Re: pomegranate/conjugated fatty acids

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In a message dated 1/27/04 9:48:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, bwp@...

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> Also, strange anecdote: in the past year or so I've seen **several**

> full-size billboards on major interstate highways advertising

> pomegranate juice! Not your typical billboard fare...

I had a " Pom " pomegranate-blueberry juice a couple months ago, and it was

the best tasting juice I've ever had in my life!

Chris

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<<BTW you can buy dried pomegranate seeds ( " anardana " ) cheaply at Indian shops.

Nice sour flavor, useful spice seed.>>

Mike,

I've eaten lots of fresh pomegranates in the past.. LOVE the taste... hard work

though :-)... interesting to know about the dried seeds... as you can imagine,

there are plenty of Indian shops here in London so shouldn't be difficult to

find " anardana " ... have recently found Jaggery in a local, regular supermarket!

would the dried seeds have the same nutritional value as fresh pomegranate?...

would you need to re-hydrate them before use?

TIA

Dedy

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> would the dried seeds have the same nutritional value as fresh

pomegranate?... would you need to re-hydrate them before use?

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> TIA

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> Dedy

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I don't know for sure about nutritional value, but I'm guessing very

little difference for the seed, just like any other seed, because the

goodies are locked up inside. for the tiny bit of fruit outside the

seed I guess some trace amount of vitamins or something might be lost

like with any dried fruit, but the quantities involved are so small I

think it would be fair to say " same nutritional value " overall...

I don't think they're ever re-hydrated, just used like other spice

seeds. When I've used them over the years I've just ground them up

with other spices, and that's what I've seen in recipes.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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<<I don't think they're ever re-hydrated, just used like other spice

seeds. When I've used them over the years I've just ground them up

with other spices, and that's what I've seen in recipes.>>

Thanks Mike,

care to share a favourite recipe of yours using dried pomegranate seeds?

TIA

Dedy

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> <<I don't think they're ever re-hydrated, just used like other

spice

> seeds. When I've used them over the years I've just ground them up

> with other spices, and that's what I've seen in recipes.>>

>

> Thanks Mike,

> care to share a favourite recipe of yours using dried pomegranate

seeds?

>

> TIA

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> Dedy

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don't really have much in the way of recipes because I basically make

soups/curries with a different mix everytime. i can't recall any

particular successes i associate with pomegranate seeds. just add to

your favorite spice mixture. i have tried using ground pomegranate

in drinks and salad dressings too, but nothing i can really

recommend. in a book called " the indian spice kitchen " that i often

refer to, there's a recipe for a chickpea salad that is basically

chickpeas, chopped onion, boiled and cubed potatos, finely chopped

red pepper, 1t ground pomegranate seed, 1/2t ground peppercorn, 1t

lemon juice, salt, and sugar. haven't tried it, but the basic idea

sounds good enough. The other recipe for pomegranate they have is

for a lamb curry, but it's just a typical curry recipe in a yogurt

sauce with ground pomegranate seeds added to the otherwise typical

curry paste.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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Okay, THAT'S it.

Can I come over for dinner? For, say ... a month or so?

At 06:15 PM 1/28/04 -0000, you wrote:

>don't really have much in the way of recipes because I basically make

>soups/curries with a different mix everytime.

MFJ

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