Re: Pomegranates
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- Subject: Re: Pomegranates
- From: J*
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 07:44:34 -0800
Have you tried it mixed with champagne? Kind of like a mimosa (champagne +
orange juice). It could be called a "grenade"! (thanks to Damian & Kurt for
the idea). I plan to try it soon...
-----Original Message-----
From: E.Pizzi@agora.stm.it <E.Pizzi@agora.stm.it>
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 10:41 PM
Subject: Pomegranates
>Without a doubt, pomegranates make a wonderful drink.
>
>A dear friend from Malta remembered her childhood breakfast juice...the
>
>maids would pick ripe pomegranates (they lined their long drive in Valetta)
>every morning and hand squeeze the liquid around the seeds so the children
>had a tiny glass pf pure delicious (preventative medicine) before
>breakfast.
>
>For those with great "certosino" patience...try this:
>
>Gather a huge basket of ripe pomegranates. Break them open one by one and
>rub the seeds out into a seive. With your hands (clean, heaven forbid...)
>squash the seeds to release the precious juice.
>
>To serve, sweeten the juice as needed. Pour 1/4th up in champagne flutes,
>add crushed ice and sparkling mineral water. Excellent if vodka or gin is
>used instead of the water...a perfect toast for the new 2000 celebrations.
>
>Freeze the unused juice in small containers, such as empty yogurt cups. It
>freezes without losing it's characteristics and makes a WONDERFUL TREAT on
>a hot summer evening as an aperitif.
>
>COMPLAIN AS YOU SQUEEZE AND SQUASH all you like. It is well worth it
>later!
>
>Helene Pizzi
>Lecturer and Garden Writer
>Rome, Italy
>
>
