{"id":9217,"date":"2009-11-03T13:40:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=9217"},"modified":"2009-11-03T13:40:23","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T20:40:23","slug":"pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Pomegranate Drink Taste Test Comparison Party."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-015.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-009.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9219\" title=\"Pom 009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-009-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 009\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-009-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-009-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-009.JPG 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were going to run this report on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-17290-Orange-County-Food-Examiner?cid=exrss-Orange-County-Food-Examiner\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner.com<\/a> for National\u00a0Liqueur Month (October), but didn&#8217;t have the necessary &#8220;Liqueur&#8221; to qualify for that category.\u00a0 And since it&#8217;s now\u00a0<strong>National Pomegranate Month <\/strong>(November) and I\u00a0received POM Wonderful&#8217;s New <strong>Pomegranate Nectarine<\/strong> and <strong>Pomegranate Kiwi<\/strong> the very same day we planned this drink comparison, we substituted it in place of the Liqueur.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-034.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9220\" title=\"Pom 034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-034-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 034\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-034-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-034-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-034.JPG 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We set out to make 6 different Pomegranate Drinks and rate them.\u00a0 The numbered rating cards are from one of my favorite boardgames, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/2750\" target=\"_blank\">iMAgiNiff<\/a>.\u00a0 They come in handy for taste test comparison parties like this.\u00a0 We got all our <a href=\"http:\/\/pamaliqueur.com\/recipes\/all-recipes.php?id=207\" target=\"_blank\">recipes<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/pamaliqueur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur<\/a> site, but used <a href=\"http:\/\/old.pomwonderful.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">POM Wonderful&#8217;s Juice<\/a> in place of the Liqueur.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll post about the PAMA Liqueur later this month.\u00a0 Overall, we found the recipes very adaptable and most tasted fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-048.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9222\" title=\"Pom 048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-048-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 048\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-048-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-048-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-048.JPG 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this taste test, we made a <strong>Margarita <\/strong>and\u00a0unblended <strong>Daiquiri<\/strong>, respectively posted above, and\u00a0<strong>Pomegranate Juice with Club Soda<\/strong>, a <strong>Blushing Lady<\/strong>, a Pomegranate Juice <strong>Lemon Drop<\/strong> and a <strong>Martini<\/strong>, respectively shown below.\u00a0 POM&#8217;s Juice substituted well for all &#8212; We particularly favored the Pomegranate Nectarine Juice, which is refreshing and flavorful on its own.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-015.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9223\" title=\"Pom 015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-015-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 015\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-006.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9224\" title=\"Pom 006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-006-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 006\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-032.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9225\" title=\"Pom 032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-032-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 032\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-021.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9226\" title=\"Pom 021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-021-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 021\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And since Pomegranate Juice is so good for you, we felt we received a healthier buzz, if you will. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-027.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9228\" title=\"Pom 027\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-027-449x337.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 027\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-027-449x337.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-027-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-027.JPG 1356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We garnished\u00a0the drinks with a variation of Lemon wedges and twists, Lime slices\u00a0and Pomegranate Seeds (fabulously in season), then determined our favorites.\u00a0 Our number one cards were awarded to the <strong>Margarita<\/strong> and <strong>Martini<\/strong>&#8212; Both tasted as if they were prepared by a\u00a0professional mixologist and thus made us very happy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-038.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9229\" title=\"Pom 038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-038-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 038\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-043.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9230\" title=\"Pom 043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-043-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 043\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-055.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9231\" title=\"Pom 055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-055-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 055\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-046.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9232\" title=\"Pom 046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Chowder-Pom-Cellar-046-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pom 046\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We found the <strong>Pomegranate Juice and Club Soda<\/strong> a refreshing combination\u00a0for any day, since it was the only drink without alcohol.\u00a0 We&#8217;d probably pass on the <strong>Blushing Lady<\/strong> next time, but give the Pomegranate <strong>Lemon Drop <\/strong>an honorable mention.\u00a0 Overall, we think PAMA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/pamaliqueur.com\/recipes\/all-recipes.php?id=207\" target=\"_blank\">recipes<\/a>\u00a0are good and look forward to trying their Liqueur.\u00a0\u00a0And we always appreciate having POM Wonderful&#8217;s Juice &#8212; It&#8217;s the best 100% Pomegranate Juice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were going to run this report on Examiner.com for National\u00a0Liqueur Month (October), but didn&#8217;t have the necessary &#8220;Liqueur&#8221; to qualify for that category.\u00a0 And since it&#8217;s now\u00a0National Pomegranate Month (November) and I\u00a0received POM Wonderful&#8217;s New Pomegranate Nectarine and Pomegranate Kiwi the very same day we planned this drink comparison, we substituted it in place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3017,112,3855,44,1,152],"tags":[3222,3858,3856,3859,2536,3221,3857,3860,647],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pomegranate Drink Taste Test Comparison Party. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/\",\"name\":\"Pomegranate Drink Taste Test Comparison Party. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-03T20:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-11-03T20:40:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#\/schema\/person\/d13703add5ff9ca85c0ddc52a749afd2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/pomegranate-drink-taste-test-comparison-party\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pomegranate Drink Taste Test Comparison Party.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\",\"name\":\"Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"description\":\"The GOOD, the BAD &amp; 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