# Eat a pomegranate this fall!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-pomegranate-this-fall/424488>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 29, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-pomegranate-this-fall/424488 "2007-10-29T19:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-pomegranate-this-fall/424488/21 "2007-10-30T12:01:50Z")

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Cut in half, hold one half over a bowl of water, _whack repeatedly really hard with a wooden spoon_.

The first few whacks don’t do anything but a few more and the seeds all magically fall out. Try it.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-a-pomegranate-this-fall/424488/22 "2007-10-30T14:43:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Shalmanese]  
Cut in half, hold one half over a bowl of water, _whack repeatedly really hard with a wooden spoon_.

The first few whacks don’t do anything but a few more and the seeds all magically fall out. Try it.  
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I’ll do it - as soon as I get another PG.

But if you’re pulling my leg I suppose I’ll get seeds and juice all over the kitchen.

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