how do you eat a pomegranit, and what bits?

Question

I know the pips are edible but does one eat the nutty centre of them?

Answer 1

You can eat all the red 'pips' including the nuts. Best way to eat them is to half the fruit, then use a teaspoon to scoop out the red fruits into a bowl and with your fingers pull out the pith (yellow skin) that holds them together. Then when the bowl has just got the red fruits, eat with a spoon and enjoy!

Answer 2

You only eat the red pips, it's OK to swallow the seeds inside. Don't eat the skin, the white pithy part or the core.
I usually just buy pomogranite juice but on the sales display a week ago I saw instructions on how to eat so I bought a couple, this does work:
Cut the pomogranite in half, in a bowl of water pull the sections apart and separate the red pips from the white pith with your fingers. Any seeds that escape into the bowl of water you can strain out and add to your bowl of seeds.
This actually worked pretty well. Doing it in the bowl of water kept me from squirting pom juice everywhere. Pom juice does stain pretty badly, and getting the juice on your fingers will stain them (my finger tips were black for three days after this) so next time I'll wear latex gloves when I break up a pom.
Best wishes!

Answer 3

You just eat the pips! They`re the only edible bits.

Answer 4

Yupp...just don't eat the skin or the pith...the pith won't do you any harm though, it just haven't have the flavour of the seeds. Cut it in half, stretch the skin around the edges just to loosen it off from the seeds a bit...hold it upsides down over a bowl and bash with the back of a wooden spoon to get the seeds out.

Answer 5

yeah the nutty centre in the middle is edible.

All you need to do is open it, take the pips out and enjoy ! some people like putting salt on them but I personally don't like it.

Answer 6

Just cut in half place over bowl tap the back with a spoon, the seeds will come out, eat the seeds (red part) toss the rest.

Answer 7

eat the pinky red fleshy things and dont eat the yellow skin or the yellow thick skin in the middle that seperates the pips.

Answer 8

I just chop it in half and pick out and eat all the little red bits, its a long process but i dint know of an easier way

Answer 9

I am the minority...I eat them as snacks which takes a long time. I put one little seed in my mouth, I squish it and roll it with my tongue on the roof of my mouth (thus releasing that tart yummy bursty feel) then I shoot the white hard center into a cup.

It's fun!

Answer 10

yes . that is where the vitamins are.. you eat the whole red bit including the nutty center