Harry was given a box of fruit for his Fathers Day present & one of the items was this pomegranite.
It’s years since we’ve eaten one although the seeds seem popular in cooking these days.
They are like little jewels & I can remember the excitement of using a pin to eat them when I was a child!
Not quite the same excitement now sadly!
I’ve eaten quite a few tonight & I think they are perhaps slightly overrated!
I’m going to take the rest out manually with a spoon tomorrow I think....the pin is a step too far!
Three good things:
1. A horrid windy wet day.....would be fine if we were busy the rest of the week but with all this free time it’s been a boring day so thank goodness for recorded TV programmes.
2. I potted up mums grave planter with the heathers.
3. Breast of duck for our evening meal.
The seed patterns are lovely. My sister makes delicious pomegranate pudding, but I’ve not seen how she removes the seeds, the spoon seems to be the fastest method.
They are great to use as a decoration for pavs.. hold a half upside down over a bowl and hit the skin side with wooden spoon.. all the little jewels will fall in the bowl and the tough bits should stay behind.. dont do it with your best white top on though as it does splatter..
Nice photo. I love pomegranate and read that if you hit the skin with a wooden spoon the seeds seem to come out more easily. So I do!!
Such a change in the weather this weekend up here too.
Hope it warms up again soon.
@julzmaioro@gijsje@sarah19 Well I learned something today...thank you all I will attack with a spoon tomorrow! Picking the seeds out with a pin did spatter on my trousers a bit so I can imagine it might be a messy job!
Super little jewels ! I remember the days of picking each seed with a pin -- I got quite frustrated at the slow progress ! I see these chefs bashing the outer shell with a wooden spoon to make the seeds fall out s they use them to decorate and garnish dishes Sounds as if the wet weather has reached you - our day hasn't been too bad - one or two sharp showers this morning , mainly sunny with terrible gusts of wind this afternoon
Very nice shot and the pomegranate looks very juice. Christine lines to buy them when they are in season. I think those we have here have many more seeds. Last year in Sicily, we encountered a shop that had box over box of them and a machine which squeezed them into drinks. JP had one drink and gave me to taste it - didn't like the taste though.
I remember eating them with a pin - I think our parents maybe gave them us to keep us quiet as it took ages picking the seeds one at a time! I bought one recently and ate with a teaspoon, no patience for a pin! Like you say, not as enjoyable as I remember - as soon as you get some of the dry pith they taste dry?!
Nice capture.
Such a change in the weather this weekend up here too.
Hope it warms up again soon.