On 10/07/2010 09:14, RussellMc wrote:
> 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.
Indeed. maybe they got a mouthful of pith or it was mouldy
> 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.
You'll get freshly made pomegranate juice on the street in parts of 
Israel, so possibly in rest of Middle East.
I guess you are closer to China and I'm closer to Israel. But I've not 
been there since 1990. Left before the Scuds came, though people were 
clearing out basement bomb shelters because they thought the Libyans 
going to bomb due to them obtaining "in flight refuelling" tech.

I'm fond of pomegranate, but the pith can be more bitterish* than the 
very bitter but excellent flavour Irish Sloe (fruit of Blackthorn).

*Not exactly bitter as such but can be very unpleasant.
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