Grenades originated from a fruit!
I tried a pomegranate the other day for the first time. My sis and I were tricked into buying one coz it looked too pretty in the picture. It still looks pretty.
Didn't taste too good to me though. It was citrusy, pithy, and.. nutty? Its seeds tasted like pine nuts.
I don't think I'll eat one again, but here are some interesting facts I found about the famed 'underworld fruit', courtesy of Wikipedia :)
Pomegranate juice will turn blue when subjected to basic (ie alkaline) conditions (similar to litmus paper).
Although not native to China, Korea or Japan, the pomegranate is widely grown there and many cultivars have been developed. It is widely used for bonsai, because of its flowers and for the unusual twisted bark that older specimens can attain.
The pomegranate also gave its name to the hand grenade from its shape and size (and the resemblance of a pomegranate's seeds to a grenade's fragments) and thus also grenadiers, and to the garnet from its colour. In many languages (including Belarusian, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and Hebrew) the words are exactly the same.
With the rise in popularity of the pomegranate in American markets, Starbucks introduced a pomegranate frappuccino in the summer of 2006.
# Grenadine syrup, used in mixed drinks, was originally made from pomegranates, however most grenadine no longer contains any fruit, only corn syrup and food colouring.
Didn't taste too good to me though. It was citrusy, pithy, and.. nutty? Its seeds tasted like pine nuts.
I don't think I'll eat one again, but here are some interesting facts I found about the famed 'underworld fruit', courtesy of Wikipedia :)
Pomegranate juice will turn blue when subjected to basic (ie alkaline) conditions (similar to litmus paper).
Although not native to China, Korea or Japan, the pomegranate is widely grown there and many cultivars have been developed. It is widely used for bonsai, because of its flowers and for the unusual twisted bark that older specimens can attain.
The pomegranate also gave its name to the hand grenade from its shape and size (and the resemblance of a pomegranate's seeds to a grenade's fragments) and thus also grenadiers, and to the garnet from its colour. In many languages (including Belarusian, Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and Hebrew) the words are exactly the same.
With the rise in popularity of the pomegranate in American markets, Starbucks introduced a pomegranate frappuccino in the summer of 2006.
# Grenadine syrup, used in mixed drinks, was originally made from pomegranates, however most grenadine no longer contains any fruit, only corn syrup and food colouring.