The Pomegranate
The pomegranate. A delicious fruit that now has hit the shelves as a fashionable drink with health benefits galore. Now in the supermarkets, the pomegranate has become the elixir of youth, an expensive and exotic delicacy waiting to be desired. Something as rare as the Lychee and with the miracles that can be associated with Papaya.
I love my pomegranates, but just how this fruit has achieved this status is beyond me. The Pomegranate has had a long and history, even having a Tudor ship named after its deliciousness. But over the ages, other fruits more exotic has surpassed it. The Banana, the Orange and even the Avocado have seemingly become normal fare, although their origins are much further away than that of the humble pomegranate. In fact, the pomegranate, despite its existence in British cuisine for far longer than these other fruits, is considered amongst the more unusual fruits to now grace our shelves. The pomegranate is considered rare, and hence is now expensive.
Oh, how easily we are conned. In fact, any regular visitor to a market stall or an ethnic food shop is quite acquainted with the pomegranate. Usually selling at 20-25p each, it is a cheap fruit that can be nibbled with your apples and pears. Personally, I love the pomegranate, but there is a lot of bemusement to be had when I see it being espoused for its miracle benefits. Like all fruit, it is good for you, and like all fruit it is very tasty.
And remember, the pomegranate is grown in the Mediterranean, just like the Orange. Other fruits such as Bananas come from much further afield and so should be the more expensive fruit. As I crack open my pomegranate and nibble away at the juicy interior, a sticky grin comes to my lips as I think of how others view the difficulty of eating this wonderful fruit.