Any other pomegranate addicts out there? One of my friends got me hooked and I am HOOKED. I hate about a million a day during the season. Over the past few weeks, it’s been apparent that the season was winding down, but today…I can hardly even post it…NO MORE POMS. Gone for the season. GONE. As far as I can tell, they won’t be back until at least next Sept, but more like October or Nov or so.
Needless to say, I’m so upset. Wiki says that they’re in season in the southern hemisphere from March to May. I’m hoping against hope that I find some from there.
I don’t feel hopeful, though.
I know, I know- they sell the juice, blah blah blah. I WANT POMS!
I love the taste, but don’t those nasty little wood-like seeds annoy you? They’d certainly, ah, keep you regular if you ate an awful lot of them, as they must be packed with fiber.
When we lived in Egypt (oops, gotta update my profile) people used to give us pomegranates all the time. I’d make syrup out of them so we could enjoy the taste without the icky seeds.
send it to me! I’ll give you one hundred MILLION dollars!
Here’s what I do:
Cut off the little nub part on the end. Score the fruit through the skin (not too deep) in quarters and pull it apart into quarters. GENTLY use your thumb to get the reddish seed things out; those are the actual fruit. Kind of turn the quarters inside out to get the fruit to release. There are instructions online about blah blah, bowl of water, but if you do it like I just said, it should work great.
WARNING: JUICE WILL STAIN. Your clothes, your fingers- you name it. Wear plastic food prep gloves if you don’t want your fingertips stained. Don’t wear a good shirt in case of squirtage. I can normally pull all of the seeds out without much fuss or mess, but occasionally you get a squirter and it can be messy.
I consumed the seeds whole. Full of fiber and potassium and NOM NOM NOM OMG I HOPE THE OTHER STORE IN TOWN HAS SOME STILL!!!
We just had a pomegranate the other day - friends brought a salad for when they came to dinner and added freshly-separated seeds to the salad.
For those of you who liken the seeds to sunflower seeds: do you actually chew the seed itself? or do you sorta slurp the red goo off and then just swallow the seed unchewed?
How would one make syrup from these? I know grenadine is made from pomegranates so the idea isn’t alien to me but I’m curious as to the mechanics… boil to get the goo off then strain the results to get the pits out of it?
I have the seeds whole, in a bowl with a little salt and ground roast cumin. It’s great. I’ve tried the bottled juice, but part of the fun is eating the whole seeds (actually arils) and having them crunch in my mouth. And it does take a while to take the seeds out of one, so I was pleased when I found that Trader Joe’s sold a package of them already separated. But they charged $2.99 for 5.3 ounces. I found that a whole fruit cost about that and could produce about twice that number of seeds, so I prefer to do it myself. It goes faster if I put something on the radio to listen to while doing this.
I agree 100%. I love the whole seeds- the texture, the splash of the juice and the crunch of the seeds. I wondered if anyone sold them already seeded, but yeah $2.99 for 5.3 oz seems high to me. Heck, it only takes me maybe 5 minutes to seed a whole one.
Yup, I’m talking homemade grenadine. Basically, equal parts sugar and pomegranate seeds: press the seeds against the side of the bowl a bit to start bursting them, leave them to sit for 24 hours or so (“macerate” is the technical term, I think), then bring the gooey mass to a boil and strain. (You might want to verify this before trying, as my cookbook collection is somewhere in transit between Egypt and Indonesia right now.)
I wish it were less sugary, but it still tastes good.
I’ve also heard you can cut pomegrates in half and juice them.
Inspired by this thread last night and since I haven’t had a pomegranate in a long time, I bought one at Trader Joe’s. I don’t, however, eat the seeds, so maybe I’m missing out on the whole experience. But my recollection is that the seeds are pretty bitter. So I’ll be trying out my pomegranate soon.
Dear BoZette,
I am so with ya here, pomegranite wise. No wonder that was the fruit chosen by myth for Persephone decending yond, so wonderful to eat, but harder to achieve, easily…
So, here’s my new recipe, never told anyone, 'cept here now, 'tis good…
Pomegranate Greens
Whatever greens ya want, Kale is good, sliced up nicely,(Chiffonnade) fairly fine
Two TBS olive oil, heated in a pan, medium heat
two cloves garlic, added to pan
Add Greens , stir and saute until wilted
Add two cups pomegranate juice, put on some sort of lid, and steam for a coupla minnits
I usta use apple juice for this,but the Pom kicks it way up , and is very tasty.
