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Pomegranate made easy

iii_bake

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iii_bake

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Dear All,

From my own experience with cook books, culinary magazines etc i still have not seen the pomegranate fruit prepared the way i was taught.

It is easy and you can easily get the perfect seeds, fast.

I do not know how to post the whole step by step article that i wrote in this forum but you can look here kaohom

And, If anyone can guide me with how to post a picture, i would love to show the picture of the finished job here.

I am sure those who are intimidated by this fruit will finally love it, especially the seedless Spanish ones!

( I am not sure the exact word of action for this process though...cut it opened? or just open?)

iii

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Hi iii_bake,

You would say "cut open" or more likely "peel".

I didn't know that you could get seedless pomegranate - I am going to look for some today.

I tried your link, because I would love to now how to peel these, but there is just an empty page. Can you check what is wrong?

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Hi iii_bake,

You would say "cut open" or more likely "peel".

I didn't know that you could get seedless pomegranate - I am going to look for some today.

I tried your link, because I would love to now how to peel these, but there is just an empty page. Can you check what is wrong?

Hi Joesan,

Cud u pls connect to the link again.

I did and it worked, it will flash a while and seems like nothing there...but it did come finally.

About the seedless...all the plump seeds are there but there is no stone in it...you can eat them whole. ( Spanish)

The one with seeds will have tiny stones and it is not pleasant to eat. ( Indian).

If you have success with the web page, i'd appreciate it if u cud let me know what u think.

Thanks.

iii

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Hi iii_bake,

Tried again but using Firefox this time. Everything came out perfectly. However it still doesn't work with the Safari browser on the Mac.

Really nice technique - I am looking forward to trying it. Well done!

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iii_bake:

That is fascinating. Thank you for sharing.

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The Jewish people have been intrigues by the beauty of the pomegranate and many believe that each contains 613 seeds which represent the 613 mitzvot (commands) required of a good Jew ... soon, in September, we will celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashonah, the New Year and pomegranates will be on display on my table ... thanks for showing us how to get the seeds out whole!!

The pomegranate symbolizes fertility and happiness, the wisdom of the people of Israel and the charm of its land. The Pomegranate is one of the Seven kinds of Israel.  The land of Israel was blessed with " Seven kinds "from the garden and the vineyard as told in Deuteronomy ( 8.8 ) "A Land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates ,A land of Oil Olives and Honey. There's often a pomegranate on Rosh Hashana table because of a tradition that pomegranates have 613 seeds, one for each of the commandments that a Jew is obliged to keep.

More can be seen here in the artwork:

pomegranate art and gifts

Melissa Goodman aka "Gifted Gourmet"

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Wow, good technique, but be warned. Don't click on any of the website pictures, it will take you to a really nasty ad loop for a casino that is really hard to get away from.

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Glad to have posted this.

I actually was waiting for the pomegranate season, but yesterday i saw them on many fruit stands. Do not know where they are from ( they are imported ones), usually i enjoy them during the beginning of the year.

Next time i will really count the seeds!

About peeling mango, the Royal Thai Cuisine has the way to peel it. I will try to work on posting it but the technique will not be an easy one this time, but worth to try. It is how you hold and guide the knife so that it leaves straight line pattern on the mango.

When i taught this peeling mango thing, i would suggest that some of my friends and students start with peeling cucumber first ...so that they do not waste mango.

And before the mango demo is presented, i will come up soon with coconut technique. And will definitely post it here.

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iii_bake

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Hi there :rolleyes:

I bring this post up again wondering if any of you have any problems peeling the pomegranate as i suggested.

This is because I met my cousin's friend, from DC this past New Year.

He said he could not do it and it was not easy.

So i just showed him how. He said the pomegrante he bought would not come out as such.

I never had problems with Thai, Spainsh, Indian or even those come from California.

Anyone have any further info or response?

Please share with me any info.

Thank you :smile:

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Hi I can't get the link to work either, and am not sure of your technique for opening a pomegranate. I have had some success in getting the seeds out by making an incision in the fruit, breaking it open and sitting it in a bowl of cold water for a while. Then rake the seeds out of the hull under running water. Is any of this part of your method??

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John DePaula

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I found this link a while back and thought it might be appropriate here since the other site is taking so long to load:

Seasonal Chef: How To Cut Open A Pomegranate

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formerly of DePaula Confections
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