Tuesday 19 June 2012

:: how to: eat a pomegranate ::

The other day I was in the fruit shop, noticing these epically large, red pomegranates (which are in season at the moment) and figured I might as well buy a couple to eat with lunch that day.

I don't know what I was thinking (perhaps I was confusing them with a persimmon) but I was expecting to mung away at it like an apple. After sawing it in half though, I quickly realized that wouldn't be happening.

A girl at work suggested I google how to eat them (of course!) and as I tapped the keyboard, "How to eat a... "pomegranate" comes up automatically. There was even a website, "how-to-eat-a-pomegranate.com" which is where I found the answer to my dilemma.

So I figured that there has got to be a lot of other people also as naive a s me when it comes to poms. Here's my step-by-step to pommy success (& I'm not talking of the British kind).

:: how to eat a pomegranate ::


1} Start by picking a nice big, red one. Some have LOADS of seeds, and some are more of a lemon, and barely  have any. You WANT loads of seeds because the seeds are the only part you eat.


2} Saw the top off.

3} Make six incisions, all the way around the sides, but don't cut all the way to the middle.



4} Place in a bowl full of cold water, and leave to soak for 10 - 15 minutes.

5} Tip out the water, break open the fruit into segments and begin prising the seeds out with your fingers. They should come out pretty easily.


By the end you'll have a bowl full of juicy seeds.
I had them once plain, and the second one with yogurt. I liked them with yogurt the best.



Love Hannah x x

5 comments:

  1. Wow Yumm I miss pomegrenade LoL!

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  2. Too bad if you picked one with no seeds. I had no idea! Are they sweet?

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    1. I had no idea either. Yep, they are sweet, but a bit tangy, like raspberries can be.

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  3. I've never cut them into sixths or let them soak in water! But the way I've always done it is to cut it open and then de-seed it in a large bowl full of water. The seeds will sink to the bottom, the white stuff will float to the top, and if you pop a seed accidentally, the red juice just mixes with the water instead of splattering all over. Then, at the end, you just strain the seeds out. I usually de-seed three or so pomegranates at a time and put the seeds in a tupperware to eat throughout the week.

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    1. I got my instructions from howtoeatapomegranate.com. Sounds like your way is just as good!
      One thing though, with the way I did it, I didn't pop or splatter a single seed. Maybe the soaking helps with that?
      I like your idea of doing a heap at once to store away :)

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