I Have Concluded

[Tilly2]

that if life is too short to stuff a mushroom, it's also too short to de-seed a pomegranate!

What a faff... and I still got pith!

[wolf63]

I love Pomegranates but the yellow stuff is a really horrible taste. I am now off to the fridge to liberate some fruit

[Islay]

Oooo Pate stuffed mushrooms yum, I agree however about the pomegranate - I just buy them already separated

[Jackdaw33]

But the seeds are the only edible parts of a pomegranate.

[Togo]

You sound a bit pithed off Tills. :))

[ummmm]

You just cut a pomegranate in half and whack it with a wooden spoon.

Life isn't too short to stuff mushrooms though :-)

[mikey4444]

Tilly...there is a very easy way to deal with Pomegranates !

First, massage the fruit vigorously between your hands and fingers, as much as you can......this will loosen the seeds considerably.

Then cut it in half. With a desert spoon, scrape the contents out in a bowl of cold water....the one you use for mixing pastry would be ideal.

The pith will float to the top, and the seeds will sink to the bottom. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the seeds to a dish !

Simples !

[Mamyalynne]

As children we were given half a pomegranate and a pin.

[Patsy33]

Same here Mamya! Used to love them...

[ummmm]

I was given a pin as well.

[ethandron]

The one and only time I deseeded a pomegranate I covered myself and half the kitchen in splashes of the juice. Nice as it was, thereafter Ive bought the little containers of seeds that someone else has bashed out.
Funnily enough, I've just made a salad of chunky chopped cucumber, celery, spring onions, red and yellow peppers, and pomegranate seeds. I've given lettuce the push and that's the salad we now how most often.
Don't get pithed off Tilly, buy it ready bashed ;)

[jourdain2]

Eating a pomegranate segment by segment is the ideal way to occupy small children healthily. They suck the pulp from around the pith and put the pips into a bowl - at the end, they each count them and have to agree on the total! Takes them ages. :0)

[Mamyalynne]

We'd all sit on the garden wall in a row, happy days.

[jourdain2]

P.S.I was also given a pin!

[Tilly2]

...and none of us ever swallowed the pin!

It wouldn't be allowed nowadays.

[DTCwordfan]

//As children we were given half a pomegranate// and a gin. Hic.

[Tilly2]

Mikey,...'the one you use for mixing pastry would be ideal.'

Me???????? Mix pastry? That made me laugh. x

[Jackdaw33]

...and me. Half a pomegranate and a pin, kept me occupied for hours. Same with winkles and a pin.

[mikey4444]

Tilly...try my method...it works every time !

[Mamyalynne]

Never swallowed the pin and the blood just mingles with the juice of the fruit:-)

[Togo]

My Grandad taught me how to eat an apple with a penknife Tills. Slice by slice off the back of the blade. Imagine that now. Social Services would have me up for adoption.