Pomegranetes
quite possibly the stupidest question I have ever asked but hey ho

Are you supposed to eat pomegranate seeds or spit them, is there an etiquette to eating pomegranates?
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:35, 15 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I like to crunch through them. No doubt they are great for the old bowel movements.

But still something tells me as they grind off my teeth that they aren't quite edible. As in, if it was time-feasible you would spit them out one at a time but being so lazy as humans we don't....

Fucking awesome they are - although the yellowy inner skin stuff scares me..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:50, Reply)

I can't remember
the last time I had a pomegranite.

I want one now! Although I always end up thinking they are more trouble than they are worth... they spit in your eye and don't taste quite as good as they promise to.

I tend to crunch up the seeds too but you're right, they have something about them which seems to warn us off eating them. Ah well. I haven't grown a pomegranite tree in my tummy yet.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:07, Reply)

I've only ever eaten the seeds
not the other bit....

if you eat them all you get carried off to Hades though, like Persephone (I think)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:14, Reply)

Just as long
as you don't get dragged down to Hades after eating 6 of the seeds, you should be fine. That's how Persephone brought about Autumn/Winter, after all.


EDIT: Vipros got there first, dammit!

/gets geek-coat...
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:15, Reply)

Isn't the inside of one of those things 90% seeds anyway
So I don't see how you have much choice
(brainwrong, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:47, Reply)

Pomegranetes and artichokes.
Lots of effort for little return.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:06, Reply)

Pomegranetes and artichokes and blokes.
Lots of effort for little return.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:24, Reply)

I swear
you follow me around this damn site waiting to pounce on every word bestowed from my holy keyboard.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:29, Reply)

@CHCB
Between you and me, I think he has a crush on you.


Just saying.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:32, Reply)

at night
I lie awake in bed and think of all those lust-filled b3tards showering me in a veritable snowstorm of jizz.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:38, Reply)

@CHCB
You too?

I thought it was just me.
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:01, Reply)

I beat them firmly with the back of a spoon
so that they scatter their seed over my homemade meringue and whipped cream.

Their jewel-like appearance is truly spectacular for the festive season.


An extra point if you know where I got that from
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:07, Reply)

@Chickenlady.
Nigella?
( girlinthehole, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:10, Reply)

Well done Ms Blouse!
I've made her pomegranate meringue many times now - it's ace.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:17, Reply)

How many times do we have to say this Al?
Photos or it didn't happen!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:47, Reply)