Plz to be instructing me on the proper pomegranate eating proceedure.

[tripperfunster]

So ... around once a year I have a craving for pomegranates, and every year I make an unholy mess of myself and surroundings.

I love the flavour, but dislike the ... woody texture of the inside of the seeds. I can eat a few no prob, but then get a bit overwhelmed at the build up of fiberous-ness and need to spit that part out. Sort of like sunflower seeds, but yanno, inside out.

Also? I can't seem to pull a few seeds/kernels out without sending at least twice as many flying out in different directions. I spend more time on my hands and knees searching for rogue seeds than i do actually EATING.

Today I ate it hunched over the sink, with the poise and grace of a zombie eating a particularly juicy brain.

Hints and tips and flat out crit welcome.

Comments

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

A lot like the above posters, but this works best for me:

1. Clean kitchen sink.

2. Fill kitchen sink halfway with cool water (not cold, 'cos your hands are gonna be in it a lot)

3. Score pomegranate skin with knife; quarters will work

4. Sink pomegranate into water, peel apart sections underwater. (Any juice explosions will be contained by the water.)

5. Peel arils out of pomegranate sections underwater; let the arils sink to the bottom. The inedible yellow pith will float.

6. Skim as much pith out of water as possible, then scoop up the arils and drain inna bowl.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Well, my sink would NEVER be clean enough to do that in, but a large bowl would work! Thanks!

Although, Sam mentions below that you can just but the arils already cleaned! More expensive, but less mess.