It’s that time of the year! No, I don’t mean the “holiday season.” I mean it’s the time of year when I can go to the store and purchase one of the most profoundly opulent gifts of nature, the pomegranate. Some people feel the work it takes to seed a pomegranate is more trouble than it’s worth. These people are fools. Ok, I may be a bit judgmental, but pomegranates are a divine decadence. If you don’t believe me ask the gods. After all, the pomegranate has been the fruit of the gods for centuries. Not one god, but many gods, many religions.
Many religions see the pomegranate as religiously significant. In Judaism the pomegranate is one of the Seven Species and some Jewish scholars believe it may have been the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Some believe the number of seeds in a pomegranate to be 613, the same number of mitzvot in the Torah.[1] Judaism is only one of the religions who believe the pomegranate to be spiritually significant. It’s depicted in many religious paintings, murals, and stained glass windows. Often a burst pomegranate symbolizes the abundance of Jesus suffering. Islam too, believes the fruit to be one grown in the gardens of paradise and the appearance of the pomegranate is frequent in Greek mythology as a symbol of fertility as well. It is undeniably the fruit of the gods.
If its symbolism as thee divine fruit isn’t enough to convince you that pomegranates are worth the time and effort it takes to seed and eat them then maybe the nutritional value will. It’s commonly stated that some “beneficial properties of the fruit are the prevention of both heart disease and some forms of cancer.”[2] Pomegranates are rich in antioxidants and have the ability to act in similar ways as aspirin for people with heart problems. In addition they may have the ability to reduce inflammation and ease the suffering of arthritic patients.[3]
Not to mention they simply taste extraordinary, nearly orgasmic. So if the divine significance or the health benefits aren’t appealing enough than the intrigue of orgasmic pleasure shall surely convince you because let’s face it everybody likes sex. Hey, sex appeal works for the advertising industry why can’t it work for me and my argument of how worthy this fruit is of your time. I mean c’mon we know the gods liked them and we know the gods most certainly liked sex. I’m just sayin’ it’s worth considering.
mmmmmm pomegranates.....
ReplyDeleteFun little pomegRANaTe rant!!! Love the pics too. Thanks for posting this.
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