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How should I eat a pomegranate?

Pomegranates can be eaten directly: place the pomegranate horizontally, cut off the knots and tails on both sides with a knife, then cut a small opening in the middle of the pomegranate with a knife, the tip of the knife along the small opening will be the whole pomegranate scratched with a good mark, and then use your hand along the mouth of the part of the pomegranate to break it, so that it can be eaten directly, or use a large spoon, gently Tap the surface of the pomegranate, the pomegranate fruit will fall off automatically, and when it all falls off it will be more convenient to eat.

Pomegranate juice: the pomegranate juice is in addition to direct consumption after the more simple way to eat, the specific method is: the pomegranate peeled off the skin, take out the fruit, put into a blender, add the right amount of water, no more than the pomegranate fruit particles can be, and then covered with a lid and stirred until crushed. After blending, you can also sieve the pomegranate juice through a coarse sieve and a fine sieve, so the juice will be relatively pure. Finally, you can add honey to flavor according to your own taste.

Pomegranate peeling skills

Pomegranate with a knife in the middle of the part of the horizontal cut a circle, pay attention to not cut too deep, so as not to cut the flesh, as long as the skin is good. Then grab the skin on both sides of the pomegranate with your hands and twist it gently, then break the pomegranate into two halves with force.

Prepare a spoon and a large bowl, grab the pomegranate with one hand, flesh toward the bowl, skin up, and tap the pomegranate with the spoon. At this point the pomegranate seeds inside the peel will soon fall down, if you see where it does not fall with a spoon to knock a few more times, so that the complete pomegranate seeds throughout the whole without dirtying your hands can be peeled.

The above content reference? Baidu encyclopedia - pomegranate