BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries

Subject: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Feb 20 - 07:12 PM

I was reading a short article on "Pomegranate for muscle repair?" which took my eye. Given I dance a lot and - well - I ain't no spring chicken.

The key chemical is Urolithin A which our body, or to be specific gut microbes, generate from Ellagic Acid present in:

Pomegranate Juice, Cloudberries and a wopping dollop in yellow raspberries, plus useful amounts in walnuts and "oak-aged" red wine, et al.

Now I love cloudberry jam (only available in Ikea and then it is seasonal) and pomegranates & raspberries but where can you get yellow raspberries? I will pass on red wine, it gives me a headache much quicker than my cider.

either way - pomegranate juice on the menu for a few months in Rouge Towers. Watch this space.............

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Donuel
Date: 05 Feb 20 - 09:04 PM

I binge on walnuts when I have the urge. Good stuff.
Pom juice is kinda expensive.

I love black raspberry, but yellow?

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:04 AM

a local man talking about Yellow Raspberries when he was young, in my (current) area.

Black raspberries? Do you mean Loganberries or Boysenberries? Either way they have about the same concentration of Ellagic Acid as Oak-Aged red wine. And Cognac was listed as the same up to 50% more. Blackberries are better, I eat them off the twig, when far away from the road.

I love walnuts - they're crackin'!

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:32 AM

No walnuts in our house as Mrs Steve is severely allergic. I simply don't believe in the concept of magic ingredients or superfoods. I know a man who simply must have exactly 20 goji berries per day. Nutter.

Why eat them only when far away from the road? There's nothing to be ashamed of...

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:37 AM

I never eat any kind of berries which are growing wild straight off the bush. You never know whose dog has pissed on them....

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:40 AM

Paradoxically, John, that never bothers me. Wild food is always fine as long as it isn't spattered with mud from car tyres or has obvious birdshit on it as far as I'm concerned.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Murpholly
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:53 AM

Yellow raspberries grow wild in areas of Scotland. Used to grow them in the garden. Smaller but sweeter than red varieties.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Donuel
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 06:29 AM

Oh YES there is a magic food. I have told you what it is.
There are more things in heaven and earth Horatio.
But in your sense, fads like super beets are mostly bogus

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 01:33 PM

I find yellow raspberries to be less raspberryishly flavoursome and more insipid than red ones. I've mostly eaten yellow ones in the wild in Scotland and mostly eaten red ones that I grow meself. Autumn Bliss to be precise.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 03:20 PM

"Sunday Cricket and Berries"

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: leeneia
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 09:52 PM

Amazing health foods usually are expensive and hard to locate. Odd, that.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Feb 20 - 10:49 PM

Cloudberry preserves are available from Amazon year-round.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Mr Red
Date: 07 Feb 20 - 03:15 AM

Cloudberries growing in the Amazon?
They grow wild in the high reaches of Norway according to my Norwegian friend (and translator). But Cloudberry Jam from Ikea comes from Russia mostly.

As for magic foods, would you prefer Macdonalds Hamburgers? They are on the same spectrum, it is just that some are on the obesicifation end of the spread and some reside in the pocket we shall dub "hey, this is better for you". Pomegranate juice is tasty, And not exactly a chore to drink, and I love walnuts. The older you get the more your body needs help, sitting on your arse & denegrating good advice will only raise your cortisol. And too much of that ain't gonna help longevity. PAL!

But then ya can't give advice, it has to be taken. 3 times daily with meals.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Rapparee
Date: 07 Feb 20 - 09:09 AM

The Amazon preserves come from Sweden. I would assume that the berries are also from Sweden.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Mr Red
Date: 08 Feb 20 - 08:28 AM

not all! Russia is bigger and has more mountains. And needs the revenue!

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: MudGuard
Date: 09 Feb 20 - 02:38 PM

I found some orange-yellow raspberries growing wild in the northern parts of Ireland (Donegal, Antrim, Derry, Fermanagh, Leitrim) last summer.

Never had seen them before.

So I investigated, and learned, that they had been imported for gardens because they are very decorative, and have then escaped into wilderness.

After I learned that they are eatable, I tried them - and found them disappointing - I prefer the pinkish-red "normal" raspberries ...

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: Mr Red
Date: 10 Feb 20 - 04:17 PM

The GF is "condescending" to grow some, starting November! But will no doubt complain as they SPREAD!

I have to admit I like the tartness of the red ones....... But this will be a token experiment. The season will be short and crop, small.

Subject: RE: BS: pomegranate & yellow raspberries
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 10 Feb 20 - 04:46 PM

Picking berries on my above outing is quite rare for me, I'm afraid - I tend to get berries in jam, tomatoes in sauce and oranges in juice..."My Diet"