> I sometimes fall to the temptation of that site while I am getting my
> daily Slashdot.org fix...
> *John Ferrell, W8CCW*

A bad mistake :-).

AND they have never tried pomegranates.

              http://xkcd.com/388/

If you've never tried them I suggest you do.
About as tasty as you can get.
They got the difficult bit right.
Here's someone making it even more difficult than necessary.
(Interesting if you've never looked closely at a pomegranate. Each
seed is contained in an "aril" - an easily ruptured clear capsule
filled with a seed  +  utterly delicious* juice.

           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHyqoeB0Wlk

When travelling, if asked what I'd like to drink, I  often ask for
pomegranate juice.
So far, they only place they take the request seriously is in far
northwestern China.
I don't know what makes it grow so well there, but it obviously does.

It's reasonably expensive there in the shops, even by Western
standards - and  very much so by local standards.

OK - this explains why its so prevalent in Xinjiang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate

"The pomegranate is native to the Iranian Plateau, and has been
cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. It is widely
cultivated throughout Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, Turkey, India, the drier parts of southeast Asia, Indonesia,
peninsular Malaysia, the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and
tropical Africa.[1] Introduced into Latin America and California by
Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of
California and Arizona for juice production.[2]"

Also more relevant** detail  in "Origin, cultivation and uses." and
elsewhere on the page.


                  Russell

* Your taste may vary. Most don't.

&** Albeit, not to Linux distros.
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