Fruit of the future: Are pomegranates Australia's next smashed avos? | Landline | ABC Australia

[@luimackjohnson302]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing this video. I have always enjoyed ABC' s "Landline". A brilliant programme over the years. Greetings from Madang, Papua New Guinea!

[@jvvoid]

Oh man I was so pleased to see this pop up on my YT. Pomegranates are magnificent!! As for short shelf life, I've kept them in the fridge for over a month (accidentally) on occasion - no problem, tastes as fresh as you'd want. I have trouble getting poms all year round, I hope that's going to change. Majority of us Aussies have no idea about this stuff, that will change. Bring it on!!

[@LEE-BX5VC]

@@jvvoid Same.

[@debbieanne7962]

I’ve kept them for weeks in the fridge and they’re still fine

[@sibtainbukhari5447]

@@jvvoid not true they have a short shelf life. Compared to most other fruits it has a very long shelf life…. The outer skin will go dry but the seeds will remain edible for months sometimes . Which other fresh fruit would keep this long ?

[@FarmTastic97]

Oh man I was so pleased to see this pop up on my YT. Pomegranates are magnificent!! As for short shelf life, I've kept them in the fridge for over a month (accidentally) on occasion - no problem, tastes as fresh as you'd want. I have trouble getting poms all year round, I hope that's going to change. Majority of us Aussies have no idea about this stuff, that will change. Bring it on!! NAHUWS

[@kiatlow2412]

$80 a kilo is way too expensive. Australian industries do not know how to compete internationally.

[@anthonyburke5656]

I grew up in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, common yard trees were: Pomegranates, Persimmons, Loquats, Mandarin (that tasted like mandarins, not the tasteless ones you get now) naval oranges (we knew we had to peel the segments and not use them for juice), figs, peaches, pears. BUT the suburb had Dutch, Maltese, Italian and English migrants, we talked to each other (my mother went to night school for years to learn Italian so she could talk to the Italian migrant women). Go back there today? Nothing grows in the yards other than some flowers, no kids play in the streets, cars race up and down the streets, houses cost more than anyone can afford.

[@sibtainbukhari5447]

I love pomegranates and grew up eating lots of them in Pakistan , most of them produced by our trustworthy backyard tree. In England I could buy 3 big juicy and sweet Spanish Pomegranates from Aldi for £3 and eat them to my heart’s content. In Australia they are $5-6 a piece at supermarkets and just too expensive to afford. I have just planted 4 pomegranate plants in my backyard and hope I can enjoy the fruits in a few years time. Why does everything Australian produced have to be astronomically expensive?

[@Slavicplayer251]

have to import people to pick them 😂

[@tahlialee8486]

If it's not insanely expensive it's not Australian

[@stayawakenhealthy2539]

I loved Pomegranates as a kid and still do. 💕💕 In the Wheatbelt of WA 1 family had a large tree and they shared the fruits with all the kids on our bus. Even as a child I wondered why MORE people didn't have them in their back yard. Pete N/E NSW.

[@isabellavalencia8026]

A pomegranate tree in wheat country of Washington state? That is amazing!!

[@isabellavalencia8026]

I spent summers in withrow and waterville

[@StevenCampbell1955]

I love pomegranate as long as someone else does the processing.

[@KMaheshkadam]

Nice to see you to take bold step. Wishing you all the best.

[@njoy177]

Pg is one of most health giving foods which common people need to eat daily.

[@incognito4344]

It’s a fruit with high medicinal value..,

[@TheAussiePencil]

Wonderful fruit, wonderful industry. Good luck to them!

[@tanmayabiswal4396]

We use dried pomegranate seeds in tea, biriyani and many nonveg recipes in India. It helps in build haemoglobin in your body faster.

[@flowergrower1247]

This is an extremely healthy fruit and I hope more people will eat them or drink the juice!

[@scholarlyreader383]

The skin. When sun dried can also be used like garlic or onion powder to tenderize grilled chicken, steak or salmon... I tried it and it taste delicious. Cheer from Southern California

[@shikhartiwari8834]

Pomegranates are sold for $2 per kg here in India. How come it's so expensive in Australia. I can bet you if it's sold here in India then nobody's going to buy it.

[@Medal-EED]

In Iraqi/Persian cuisine we use lots of Pomegranates molasse. Its our secret ingredients.

[@jacobkuntflapp]

Love pommys especially as juice

[@debbieanne7962]

Love pomegranates but there’s none around at the moment, out of season. Normally buy mine at the local fruit store for $3 -$4 each. Wouldn’t pay $80 a kilo for prepackaged. I make my own pomegranate juice which is much better than store bought juices. Can be a little fiddly though

[@LEE-BX5VC]

Great business as long as the Australian government doesn't destroy it by allowing cheap imports.

[@pious9567]

We will import it from India for 5 dollars a kilo and let the low income aussies a chance to buy healthy fruits

[@JacquelineHahn1]

pomegranate molasses and syrup is amazing

[@daraa151]

Brings back memories

[@DanuskaJayasundara]

Love this fruit

[@z_unknown]

I love❤❤❤them😊 hope theyll be affordable

[@bharadwajah9517]

Pomegranate is an amazing fruit. Best wishes.

[@njerujoseph9850]

waoooo very educactive and eye opener

[@sibtainbukhari5447]

Getting the seeds out of Pomegranate is not messy and complicated, if you know how to do it. I actually quite enjoy doing it

[@nhlanhlamnguni4582]

Some parts of South Africa have pomegranate but it's not popular, we do have a few people growing the trees in their backyards , however most of the fruit is eaten by birds than people. Checkers and Spar super markets sell this fruit during some seasons but the price is a bit high. It is slowly getting noticed due to its health benefits obtained from research

[@johnnyrocket80085]

I saw some pomegranates in a sydney fruit shop today for 7 dollars each, as much as I enjoy eating them it's too expensive.

[@Bulleyes22]

Can't find them in markets now a days!

[@najmabegum5789]

L❤ them. Delicious 😋 and very healthy. If only UK will grow them .

[@zaheerbeg4810]

Our Indian farmers are also prospering from Pomegranates but only few tousands are very succesful and getting rich

[@geraldgm1217]

Awesome 👌 👏 👍

[@soniq080808]

Next time you have any left over - I will happily take it all ! I love pomegranates !!!

[@kelvinapted7032]

You know this statement agrivates me every time i see hear or read it SMASHED AVOCAO You smash a plate you smash your car.But do you smash your potatoes No you mash them so you get the poiny you MASH YOUR AVOCAO

[@OshinAttari]

Pomegranate Orgins is From Iran and is Our National Fruit !!! Its Nickname is Ruby ​​Fruit 💎 !!!

[@grantnw]

It’s a good name!

[@aussietracey1]

i remember living at grandpas house in Forestville & eating the fruit there that was there when grandpa lived in his house which he also built. some of the fruit trees was nearly 100yrs old now if they are still there

[@paulsz6194]

Pomegranates are one too the most dense nutrient food you can have! I drink pomegranate juice every 2nd day…

[@grantnw]

Seem to be easy to grow in Kalgoorlie

[@mikunhtaw4703]

Interesting

[@freckrpeckr]

I don’t understand why ABC has allowed comments. I don’t think I have ever watched an ABC video on KZbin, in which they had not disabled the comments. I don’t understand this.

[@maxstechnology6363]

What’s the big deal

[@everywherenowhere6901]

Yes. It's amazing. I don't watch any aussie news channels that disable comments.

[@paulsz6194]

I think there is little chance someone going to write something Political or demafatory, so little chance of the ABC being taken to court ? Just a thought…

[@freckrpeckr]

@@maxstechnology6363 it’s nice to be able to discuss issues rather than take what’s said for granted. This is the internet, abc should stop pretending it’s tv.

[@fawziaabdurrahman2251]

60 minutes comes to mind

[@uloly123]

What is the pomegranate variety grown in Australia?

[@Goatdocs]

In my town this plant grows best with less care.

[@BatulMustafa-j1e]

Pomegranate, figs , dates plus 55 drought resistant crops

[@kuberchavare7274]

Pomegranate is very important fruit and it's medicinal value and antiaccidental also this is fruit of future,so much in india

[@ZeTafka]

Why are pomegranates so hard to come by in Perth :((

[@GSSurry]

Why the annoying background music? I have hearing Impairment and it makes it difficult to hear the dialogue.

[@gyanendrapratapsingh7390]

80 damm $ man in India I can get the best just for 2$😂

[@bunnaweb]

the King Parrots here in Brisy love them

[@jjkanal640]

My favourite birds, my wife and I call them little tomatoes because the male is so red and the woman is like an unriped tomato

[@paulsz6194]

What about the pomegranates?

[@dariuskonka2644]

Try dokong..south east asian fruit..

[@guanorseki]

I prefer to eat grapes. With seeds or without

[@TheNegativeThoughtOfPatriot]

Aah!!! Just looks like paid promotion.

[@ViksterG]

Australia's Pomegranate is too expensive. The ones from China and India is cheaper and better.

[@rigger314]

The juice is pretty vile in my opion

[@Marto-id1xe]

😊

[@catcat5045]

Pls eat the fruit and drink the juice, as much as you can afford! Your heart ( blood) will thank you latter!

[@KBkbkbkbxyz]

Another super food fad! Been around forever.

[@kalfunai]

nothing new here.

[@maxwalker1159]

!

[@keananconnor4221]

Mann my birds need that stuff it’s not even that nice.

[@keananconnor4221]

That pre packaged stuff ferments into alcohol yucky stuff mate

[@keananconnor4221]

Make it a syrup or a frozen treat.

[@didinezair8598]

Free Palestine IS original Land 🎉

[@ChAoTiK_Good]

Full of oxalates, no thanks.

[@bluebagel8084]

Oxalate are yummy on the palate

[@TheAussiePencil]

Bruh oxalates are part of most health veggies and fruits, of which most Australians aren't getting enough of. Get your serves of veggies and fruits in and then you can be concerned about getting too many oxalates XD

[@Azizelle]

Imported the trees from Palestine**

[@bigbrendo69]

As a craft brewer maybe I need to start experimenting with a pomegranate sour beer 🤔