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| OK, I tore into the Pomegranate.
Being terrified of the staining from the juice I first dampened the counter
and entire sink but not the painted backsplash and I was very slow and
meticulous throughout the process to keep splatters to a minimal.
The staining is over rated, the porcelain sink didn't stain nor did the
textured formica counters. I few small splatters got on the painted
backsplash but I quickly wiped them off with a damp rag. The only victim to
staining was a white plastic cutting board but that stain may come out after
a dash through the dishwasher.
I cut the top 1/4 off the pom and this revealed the thing was designed with
5 distinct *lobe* areas internally. I then scored the husk deeply with the
knife in the center of each lobe all the way down to the bottom, stopping
short of severing the lobe entirely. Then I inverted the whole thing into a
bowl of cold water for about 15 mins as this seemed to soften the internal
fibrous material.
Then I grabbed the thing out of the water and separated the 5 lobes so that
it would be easier to handle and used a small spoon to sort of scoop the
*seeds* out of the lobes and into the bowl of water. The fibrous material
was much like that inside a tangerine but of a much tougher consistency and
it broke up more easily too. Many of the seeds had fibrous material clinging
to it and had to be removed manually. All in all it took about 15 mins to
get to this point after having soaked in the cold water for 15 mins.
Then I took the bowl of cold water and seeds and fibrous particulates and
dumped it all into a small collander and ran cold water over it. At this
point I physically removed much of the remaining fibrous particulates.
Next I dumped all the seeds on a plate with several paper towels on it to
absorb the water.
I ate a few.
The seeds are ruby in color, a dark transparent red and are about the size
of corn kernals.
Inside each *kernal* is a hard seed about the size of a grape seed and the
consistency of the kernal was like that of a corn kernal that has not been
fully cooked.
Besides the grape seed, the interior of the kernals had a juice, but not
much at all.
The juice tasted very similar to cranberry juice, very tart, but a little
sweeter than cranberry, but not much.
I found the husk of the kernals unpalatable and spit them out in the sink.
Summation:
I didn't particularly care for it and heres why.
For a single fruit it was kinda pricey at $1.00.
(a banana can be bought for 25 cents and can be eaten in 2 mins and the
cleanup is nonexistent)
It was a lot of work having taken roughly 30 mins to deal with and very
little benefit.
There was some cleanup involved and several utensils, cutting board, knife,
bowl, spoon were used.
Most of the seeds are now lying on a plate in the kitchen and I will try
them throughout the day and see how they are but by supertime the remainder
will prolly be thrown out to the birds.
I will however try the bottled juice as Bob Morrison (hey Bob, they named
you after the road I currently live on!) mentioned and see if I like it any
better.
Next, I wanna try a Persimmon.
All my life I've heard of them but don't think I've ever even seen one.
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| Eating a pomegranate is kind of like eating a langostino. It's looks
really tasty, but the amount of work vs. the taste pay-off ratio is out
of whack. I thing you should go with the already juiced variety as
someone suggested.
Here's a little fruit combo that I've been addicted to lately you might
try. It's popular in Mexico, and since I live in Texas it's quite
common here. Try Mango dusted with Chili Power and some lime juice.
It is awesome.........
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| Michael Bulatovich 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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"Don" <one-if-by-land@concord.com> wrote in message
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> Next, I wanna try a Persimmon.
> All my life I've heard of them but don't think I've ever even seen one.
When they're good, they are amazing. When they aren't, think raw green
bananas with battery sauce.
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| Bob Morrison 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
| In a previous post Cato wrote...
> Here's a little fruit combo that I've been addicted to lately you might
> try. It's popular in Mexico, and since I live in Texas it's quite
> common here. Try Mango dusted with Chili Power and some lime juice.
> It is awesome.........
>
I could see that. There is a Thai restaurant in Olympia WA (about an 1-
1/2 from here) that makes a mango salad with grilled shrimp that has a
chile lime dressing. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.
--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| Bob Morrison 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
| In a previous post Don wrote...
> Next, I wanna try a Persimmon.
> All my life I've heard of them but don't think I've ever even seen one
>
Get ready to kiss something because your lips will pucker like nobody's
business.
--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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Don wrote:
> OK, I tore into the Pomegranate.
....
> Summation:
> I didn't particularly care for it and heres why.
> For a single fruit it was kinda pricey at $1.00.
> (a banana can be bought for 25 cents and can be eaten in 2 mins and the
> cleanup is nonexistent)
> It was a lot of work having taken roughly 30 mins to deal with and very
> little benefit.
We use styrofoam plates alot, our pome
was cut in a minute on that, we split a 1/4,
nice change, but not as good as a hot-dog.
Apples, $0.50/lb. is the King of Fruits, raw,
cooked, fermented, sauce.
Apples are amazing by sheer variety.
Ken
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| Bob Morrison 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
| In a previous post Ken S. Tucker wrote...
> Apples, $0.50/lb. is the King of Fruits, raw,
> cooked, fermented, sauce.
> Apples are amazing by sheer variety.
>
Yep! Just finished using my new cider press. Wife and pressed and canned
12 gallons of juice from our 8 apple trees. We have 5 varieties: Cox's
Orange Pippin, Spartan, Northern Spy, King, and Yellow Transparent.
Much of the rest (4 boxes) will go to applesauce with a few kept out for
eating raw.
--
Bob Morrison, PE, SE
R L Morrison Engineering Co
Structural & Civil Engineering
Poulsbo WA
bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-21, 1:25 pm |
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Bob Morrison wrote:
> In a previous post Ken S. Tucker wrote...
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> Yep! Just finished using my new cider press. Wife and pressed and canned
> 12 gallons of juice from our 8 apple trees. We have 5 varieties: Cox's
> Orange Pippin, Spartan, Northern Spy, King, and Yellow Transparent.
Every kid I know soon developes a healthy
love of "apple juice", we kept it free in the
frigs for our younguns, like help yourself,
anytime, and also full apples too.
I've been on peach juice for 10 years or so,
personally I rank it a wee bit higher than
apple juice now, slightly less acidic.
We're going to look at store bought and see
if the type of apple is specified though.
> Much of the rest (4 boxes) will go to applesauce with a few kept out for
> eating raw.
A common and healthy additive is cinnamon,
it competes with a good hot-dog.
Ken
> Bob Morrison, PE, SE
> R L Morrison Engineering Co
> Structural & Civil Engineering
> Poulsbo WA
> bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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| Michael Bulatovich 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
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"Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics@vianet.on.ca> wrote in message
news:1164133081.247971.221340@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Apples are amazing by sheer variety.
....and like the pomegranate, their consumption by a female is also
associated with a mythical story about having to live in a much less
pleasant place.
--
MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca
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| RicodJour 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
| Ken S. Tucker wrote:
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> A common and healthy additive is cinnamon,
> it competes with a good hot-dog.
Compete...with...a...HOT DOG?!?
Okay, buddy, now you've done it. Pull up those pants and put up your
dukes! Nothing competes with a good hot dog.
I had two not ten minutes ago and was basking in the bliss - burping a
little, which only adds to the afterglow - and then you rain on the
parade and impugn the royal steak du tube.
If I had a country you would have just triggered the death penalty.
R
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
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RicodJour wrote:
> Ken S. Tucker wrote:
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> Compete...with...a...HOT DOG?!?
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> Okay, buddy, now you've done it. Pull up those pants and put up your
> dukes! Nothing competes with a good hot dog.
> I had two not ten minutes ago and was basking in the bliss - burping a
> little, which only adds to the afterglow - and then you rain on the
> parade and impugn the royal steak du tube.
> If I had a country you would have just triggered the death penalty.
> R
I confess to save my soul, I could blissfully
live on weiners and beans, but wife had a
problem with that, especially after a hard boiled
is added, must be a fem thing.
Ken
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-21, 5:25 pm |
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Michael Bulatovich wrote:
> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics@vianet.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:1164133081.247971.221340@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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> ...and like the pomegranate, their consumption by a female is also
> associated with a mythical story about having to live in a much less
> pleasant place.
Yeah, wasn't that an old testament thing "eve",
that's pretty interesting. Before written history,
man and mostly woman-kind were domesticating
animals and plants.
Dogs are neat, like a chi-wa-wa can f**k with a
Great Dane, and make babies so by definition
there're the same species, but the variations
of dogs in all respects is enormous. Another
thing about dogs is their enormous emotional
affinity to human praise, especially dogs that
aid and assist disabled people.
It will be awhile before a robot can do as well.
Ken
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
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| "Don" <one-if-by-land@concord.com> wrote in message
news:ejv6gn0301c@news2.newsguy.com...
> OK, I tore into the Pomegranate.
> Being terrified of the staining from the juice I first dampened the
> counter and entire sink but not the painted backsplash and I was very slow
> and meticulous throughout the process to keep splatters to a minimal.
>
> The staining is over rated, the porcelain sink didn't stain nor did the
> textured formica counters. I few small splatters got on the painted
> backsplash but I quickly wiped them off with a damp rag. The only victim
> to staining was a white plastic cutting board but that stain may come out
> after a dash through the dishwasher.
>
> I cut the top 1/4 off the pom and this revealed the thing was designed
> with 5 distinct *lobe* areas internally. I then scored the husk deeply
> with the knife in the center of each lobe all the way down to the bottom,
> stopping short of severing the lobe entirely. Then I inverted the whole
> thing into a bowl of cold water for about 15 mins as this seemed to soften
> the internal fibrous material.
>
> Then I grabbed the thing out of the water and separated the 5 lobes so
> that it would be easier to handle and used a small spoon to sort of scoop
> the *seeds* out of the lobes and into the bowl of water. The fibrous
> material was much like that inside a tangerine but of a much tougher
> consistency and it broke up more easily too. Many of the seeds had fibrous
> material clinging to it and had to be removed manually. All in all it took
> about 15 mins to get to this point after having soaked in the cold water
> for 15 mins.
>
> Then I took the bowl of cold water and seeds and fibrous particulates and
> dumped it all into a small collander and ran cold water over it. At this
> point I physically removed much of the remaining fibrous particulates.
>
> Next I dumped all the seeds on a plate with several paper towels on it to
> absorb the water.
>
> I ate a few.
> The seeds are ruby in color, a dark transparent red and are about the size
> of corn kernals.
> Inside each *kernal* is a hard seed about the size of a grape seed and the
> consistency of the kernal was like that of a corn kernal that has not been
> fully cooked.
> Besides the grape seed, the interior of the kernals had a juice, but not
> much at all.
> The juice tasted very similar to cranberry juice, very tart, but a little
> sweeter than cranberry, but not much.
> I found the husk of the kernals unpalatable and spit them out in the sink.
>
> Summation:
>
> I didn't particularly care for it and heres why.
> For a single fruit it was kinda pricey at $1.00.
> (a banana can be bought for 25 cents and can be eaten in 2 mins and the
> cleanup is nonexistent)
> It was a lot of work having taken roughly 30 mins to deal with and very
> little benefit.
> There was some cleanup involved and several utensils, cutting board,
> knife, bowl, spoon were used.
>
> Most of the seeds are now lying on a plate in the kitchen and I will try
> them throughout the day and see how they are but by supertime the
> remainder will prolly be thrown out to the birds.
>
> I will however try the bottled juice as Bob Morrison (hey Bob, they named
> you after the road I currently live on!) mentioned and see if I like it
> any better.
>
> Next, I wanna try a Persimmon.
> All my life I've heard of them but don't think I've ever even seen one.
>
>
Well that's pretty much it. I agree it has always been more work than its
worth, but some people (like my sister) love em. Lately I have been on a
mango trip. I'm not much of a fruit lover, but mango is at the top of my
list, with pineapples and apples falling just below that. Never tried a
persimmon. Have you ever tried the fruit from a cactus? That stuff is
pretty good as well.
--
Edgar
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| "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
> Another thing about dogs is their enormous emotional
> affinity to human praise,
I found a glove in the yard.
Then I found another.
And another, and another, and well, I found 9 gloves all said and done.
WTF?
The next day Ivan came by and saw this mound of gloves laying in the garage
and asked whats up wit dat, so I told him.
He looked closer and realized a pair was his, then another, and so on.....
Seems when he came by a few days before he left the side door of his van
open and the dog down the street, Shelby, (I've mentioned her before) jumped
in there and stole all of his gloves....one is still missing.
Just a few minutes ago I came back from running an errand and my best water
bottle was laying in the driveway with the top all chewed up.
Seems I left it sitting on a sawhorse before I left and......Shelby came by
again.....
I guess our house is her vacation home...where she goes when she just wants
to get away from it all.....she's a good gurl.
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| "Edgar"> wrote
> Well that's pretty much it. I agree it has always been more work than its
> worth, but some people (like my sister) love em. Lately I have been on a
> mango trip. I'm not much of a fruit lover, but mango is at the top of my
> list, with pineapples and apples falling just below that. Never tried a
> persimmon. Have you ever tried the fruit from a cactus? That stuff is
> pretty good as well.
I just came back from Colombus a few mins ago and wouldn't you know it, that
at 70 mph a sign at the end of a dirt road said: Persimmons 3/$1.00.
I'll keep my eyes peeled the next time I'm out that way, which will be any
day now.
Cactus?
You mean them flat, oval shaped green things?
Mango's. I've had more than my share.
My sister in law took a bite for the first time and was in the emergency
room within the hour.
First her lips swoll up and then her whole body followed suit.
She was hurtin'!
Check this out, up here in Hoosierville some people call regular green
peppers mango's.
Yes, they call a standard bell pepper a mango.
I asked the dood what he called a mango and he said, 'Waddaya mean?' LOL
He never heard of it.
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| "Cato"> wrote
> Here's a little fruit combo that I've been addicted to lately you might
> try. It's popular in Mexico, and since I live in Texas it's quite
> common here. Try Mango dusted with Chili Power and some lime juice.
> It is awesome.........
Lawdy lawd.
The fire dept just won't do.
Somebody needs to call the LAW!
Now what would cause someone to sit around and wonder about putting chili
powder on a mango?
Of all things. LOL
I'm gonna have to try that!
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-22, 9:26 am |
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Don wrote:
> "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
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> I found a glove in the yard.
> Then I found another.
> And another, and another, and well, I found 9 gloves all said and done.
> WTF?
> The next day Ivan came by and saw this mound of gloves laying in the garage
> and asked whats up wit dat, so I told him.
> He looked closer and realized a pair was his, then another, and so on.....
> Seems when he came by a few days before he left the side door of his van
> open and the dog down the street, Shelby, (I've mentioned her before) jumped
> in there and stole all of his gloves....one is still missing.
> Just a few minutes ago I came back from running an errand and my best water
> bottle was laying in the driveway with the top all chewed up.
> Seems I left it sitting on a sawhorse before I left and......Shelby came by
> again.....
>
> I guess our house is her vacation home...where she goes when she just wants
> to get away from it all.....she's a good gurl.
That doggy steals for you and I'm guessing
licks your water bottle, perhaps emulation
or the flavor of you.
btw, sounds like your garage is semi-operational?
Ken
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| "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
> btw, sounds like your garage is semi-operational?
Semi-semi operational.
Windows and doors are in and sealed.
Tyvek is on.
I have a big blue tarp nailed up over the garage door openings that I roll
down for the night.
Roof is felted, roof peak vent is cut and 3 panels of roof steel are
installed.
I expect the entire backside of the roof panels to be completed by close of
business today.
If tomorrow wasn't turkey day the front side of the roof would be completed
tomorrow.
As it is, I will probably install some felt over the roof peak tonight just
in case it rain over the holiday.
Next week I'll have the electrician install the subpanel and run the
underground wire to the house.
In my spare moments I'm cutting and installing the huge amount of firestops
throughtout the thing.
I'm a little proud of the very small amount of waste material that has been
generated.
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| Ken S. Tucker 2006-11-22, 9:26 am |
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Don wrote:
> "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
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> Semi-semi operational.
> Windows and doors are in and sealed.
> Tyvek is on.
> I have a big blue tarp nailed up over the garage door openings that I roll
> down for the night.
> Roof is felted, roof peak vent is cut and 3 panels of roof steel are
> installed.
> I expect the entire backside of the roof panels to be completed by close of
> business today.
Just in time for x-mas, (and snow), been a pretty
busy year and you it got don before snow.
They don't call ya don cuz ya don't.
> If tomorrow wasn't turkey day the front side of the roof would be completed
> tomorrow.
> As it is, I will probably install some felt over the roof peak tonight just
> in case it rain over the holiday.
> Next week I'll have the electrician install the subpanel and run the
> underground wire to the house.
> In my spare moments I'm cutting and installing the huge amount of firestops
> throughtout the thing.
> I'm a little proud of the very small amount of waste material that has been
> generated.
Yeah, I'll sit and puzzle on cutting to reduce
waste sometimes 10-15 minutes, but I figure
if I save $10 worth of wood, I'm earning $40/hr.
Plywood waste is toughest, do you want to be
left with a 1'x4' or 2'x2'.
Ken
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| Michael Bulatovich 2006-11-22, 9:26 am |
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"Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics@vianet.on.ca> wrote in message
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> Michael Bulatovich wrote:
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> Yeah, wasn't that an old testament thing "eve",
> that's pretty interesting.
And the Persephone/Hades myth....I wonder if they are related. It never
occurred to me before.
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| "Ken S. Tucker"> wrote
> They don't call ya don cuz ya don't.
HA!
I likes dat!
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