Curiosity leads to Creativity

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Curiosity leads to Creativity

Pomegranate fruit cross section open seeds

The pomegranate is one of the oldest fruits, thought to be domesticated as early as 2500 BC. From ancient cultivation to the popular superfruit it is known as today, pomegranates carry cultural symbolism throughout the centuries, throughout the world. Pomegranates can be boldly tart or delicately sweet, bright ruby red or a translucent pink, messy and laborious. How often do you buy a pomegranate? Use it as an ingredient during cooking? Have it in a seasonal cocktail? Or drink the juice for the health benefits? This time of the year, we enter a season of crops like the pomegranate, that might require some creativity to use in your kitchen. Is a warty, knobby Black Futsu squash in the same family as a Blue Ballet Hubbard squash? Is a delicata squash really so tender you can eat the skin? What is the difference between a sweet little Honeynut squash and a 50lb Lungo di Napoli squash? All squash, all edible and all delicious. Be curious, become creative with your food! Ask what the difference is between an heirloom Gravenstein apple and a Cosmic Crisp apple. Learn how to make your holiday pumpkin pie from scratch, not the can. Why are carrots sweeter in the fall and winter? Can eating citrus in December really help fight colds? Share this knowledge, keep these varieties from disappearing. I'll share this trick that I learned for opening a pomegranate; score the skin in between the uneven rind of the fruit, fill up a bowl of water, and split the pomegranate while it's underwater. The arils, (seeds) will sperate easily and all of the bitter white membrane will float to the top. No mess!

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