In my early 20's my eye was single on the goal of travel. This crash-landed me on a lot of couches. One of these couches happened to belong to a professional chef/travel agent (is that the most perfect combination of jobs?). She made, obviously, the most delicious food. One in particular dish was an amazing pomegranate, blue cheese salad with an apple cider vinaigrette. Though the recipe I scratched down is long gone, a tip she taught me about de-seeding a pomegranate is one I continue to use often. I get this was almost 10 years ago and perhaps I might be slow to realize this is common knowledge for most, but in the event that you're just not sure how to handle these little phenomenons here we go!
Supplies:
large bowl of water, enough to submerge entire fruit
cutting board
knife
pomegranate
Instructions:
Cut off the top and discard. Place remainder of the pomegranate in bowl of water top down. Crack it open putting pressure with your thumbs on the bottom and pulling apart. If it is not easily opened cut down the side with a knife and then repeat. Use your thumb to scrape away seeds.
Why the water? When de-seeding juice tends to spurt everywhere and it easily stains. The water contains the juice. Also, the rinds float and the seeds sink. When you are done just drain the water and all you have left is the edible part of the fruit.
Once the seeds are out it's an easy snack for a couple of days. I leave the bowl out and the kids can munch on them or I toss them into B's lunch box for a quick side dish.
We just had a 2.5 hour class on nutrition and how a soldier athlete should be eating in order to fuel the machine. Besides the fact that you could have taught the course with more information and experience, I was very pleased to know that every single thing they suggested we should be doing was something I already am doing... Thanks to you and your love of health and nutrition.
ReplyDeleteI guess we better work on our retirement, it looks like we'll be living a little longer than my $245 dollars will cover.
So, how funny that I sat down to read this with a bowl of pomegranate arils that I just separated using the bowl of water method. Lol. My aunt taught me this years ago and I'm always so surprised at how many people have never heard of it. It's the best way ever!
ReplyDeleteI love your posts. And your recipes.