Pomegranate

We bought a pomegranate the other day at Central Market and was surprised when Becca said she doesn't remember ever eating one.  I didn't realize it has been so long since we purchased one.  I thought it would be fun to slowly reveal to her the treasure that was inside.

The Fruit with a Big Surprise Inside

A little Peek Inside

Voila!

 

Little Pockets of Protected Red Seeds called Arils

Thin little membranes called pulp separate and protect the arils

Wanna take a guess on how many Arils were in our Pomegranate?

We played a little guessing game...this is what we each of us guessed!

Charles - 800

Rhonda - 1000

Chuck - 600

Becca - 507

Check tomorrow's blog to see the results!

Do you have a guess too? 

We love pomegranate!  It is delicious and addicting.

A Few Fun Facts about Pomegranates

One of the oldest fruits in existence

Frequently used in Christian Art - one example was on the columns and pillars of Solomon's temple

another example was on the High Priests garments

provided refreshment for hot dry areas - like in the Holy Land

Some Jewish Bible scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the garden of Eden

Once picked it stops ripening but becomes more flavorful if stored for awhile

Thought to have heart healthy antioxidants, helps to keep platelets from clumping together to form dangerous blood clots and has cancer preventing effects

Contains a high concentration of antioxidants...provides potassium, fiber, vitamin C and niacin

Entire Pomegranate is only about 100 calories

A great  reference showing something I found interesting...  Of all the fruits there are in this world, the pomegranate is listed as one of the fruits that are special products of the Promised Land in Deuteronomy 8:1-9.  God prepared such a beautiful and bountiful land - they just had to follow His lead and obey His commands to get to the place He had so specially prepared for them.  

Deuteronomy 8  - KJV

 ¹All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
 ²And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
 ³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
 ⁴Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
 ⁵Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
 ⁶Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
 ⁷For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
 ⁸A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
 ⁹A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Now for yesterdays answer  - did you figure it out? 

How much money would be raised if every envelope was filled with the dollar amount listed on each envelope?  From numbers 1-144 

$10,440 is correct!