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

[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.