BETWEEN TWO SEES
THE COCK SHALL CROW THREE TIMES
In the Good and Evil Garden of Pomegranates
Persian Mede are the MEDE-CINE MEDIA
Kurds are the CASHEW CHEESE while
Scandanavians are FLATOP BUTTES and VIKING WHEY
Anyone for a pomegranate lunch?
The pomegranate, Punica granatum, a deciduous tree or large shrub and its fruit, originated in the Middle East and has long been cultivated throughout the Mediterranean world. The plant bears white or bright red flowers followed by seedy, red fruits that may reach 13 cm (5 in) in diameter. Thriving on a wide range of soils in warm climates, the pomegranate produces excellent fruit under semiarid conditions, as in parts of California and Israel.
The many-seeded fruit was associated with both fertility and death in classical mythology. The goddess Aphrodite was said to have planted it on the island of Cyprus. When Persephone, the goddess of fertility, ate a few of its seeds on a visit to Hades (Africa), she was forced to return there for 4 months of every year.
The Romans, who believed that the best pomegranates came from Carthage, called the fruit punicum, the Latin for Carthage (See Punic Wars). The Spanish name for the pomegranate is granada, and the fruit appears on that city's seal.
Glenada
In addition to being eaten as a fresh fruit, the dark red, acid pomegranate juice is used as a flavoring and is the principal ingredient of the red flavoring syrup grenadine. (For E, in North Grenville)
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