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Two well known facts about pomegranates:

  1. they are yummy
  2. they are a pain to peel by hand

do you know of any efficient ways to peel pomegranates? by efficient i mean two things:

  1. quick
  2. minimum number of 'hurt' arils

be blessed

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Even easier than Michael's way:

Quarter the pomegranate. Hold it over a bowl of water, seeds down, and spank it repeatedly with the flat of a large knife. Done. (The water makes separation of pith and seeds easier; the latter sink and the former floats).

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Sounds unsafe to me :( – Adam C Sep 26 '10 at 14:44
I use a wooden spoon to spank... I don't trust myself sometimes. – Juju Sep 26 '10 at 21:58
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@Adam C: it's not unsafe in the slightest. You're not pointing the sharp edge at anything that could get hurt. @Juju: a wooden spoon can work; I personally find that it doesn't work as well, and in any case I'm more likely to have a knife in my hand if I've just quartered the thing. Why wash an extra implement? – daniel Sep 27 '10 at 0:43
@roux: Whether I use the knife that is in my hand, or a wooden spoon, is directly related to my disability and how bad my muscles are acting up! – Juju Sep 28 '10 at 5:40
well uhhh... I hadn't taken my telepathy pills yesterday, so I didn't know you had a disability to take into account. – daniel Sep 28 '10 at 7:06
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Why peel it? I cut or break the pomegranate in quarters, then just sort of bend a quarter backwards towards the peel side to start breaking out the arils, and then pick loosen them with my fingers. Works fine. Tedious but about as efficient as it gets. Some people like to do this under water in a bowl, but I haven't found it to give any great advantage.

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Two steps:

  1. Roll the pomegranate while pressing on it with your wrist. Rolling + pressing releases the arils.
  2. Cut pomegranate in half, hold each half over a bowl, seeds down, and spank with a spoon or a cup.

I saw it here. It's in Hebrew, but you can look at the pictures and the video. Try it, it works!

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I wanted to plug my absolute favorite chef; Jamie Oliver. :) He has a video on how to prepare a pomegranite. http://jamieshomecookingskills.com/skills-specific.php?skill=preparing%20fruit. I would have given you the direct link but it pops up in a modal window.

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