Take about 2-1/4 pounds of pomegranates and separate the seeds from the pulp and membranes. Cook the seeds in one pint of water. Run through a sieve or cheesecloth, pressing out the juice into a pan and removing the seeds. Measure the juice and add an equal amount of sugar. Bring to a low boil and cook gently for ten minutes. Cool and bottle.

Grenadine is a thick, red syrup made from pomegranates originally. It is non- alcoholic but used in cocktails. There is now a hybrid variety of Pomegranate which produces clear and not red juice.

The juice does stain and is used as a natural dye as well.

This fruit is a symbol for many cultures,often thought of as a symbol of fertility and abundance. There is a wonderful link in About.com   (Pomegranate Legends and Lore) which will tell you almost everything you imagined possible about pomegranates. There you will find that the pomegranate is supposed by some researchers to be the original apple eaten by Eve in the Garden of Eden ; the original tree of good and evil.

The story of Adam and Eve comes from earlier Babylonian tales and describes the naked Adam and Eve confronting a serpent winding around a fruited tree. The snake seduced Eve into trying the apple ("it is to die for", said Eve) and she bit into its lusciousness, tempting Adam into trying it only to find out what the shame of nakedness meant! The shame of it !They were forced by this to leave the heavenly Garden of Eden and their innocence.

You can find this juicy tidbit in The Old Testament of The Holy Bible, should you never have run into this silly story. Having often partaken of the roseate, ruby-like fruit, I can vouch for the banality and wholesomeness of its actual benefits.

The pomegranate is medicinal and about the only sexy thing about it, besides its gorgeous looks and flowers is that it is in its experimental stage as an HRT alternative, which is made entirely of the Pomegranate (Punica granatum, or Punicaceaea granatum). Plants which help replace lost hormones during the menopausal* cycle of women are called phytoestrogens.

The marvellous discovery based on research in the world of Pomegranates is that the HRT medicine produced by Pomegranate substance not only meets the needs of menopausal woman but also provides breast cancer prophylaxis!!! I just can't wait to try it.

Estrogen pills somewhat scare me, so I take them sparingly.

Recently, I found that I could get whole-fruit Pomegranate juice in the supermarket.
I haven't taken triple estrogen since a month before I found this. After three months I have no hot flashes, but feel a little fatigue. Perhaps a combination of natural sources and a little HRT enhancement could work better wonders!

I see by the web site that the inventor is looking for investors at this stage. So, arise ye women (for your time has come!)and taketh of the sweet potato , the lichee fruit, and also of the bright fruit of the Pomegranate!(And by all means, invest) Natural means are always the most rewarding!!

Berber women used pomegranates to predict the number of their offspring. They drew a circle on the ground and dropped a ripe pomegranate in the center. The amount of seeds which landed outside the ring prophesied the number children to be born in her life.

Mohammed believed pomegranates purged the spirits of envy and hatred from the body. He urged all his disciples to eat many.

When Persephone (the Greek goddess of spring and fruit ) was the hostage of Hades, she swore she would not eat until her release. She could not resist the pomegranate, though,and left only six seeds uneaten. Some mystical researchers found a belief that our yearly cycle of six months of growth and harvest plus six months of winter sprang from the need of Persephone.

Ancient Egyptians were buried with a pomegranate to herald rebirth.

Speaking of which, I found further research, although in abstacts that you can't actually link to: The pomegranate is an antioxidant, inexpensive, and apparently has some interest in a provider of activity against phytopathogenic fungi. Link to a botanical abstract here:

I just about always have my fruit blowout in January since that is when I need it desperately after all the "good" cheer of yesteryear has fallen away. The seven species of mention in the article entitled "You are What You Eat" (NB) are:

Wheat, Barley, Wine, Grapes, Figs, Pomegranates, Olives and Dates.

Prayers said on this day will "bear fruit"

Here is a beautiful Madonna image by Botticelli: LINK TO: Madonna of the Pomegranates

For we Canadians, this will be a nice retreat from the ice and snow of the season. I always celebrate this, but I call it "A trip to Mexico in a basket".

Having found a title for my mad folly, which consists of pic-nicking in my living room on a picnic cloth with ocean wave albums ,or 'The Bear' (a rock radio station) on, and strews of seashells for company, I will now solemnize the event having discovered a formalized day of rejoicing!

Ganesha chathurthi falls on the fourth of the first fortnight of the month Bhaadrapada. (August-September).

This is called Ekavimshati Patra Puja.All these leaves have medicinal value, so that a teaching defining the prophylactic and therapeutic properties of the 21 botanicals is implied.

And I don't know what connection this site has with pomegranates, except for the several mentions of the "First Fruits" and of Christ Jesus (1 Cor 15:22,23), but the site I explored was listed with Christian religion and pomegranates, so I am including it from home.pe.net,{ formerly linked at: http://home.pe.net/~mjagee/ } , the predictions and clock pages about seven millenium "days", or thousand year "days"