Comments on: Pomegranates At Leila’s Shop

By: Jo Simons

Jo Simons — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 06:59:06 +0000

I was only talking about my childhood memories of pomegranates the other day.
We used to have to take a piece of fruit in a paper bag for school break time, in the 1970’s
We often had pomegranates, my parents Florist shop was opposite a greengrocers in Palmers Green probably why we always had fresh fruit and veg !

By: Sue Ellis

Sue Ellis — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:46:07 +0000

When I was growing up in the 50’s & 60’s you could always buy pomegranates at the greengrocers around Christmas time. Our Mum used to give one to me and my brother on Christmas Day – it was cut in half and we had one half each; we were then given a pin (none of that Health and Safety nonsense in those days!) and told to take each ruby seed out with the pin and eat it it. We found out years later that this was a ploy to keep us quiet for a couple of hours allowing Mum to get on and cook our Christmas lunch! Lovely memories.

By: Lindsey Kerr

Lindsey Kerr — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:37:35 +0000

A lovely post. It is nice to take a look at the little things in life and see where they take you. My first experience of this fruit happened when the old lady who lived next to my mother in law picked one off her tree for me to sample. I suppose I must have asked what they were and Maltese are always eager to let you into their lives.
L x

By: annie

annie — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 19:34:33 +0000

I also used to eat a pomegranite with a pin as a child in Birmingham in the 50’s. It must have been quite an exotic fruit in the UK in those days.

By: Sarah Lily

Sarah Lily — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:24:14 +0000

I ate half a pomegranate this morning, juicy yet not too sweet. I grew up in Beirut where pomegranate are used in quite a few dips and dressing.
Lebanon had a railway system which is now derelict, you can still find a pomegranate tree in every station. Last saturday I planted a pomegranate tree in a friend ‘s garden.
I’ll have to try Leila’s method…

By: Keith Chilvers

Keith Chilvers — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:16:50 +0000

I’m surprised you’d missed out on pomegranates – they’ve been around in this country a long time. The pomegranate was the emblem of Katherine of Aragon, Henry VIII’s first wife and can be seen on various heraldic carvings. They were stuffed with herbs and held to their noses by the nobility to ward of the plague and the general stench of the city streets in medieval and Tudor times.

By: Christine Carder

Christine Carder — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:31:33 +0000

Love the pictures haven’ t eaten a whole one in years but remember as kids in the 50s we would dig out those lovely gems and then see how far we could spit the seeds, the big girls told us we should not eat the seeds because we would have appendicitis if we did!!!!!!!

By: Alison Sye

Alison Sye — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:38:32 +0000

What a beautiful post. Both words and pictures, exquisite. I am going to buy one tomorrow and try your eating method. Love the bit about your dad.

By: mlleparadis

mlleparadis — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:48:36 +0000

i’ve just been to the day of the dead celebrations in los angeles and i was surprised to see a street vendor on the sidewalk outside the cemetery selling pomegranate seeds liberated from their husk in a deep bin to be purchased loose like popcorn! you learn something new every day, don’t you? and i’m with nicole – cutting them open and tapping them out with a wooden spoon is very easy and satisfying (and less messy!) of course it was martha stewart who taught many of us americans how to do that!

By: lynda

lynda — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:19:10 +0000

I have been told that pomegranate is derived from ‘pound garnet’. Does anyone remember the ones with parrot labels? They were the best!