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What You Should Know About Buying Pomegranates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pomegranates are in season from October through January. When choosing a pomegranate, look for one that is heavy for its size. Heavy = juicy<\/p>\n

Dismantling a Pomegranate:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pomegranates are filled with tiny, little seeds. Those seeds, or arils, are surrounded by a spongy membrane. Getting a pomegranate ready to eat is messy. Below are some photos of my recent\u00a0attempt at pomegranate\u00a0dismantling. Here’s how I did it:<\/p>\n

First, I sliced off a “cheek” of the pomegranate to see what I was dealing with. You can see there are a lot of arils inside surrounded by a spongy membrane that looked a little like honeycomb. Each aril sits in a crevice.<\/p>\n

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I placed a strainer\u00a0over a bowl in my sink to catch the juices and then, got to work digging the arils out with my fingers. The arils are filled with juice, so I ended up squirting\u00a0myself often. Having a deep sink comes in very handy here.<\/p>\n

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After getting through one cheek, I chopped off another and continued to pull out arils. The remaining core was easy to break apart with my fingers, and after a while, there was no method to my madness, just a lot of\u00a0 prying. This is what I ended up with.<\/p>\n

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Uses:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n