Disarming pomegranates

[melchar]

Since it is THAT time of year [and my mom sent me a box of home-grown pomegranates] - here is the perfect way to 'disarm' a pomegranate so you can do it in your best clothes, without muss.

Fill a cleaned sink with water, deep enough to cover the pomegranate[s]. Take fruit, make a clean cut at the top, cutting into the white pith, but not deep enough to expose seeds. Lightly score outer peel in quarters from the main cut down to its bottom - all around the fruit. Put fruit under water and pry it apart into sections with gentle pressure.

Now that you have sections, remove seeds. Rinse seeds and put them aside in a container. Keeping everything underwater insures that if there is leakage, the pomegranate juice will stay in the sink and not on your clothes. This method also keeps your hands from getting that faint yellow discoloration from the pith.

Comments

[kaichi-satake.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, pomegranates!!! hehehe A friend and I used to "steal" them from a neighbor's tree, when I was a kid. We just threw them at the sidewalk to open them, and then got the succulent goodness all over our faces, trying to suck seeds out. I always thought the fruit tasted better because it was "stolen," in spite of the fact that she had told us we could have some, if we wanted them. ;P

[ericlarson.livejournal.com]

The only thing that'd make it better would be if the seeds floated. Then all you'd have to do is scoop them up with a strainer. Now ... what's Mother Nature's address? Maybe we can get her to do a redesign ...