November 11, 2003
Food Of Gods!
This post is about the food of gods. There's very little doubt in my mind that if there was ever a Garden of Eden, it was full of Pomegranate trees (okay, and one apple tree). And if there is actually a place called Heaven, I'll be watching the heavenites through the Pearly Gates enjoying their Pomegranate and Pomegranate trees. Just one look at how those perfectly shaped seeds have all gathered as a united and strong community, inside an outer shield completely concealing the treasures within, can attest to the divine usage of this perfect banquet of taste and visual delight.
Now you all know about my soft spot for Pomegranate juice. Next time you are honored enough to hold a Pomegranate in your hands, don't break the skin. Start gently (I stress VERY gently) massaging it, feeling the inner seeds breaking one by one as if you are a master Chiropractor adjusting the delicate spine of a toddler. You continue adding pressure little by little, being extremely careful not to puncture the skin. As this is not an easy task for the weak (resistance is futile), I recommend doing this while there's another Pomegranate available to break open and munch on as you are massaging the other. After a while, you will be left with this crumbled and soft outer skin, holding what feels like Jell-O inside. This is when with extra care and by use of a very fine knife, you make an opening about the size of a Sharpie tip, put that opening to your mouth and start sucking the blessed nectar of paradise, also known as Pomegranate juice. It is essential to do this while remembering me and acknowledging it to all friends and foes as the "eyeranian method" of being allowed a momentary visit to heaven.
That's how I have mine, but here are some other ways.
I may not agree with your politics, but anybody who can wax that poetic about fruit juice can't be all bad. Great post.
Posted by: regressive at November 12, 2003 07:56 AMnooshe jaan :)
Posted by: aa at November 12, 2003 10:16 AMyou are genius!
Posted by: Leila at November 12, 2003 10:23 AMI agree most heartily about pomegranates, on top of which they are also beautiful to look at!
Posted by: nobbog at November 12, 2003 09:44 PMMy favourite fruit is mango, but not all mangoes, my total worship goes to three kinds. First is the sword mango, which is not big, but is green with a yellow spot when ripe, it is hairy but so sweet... It deserves to be eaten with passion. Wear your oldest T-shirt, take a bowl full of cool sword mangoes, grab one, dive your thumbs on its soft skin to open a hole and start peeling it. The juice will roll on your fingers, thick and sweet and please, give it a great bite, never mind if your face get all smeared, it is part of the fun. Unholy pleasure, that it!
Then there is the pink mango. No it is not like Tommy or Haden magoes, this is way softer and sweeter, and often bigger, and not very hairy. It deserves to be eaten with knife and fork, slowly, because the juice is too think and does not "roll" about that easily, so the experience is more in the mouth.
And then the precious charlotte mangoes, obscenely sweet, those little jewels! I like to eat them just like you described, sucking the juice from inside. The difference is that I usually let them sleep on the fridge a whole day before eating them.
Mangoes are Asian, but they fared so well in Brasil they are considered a national fruit already. In Rio, one of the oldest schools of samba is named after the tree, "Mangueira", and its colours are green and pink, because of the fruit.
A cold mango in summer is just delicious!