What’s with the Plethora of Pomegranates?
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We all know about Hades gving Persephone a pomegranate or at least pomegranate seeds, the eating of which bound her to the underworld every winter, but what’s with this sudden flood of pomegranate juice into our grocery stores? We’re awash in it, at least here in Canada…
Who turned on the tap? And why now?



June 29th, 2006 at 12:04 PM
It seems to be this years “Cranberry”.
June 30th, 2006 at 4:41 PM
Perhaps some wiz at the Pomegranate marketing agency stumbled upon and is flogging some obscure unsubstantiated study that shows they unwrinkle wrinkles…or are good for the urinary tract…or the libido…
July 17th, 2006 at 8:54 AM
Pomegranate is the new black. 40 is the new 30; pomegranate is the new 20.