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yumm!
I learned this technique a few years ago to keep yourself juice-free when you open a juicy pomegranate. A tip for picking out your pom: pick one that is unblemished and feels heavy for its size. It should not be shrunken so that you can see its "ribs". Plumpness means juice :)

If you have any questions, just message me :)

Posted by Hypergraphia from U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, United States • Published 18th December 2009 • See Hypergraphia's 40 projects »

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Step 1
Gather your supplies:

Large knife
Plump pomegranate
Bowl of water
Step 2
Cut the pom in half
Step 3
looks bloody :0

Cut each half in half again (so quarters)
Step 4
Cut in half, yet again, so that you have 8 wedges
Step 5
Put one wedge into the water
Step 6
Expose the seeds as much as possible
Step 7
Do this under the water:
Gently rub the pad of your thumb along the seeds. This slight amount of pressure should loosen the seeds so that they will pop out of the casing. This takes a bit of practice, but that is why it is under water! So that the juice doesn't get all over your clothes :)
Step 8
Do this until all the seeds are out. If you see greyish brown seeds, pull them out and set to the side, they have gone bad. I find it easy to tear away the empty parts (the membrane and inedible parts) of the pom to expose the long rows of seeds.

Do this for of the 8 pieces
Step 9
So if your like me, bits of the membrane get stuck with the seeds.
Step 10
Grab a mesh tea strainer (if you don't have one, cheese cloth will work also). Act like your cleaning out a pool! Fish out all the membrane and some of the casing that has come off. Also, if you fluff up the seeds at the bottom by stirring them, you will catch more detritus.
Step 11
Dump the water and pom seeds into a strainer.
Step 12
Pick out any little bits and your done!

I never seem to keep mine for more than a few days. They are a great snack to munch on, so they don't last long!

Add them to salads, eat them on the go, or...
Step 13
Make a yogurt, granny smith apple, gala apple, raspberry, and pom salad.

Enjoy!

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Comments

Rifath H. · Royal Oak, Michigan, US · 4 projects 14th November 2010

Actually I saw a really easy way to open one, on a cooking show. We love pomegranates, in our house, when we all watched it we were so flabbergasted, and felt so stupid.
All the guy did was cut it in half, and he turned the inside of the pomegranate and took a wooden spoon and smacked the outside and the seeds just fell out.

LastKoalaBear · Vancouver, British Columbia, CA · 33 projects 27th September 2010

OMNOMM!!!

Sunkissed♥ · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 5 projects 6th January 2010

i felt kinda stupid opening this page
but i'm really glad i did!
thanks

i usually just smash it open and take it from there...

Sunkissed♥ · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 5 projects 6th January 2010

i felt kinda stupid opening this page
but i'm really glad i did!
thanks

i usually just smash it open and take it from there...

Cherry Kitten Bomb · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 19 projects 19th December 2009

Yum!

Riley · Lothian, Maryland, US · 22 projects 18th December 2009

Oh thanks for this! I had my first pomegranate this past thanksgiving shared with me by my boyfriend's mom. She is from Thailand and she told me the Thai name for them and that it means rubies.