Three Ways of How to Eat a Pomegranate
A pomegranate, one of the true superfruits, needs warmer climates with cooler but not icy cold winters. You will find them in some of the warmer US states, although these are only introduced in recent history… The pomegranate is native to the area of East Africa and India, and even more common in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey.
The flower and the pom fruit are bright red. The fruits themselves are full of nine essential vitamins and minerals including Calcium, Vitamin C, and Potassium. The average calories per cup of fruit is usually around 100, making this a nutritious and low calorie treat.
Simply strain it from that point, then you can start to eat it. You can eat the seeds as well as the fruit surrounding it, (the entire arils) but most people just eat the fruit off the seeds.
Throw away the white pulp and rind. Strain and rinse the fruit and put in a bowl. Now you are ready to eat it. You can eat the seeds with the red fruit. If you just eat the fruit and leave the seeds, (which is very slow-going) you have the bonus of being able to lay them out to dry. Once they are dried you can ground them up to season foods, or you can use them whole in a variety of dishes, including hot main meal dishes and your favorite cool desserts.
Another way to eat a pomegranate is to cut the fruit in half vertically. Holding the cut side up, cut 4 more segment cuts about an inch deep and an inch long. Turn the pomegranate over and pull the fruit open. Now take a heavy wooden spoon or other equally weighted kitchen utensil and whack the back of the fruit. The arils should fall right out easily.
A third method, which could prove to be a little messier, is to cut the pomegranate in four or five parts and just scoop the seeds out with your fingers and eat them. You could also scoop them out into a bowl with a spoon and eat them the old-fashioned way. They are very sweet and sticky, and the juice can stain your fingers, your clothes, your counter tops and just about any surface it touches, so you want to be careful not to spill it or squirt if you can.
