In the market

Pomegranate

October 12, 2005

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What it is: With its thin, leathery skin and hundreds of randomly scattered ruby seeds, the pomegranate is among the strangest and, for the cook, most labor-intensive fruits available. Most are brick red and about the size of a softball, grown on shrubby trees native to Iran. The word pomegranate means ''apple with many seeds." These seeds, though perfectly edible, ... (Full article: 365 words)