On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 11:21:01 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/7/2017 3:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2017-01-07 2:33 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 08 Jan 2017 05:37:12 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>
>>> Love persimmons, but still don't get the allure of pomegranates. They
>>> sell the seeds, so the prep is done for me and I'll buy them
>>> occasionally when I want to fancy up a salad. They certainly look
>>> pretty, but the taste is meh. Maybe people eat them for roughage.
>>>
>> Pomegranates were popular when I was hunk. I think the only real
>> enjoyment we got from them was spitting the seeds.
>>
>Hmmmm, I thought the seeds were the only thing edible about a pomegranite.
>
>Jill

People suck the juice surrounding the seeds, then spit the astringent
seeds. I must have been sixteen years old before I learned they were
pomegranates, I still call them Chinese apples.