Stark wrote:
>
> In article >, Goomba38
> > wrote:
>
> > Lately the commissary has had small interesting
> > looking bottles of fresh pomegranate juice in the
> > produce section. And I just saw them again at
> > Zabar's. Is this something new? Any idea what to
> > do with it?
> > Goomba
> >
>
> Check your label. If it's POM it may be a drinkable juice. More like
> Ocean Spray varieties. Straight pomegranate juice will curl your teeth

I've often had fresh pomegranate juice that I've squeezed myself
from fresh pomegranates. It did not curl my teeth.

> and pomegranate molasses is thick, thick, thick. But it's the latter
> that you'd want to cook with.

Sometimes, but not always. Depends on the recipe.
Some recipes call for the molasses. Other call for fresh.
I've mady fesenjan used fresh pom juice. Works fine.

Kate

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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?