Pomegranate - the fruit to remember

You have all  enjoyed the exquisite taste of this ancient mythic fruit. Referred to as “the fruit of the dead” it combines mythological, symbolical, medical and esoteric meanings in one round shaped ball of seeds.

The positive aspects of consuming - it has been proven and even encouraged by today's medicine. It can be found in a lot of medicaments combating cancer, numerous heart diseases, diabetes and many more. Stimulating the immune system by supplying almost the full amount of vitamins for a day in a hand-full of seeds, this magical fruit makes the top rated nutrition foods chart.

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The culinary usage:

Since this fruit has been known from ancient times it is natural to be present in most cuisines where the trees grow.

• the excellent tasting sweet and sour juice is used not only in bakery, but also to prepare salad dressings, soups, meat and poultry sauce and numerous delicious dishes in Iran, Turkey, India, Persian peninsula, etc
  
• Pomegranate is the base of the most famous Grenadine syrup which is ingredient of some of the classic cocktails such as “Sex on the Beach”, “Tequila Sunrise”, etc.
  

The historical significance:

• This mythical fruit has been known all through history as the “fruit of the dead”. It received this name after the Underworld king Hades has allured Zeus's daughter Persephone to be his wife. As the legend goes no one was allowed to eat anything in the Underworld or he/she was doomed to stay there forever. Persephone was tricked to eat some pomegranate seeds and thus she was doomed to stay with him for a specific period of time.
  
• Some historians and symbolists believe that the calyx of this enigmatic fruit is the pattern according to which the royal crown are made.
  
• There were even famous artists that depicted the pomegranate as “holy fruit” The most famous of which is Sandro Botticelli even named the masterpiece “Madonna of the pomegranate”.
  
  

Ancient and mythic this fruit has come a long way to reach our table. But little did we know its significance and meaning. And to add to its colourful origin – pomegranate stains are almost impossible to remove, ask some professional cleaners.