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How to Seed a Pomegranate

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How to Seed a Pomegranate

In the fall/winter it’s pomegranate season here in southern California. This time of year I look forward to eating half a pomegranate on the couch whilst watching “American Horror Story” or any of the Real Housewives franchise (of course!). As a result, my hands look like a cabinet maker’s – stained dark reddish-brown with what look like dirty fingernails. I don’t mind at night b/c I’m about to go to bed soon anyway. However, now that Maddie also loves pomegranates I need to seed them in the morning for her lunch and I just don’t want to deal with the mess!

There are two ways to seed (de-seed?) pomegranates without your kitchen looking like a massacre just took place. I’m going to demonstrate the second method in this post.

No matter which way you’re doing it, you’ll need: a pomegranate & a knife.

1. First way which is all over You Tube is to cut it in half & knock the seeds out onto a plate or into a bowl with the back of a heavy spoon or object. This is a civilized method but it can still splatter juice.

2. The second way is to fill a medium/large bowl with water,

This bowl is too small. I'd use a bigger bowl if I were you. But that's just me.

cut the pomegranate in half

and just pick the seeds out in the water.

See what I mean about this bowl being too small? Still works though!

That green bag contains Bea's diapers, which I forgot to take to daycare.

Then strain it in a mesh strainer & you can compost the pulp (??) or discard.

Any juice that was going to spurt onto your brand new white t-shirt, cream-colored cashmere sweater or just wiped countertops ends up in the water.

Use the leftover water to water a plant or dump on your lawn if you have one!

Btw: am I the only person in the world who didn’t know about these methods??

How to Make Buttermilk

Lots of times I’ll start making something at night, yes, without reading the ingredients first, and realize I’m missing something. Last time it was buttermilk. This one’s easy to remedy!

It involves 2 ingredients that you might have lying around:

Just add 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to 1 scant cup of milk. If you only need half a cup of buttermilk, why then, add 1/2 tablespoon of white vinegar to 1/2 scant cup milk.

What is a scant cup? It means just under a cup.

Lookie here:

Add the vinegar & let it sit for 5 minutes. Now you’re ready to cook!

PS What if you don’t have white vinegar? Do you have a lemon? Replace the vinegar with lemon juice & you’re good to go!



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