Cutting the Pomegranates

Growing up in California, we were no stranger to the cutting of the pomegranate!  My Dad would meticulously cut an X into the top and bottom of the fruit, then score the skin connecting each corner of the X.

We shared a pomegranate last night.  He is 87 now.  He was happy to have me cut it and seed it so he could eat it out of a bowl with a spoon!

I recently learned that scoring it around the middle, avoiding the top and bottom where the flesh is thick and harder to split, would result in an easy way to crack it open.  Then to patiently peel away the interior layers of the flesh to break out the juicy red seeds......  Patience, still!

This method looks kinda messy - I have not tried it!



On Facebook, I ran across this posted video - now this totally makes sense!  So how many ways are there to peel a pomegranate?!

Post by haberinbizden.com.

 

Now here is a combination of all of the ways I have learned that you cut a pomegranate!