of pomegranates and sighed for my loss. The store had the fruit on sale so at the last minute I decided to grab one, just for myself. At home, I peeled open my pomegranate and settled in for a personal walk down memory lane. All three kids were at the table with me and to my surprise, wanted to try some. "You guys already tried this and you do not like it." I replied. Undeterred, each grabbed a handful of plucked fruit and popped them in their mouths. Wonders of wonders, the kids thought the pomegranate was good--delicious even! So we sat at the table, passing around chunks of fruit and I told them about eating pomegranates as a kid. I don't know if pomegranates will be come a part of their annual holiday memories yet, but I am hopeful.
4 comments:
oh how i love these!!! I bought a bin at costco the other day....it took me two days to eat 1 because they were SO huge! I strip down, put on an apron, and take it apart...then I sit with my heaping bowl and enjoy....they are sooo good. But SO expensive. I am hoping to get these in my stocking this year!
You make me want to go to the store. It is one of my favorite things. At Target they have a strawberry pomegranate drink. I am in love with it.
That is a great story Cassie! I was thinking while I read it about the first time I ate a pomegranate, my fingers looked awful, but I was hooked. And I think that Will may have been wrong, it was really nice to share this experience. Even if it was about fruit.
My husband has the holiday tradition at thanksgiving of pomegranate salad. It is a whipping cream, fruit salad. So good with the crunchy pop of the pomegranate seeds. I had no idea they were of such intrest to you. We have 4 trees in our yard. They grow very well in Nevada. We just juiced them about a week ago, and we will use the juice for homemade pomegranate jelly. Hope all is well. Your blog is fun to read. The kids are growing up fast.
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