Pomegranate Report

[ellarien]

Interesting, but an awful lot of mess and fiddling about for each tiny burst of tart juice. I don't think I'll try again in a hurry, but it was worth doing it once, just for the experience.

Comments

[ellarien]

Thanks for the tips! My -- somewhat suboptimal, it turned out -- approach was to cut the thing in half and then dismantle it a bit at a time, sucking the pulp off the seeds as I dug them out; sometimes I managed to get a section more or less intact. It ended up with an incredible mess and took about an hour, but I got most of it.

Lamb isn't easy to come by in these parts, alas, and cooking anything for more than half an hour is rarely an option, but that sounds lovely.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

My -- somewhat suboptimal, it turned out -- approach was to cut the thing in half and then dismantle it a bit at a time, sucking the pulp off the seeds as I dug them out

Uh, you did eat the seeds, didn't you...?

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

You are supposed to eat the seeds with the pulp, fellas.

[ellarien]

Ah. Maybe I should try again one of these days after all.

[ellarien]

Ah. No, actually. It would have been easier, but I had a dim notion that Bad Things (having to take out a timeshare in the underworld?) would happen if I did. Obviously I should have researched more beforehand.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I guess there aren't many fruits where you do eat the seeds deliberately: certainly not with seeds that size. I suspect everybody's first encounter with a pomegranate goes somewhat like yours, unless they have a guide to show 'em. I know mine did.

But yes, next time: eat the seeds and the pulp together. It's just the white pith you want to avoid.