Buy A Beautiful Pomegranate

Nope. Pomegranates are fertility symbols and I am unnaturally afraid. Also afraid of paisley. I know they are delicious and I love them, but I can't do it.

Eat some for me!

Angel on December 12, 2013

Thank you for showing this - I'll be darn if I didn't buy a pomegranate in the store the other day - they were @ (sorry) Walmart for $1.00; my husband knows I will try anything once :), so he encouraged me to buy one. I've been looking at this for the last 4 days wondering if I had the courage to try cut into it and how. This was a wonderful video and just in time. I'm going to try my pomegranate tonight!

Julie on December 12, 2013

They make a great yogurt topping! Or ice cream, if you are feeling particularly festive :-)

Julie on December 12, 2013

I have one in my fridge too! It's been there a while, so good to know they last a few weeks, thanks. I first got one in a box from an organic fruit share, and my kids and their friends loved them! Question: Do you eat the whole seed? The kids like to just suck the juice/pulp off the seed, and spit out the seeds.

Jennifer on December 12, 2013

Wish I had found this video last year when I was using YouTube to figure out how to seed a pomegranate! Going to give method a try.

Mandy@fatgirlgonehealthy on December 12, 2013

Here's an alternative:

http://lifehacker.com/5895852/deseed-a-pomegranate-in-10-se…

(You can skip to 1'27" if you're pressed for time.)

Andy D on December 12, 2013

Love to mix pomegranate seeds, plain yogurt, teaspoon of vanilla and honey, 3 tbsp of dried milk powder, tbsp of flax seed and sprinkle some cinnamon. Yummy and I eat the whole seed (in answer to previous post).

Karen on December 12, 2013

They also look fantastic in jello and are great on a cheese plate (divine with a little chevre on a cracker)

worrybeads on December 12, 2013

Pomegranates have a special tie to approaching winter. In Greek mythology, Hades captures Persephone and brings her into the underworld. He tricks her into eating some seeds of a pomegranate, thus tying her to the underworld where she must return each year for three months - our winter season. She is allowed to spend the other months with the gods above ground, our growing season.

I remember my mother explaining this myth to me as a child, enforcing the specialness of the fruit.

Marlene on December 12, 2013

So, tell me Snack Girl...do you only eat the seeds? What does it taste like? And (more importantly), why does this fruit frighten me? ;)

Theresa on December 12, 2013

They are delicious mixed in with guacamole. A very upscale Mexican Restaurant here in Phoenix serves their guacamole this way and it's to die for, of course you have to have chips to go with it....

Karyn Davies on December 12, 2013

I also found pomegranate seeds in a jar at my local grocery store (Metro in Canada) - just scoop and eat - yum!

Gina on December 12, 2013

Have you tried the pomegranate wooden spoon trick? It's so much easier, and better yet, it's cathartic!!! Google it and you'll find it. That's how I do it, and I enjoy it so much.

Soraya Sarcos on December 12, 2013

They are beautiful in a fruit or green salad--shimmer like jewels! I always freeze some to save for my summer fruit salads! And I enjoy them with cottage cheese/Greek yogurt for a high protein breakfast!

Sally on December 12, 2013

I love pomegranates, but they cost $2.50 each here and that is the sale price!

When I splurge, I eat them as a fruit with dinner. I used to suck the seeds and spit them out, but read you could eat the whole thing, so do that now. I do always manage to get juice squirts on my shirt, though.

Patti on December 12, 2013

People used to be superstitiously afraid of tomatoes, too. Why are pomegranates more expensive than pomegranate juice? $2.50 more will buy the juice and no seeds. I think they very pretty for decoration but not practical as a food. I think there is more benefit to be had from the juice.

I think the "apple" from the Garden of Eden was actually a pomagranate if you take it literally. The Hebrew for apple is "malum" meaning evil and apple. Islam says the apple it was a fig or olive. Some Hebrew traditions also suggests fig because Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves, therefore, suggesting fertility. Interestingly, at least to me, it is actually a metaphor for the "fruit of the knowledge of good and evil".

I_Fortuna on December 12, 2013

Pomengranate with lime juice, tequila, triple sec or Cointreau, sweet low or agave. Shaken or on the rocks is an excellent drink. If you like substitute vodka for tequila. Enjoy!

Flo Hardeman on December 12, 2013

Shaken not stirred so as not to bruise the tequila. : >) LOL Yummmmmmm

I_Fortuna on December 12, 2013

I also put them on top of my curried tofu salad on crackers. It gives a good tangy contrast.

Maddy Cooke on December 13, 2013