Pomegranates and grapes
- Subject: Pomegranates and grapes
- From: W* G*
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 15:51:24 -0500
Edward Faridany wrote on 11/24/99 1:43 PM:
>Susan, if you have to sweeten the juice, chuck it out and find a ripe [ie
>dark red flesh/seeds] pomegranate... and add champagne -
> Now there is, as yet , no name for that drink to join other champagne
>mixers viz. kir royale, buck's fizz, black lady ..... etc. There is a chance
>here for someone to immortalise themselves by inventing a name.
I've never known quite what to make of one biblical reference to
pomegranates, the one in the Song of Solomon (4:3) that reads 'thy
temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.' My Sunday
School teacher could only suggest that the object of King Solomon's
affections might have been out in the sun too long.
But since a 'Shirley Temple', in North America at least, is a
non-alcoholic concoction of grenadine and fruit juice often served in
restaurants to give very young persons some pretence of adulthood when
their elders order more stimulating drink, perhaps a 'Solomon's Temple'
might be an appropriate appelation for the seemingly more regal
combination of pomegranate juice and champagne.
Warm regards,
William Glover
New York, Nevis, W.I.
