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Papa2X
03-06-2012, 07:37 PM
It's such a PITB to take out all the seeds, LOL
Revvell
03-06-2012, 08:25 PM
You mean white part and red skin? It's very easy to remove the red juicy goodness. Slice open in a bowl of water and peel them off the white pithy part. Strain; throw in blender... do it to it. Simple.
Papa2X
03-06-2012, 10:30 PM
You mean white part and red skin? It's very easy to remove the red juicy goodness. Slice open in a bowl of water and peel them off the white pithy part. Strain; throw in blender... do it to it. Simple.

Yes, I meant the whole thing.... I eat as many skins as I can..... and seeds too.
Mary Kay
03-06-2012, 11:01 PM
I think they coat them with a waxy substance, but could be wrong....and since they're not labeled as organic, I wouldn't trust that they're not sprayed with something either, so don't think it's a good idea to eat the skin.

Just my thoughts.

Mary Kay
MysticTree
03-06-2012, 11:54 PM
The pith on pomegranates does not taste good. You could try vitamixing the whole thing but I reckon you'd never do it again on account of the taste.

I use a sharp knife to remove the "top-knot" and a small cone of the core underneath then I score down either side and pull apart with my fingers. After that I just rub the seeds off segement by segment and it takes very little time at all and there is no pith.
Revvell
03-07-2012, 12:38 AM
They're not all coated... not sure if any are. We pick 'em off the tree here. Personally? I wouldn't do that to my VM, much less to myself. Pith is bitter; can't imagine the skin tastes good either yet, if you want to give it a shot, go 'head on. Let US know how that works for you.
Papa2X
03-07-2012, 01:23 PM
They're not all coated... not sure if any are. We pick 'em off the tree here. Personally? I would do that to my VM, much less to myself. Pith is bitter; can't imagine the skin tastes good either yet, if you want to give it a shot, go 'head on. Let US know how that works for you.

I imagine you meant wouldn't...... but I certainly would as my Vitamixer is many years old and has done so many things that I think would be harder than processing a pomegranate... Pith is bitter. I know because I eat orange piths. I was more concerned about if there were definitley parts that should not be eaten because they are actually bad for me.
Revvell
03-07-2012, 06:37 PM
You're right, I meant "wouldn't" do that to my Vita-MIX.
Mary Kay
03-07-2012, 11:37 PM
LOL, I knew what you meant Revvell.....I just looked at where you live....no wonder!

So, I'm in Ohio, and my dh grows apples for a living on his farm, and sometimes the apples look waxy, even though we don't coat them....Do the pomegranates have this same waxiness that I was guessing might? be added?

Are pomegranates hard to grow? How many trees do you have?

Kinda jealous,

Mary Kay