The FASTEST Way to Prepare a Pomegranate!
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2021
- Pomegranates are delicious but can be difficult to cut quickly and properly. Learn the secret of how to quickly cut a pomegranate and get all the arils out almost instantly!
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We love pomegranates, and you probably do too. What most people DON’T like is peeling or processing a pomegranate. Since this is an ancient fruit, people from those ancient cultures and their modern-day descendants have methods to quickly process individual fruits as well as batches of pomegranates. These are old methods - nothing new, but not that well-known in Western cultures, or in North America.
In this episode, DirtFarmerJay will show you two such ancient methods - one to enjoy juice right out of the fruit, and the other is to quickly cut and get the pomegranate arils out. You can be enjoying a bowl of pomegranate in 3 to 5 minutes!
Wear dark clothing when you cut pomegranates, as there is likely to be some pomegranate juice expelled and it is very dark red. The rich color indicates some of the healthy properties of the fruit, including antioxidants. And while the juice is delicious and colorful, it also can stain clothing, so wear dark shades of clothing or an apron when you process pomegranates.
Many people confuse arils and seeds when it comes to pomegranates. Arils are filled with juice and a small edible seed. They are transparent, and they can be chewed and ingested as is, without removing the small seed. However, if you like, you can spit out the small seeds. It’s up to you, either way is fine!
Pomegranate is often misspelled as pomengranate, pomegranite or pomagranate. It makes it easier to spell pomegranate correctly when you know the name is originally from Middle French "pomme garnete," literally meaning "seeded apple." In some areas and cultures, the pomegranate is also referred to as “Chinese Apple.” It is interesting to note that the pomegranate's botanical name, Punica Granatum, translates as "apple with many seeds."
Sure you can go buy pomegranate juice or seeds in containers, but you will pay MUCH more than you will if you buy pomegranates and process them yourself. And now, with what you know, you can JUST DO IT YOURSELF.
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Hey Uncle Jay, it Bea, mum mum had me watch your video and we did what you said. It worked good. Thank you!
Glad to hear it Bea! I liked your video as well! It was good to have Thanksgiving with you all!
I harvest about two wheelbarrows full. Time and efficiency is key! We cut them in half and juice the majority of them with a heavy duty citrus juicer. By hand, we simply turn the halves inside out in a bowl of water. Yes, we sacrifice a bit, but we don’t have time to be too finicky! We freeze the juice in quart jars, make pomegranate jelly, syrup, mix with tequila…and give it away! We had about 8 gallons this year. Incidentally, in South America, a folk remedy for diarrhea is a tea made of pomegranate skin.
Debra, thanks for watching and writing and sharing your insights and practices. Wow, it sounds like you make some incredible delicacies. 8 gallons! Wow. Thanks again! Best, DFJ
Loved the easy eay to empty the shell and the seed droped in the water thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for your great video. I had a pomegranate tree in my backyard for many years - here’s another tip for anyone interested. If you slice off both ends and then slightly cut through just the outer skin on one or both sides, you can easily pry open the fruit and it will naturally roll out and lay in sections to be easily eaten.
PS I always wear black/dark clothes while eating pomegranates to keep from staining. One of my favorite fruits! Take care.
👍🏻🫶🏻❣️ WOW‼️ An amazing way to get a pomegranate processed. Just did 4 in about an hour, without your process. I’ll have to try both of your methods next time. Also I don’t eat those seed like some other videos show doing. Thanks from Louisiana 🇺🇸 12-23-2023 ( 🙋🏻♂️73 years young ) Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄☦️❣️❣️
Love it! Merry Christmas!
At 54 years old and never having eaten a pomegranate 🙈 😂 (although I have had juice) I genuinely enjoyed watching your video. I’m a total stained mess, but achieved a good experience 😊 Thanks for the info!
Glad you enjoyed!
@@DirtFarmerJay @melodiecarlisle79 Made me laugh! ..."total stained mess"... Very funny!
Bonjour 🇩🇿🌹🇩🇿
C'est l'un des fruits du paradis. Le fruit de la grenade dans sa saison cette année était fort, de grande taille et de bon goût. Comme il est agréable que les agriculteurs aient commencé à abandonner les engrais chimiques et à les remplacer par des engrais naturels, en plus de arroser les arbres avec l'eau dans laquelle les poissons sont élevés. J'aime aussi cette méthode d'épluchage de la grenade, qui est plus agréable.
Salutations fraternelles
I tried this out this weekend and I work out great thanks
Great to hear, Ron! Thanks for watching. Best, DFJ
Thank you for posting this informative video.
I love these methods! What I like to do is place a paper towel or clean cloth (that I don’t care about being stained 😅) over the pomegranate while I “spank” it lol! The process is much cleaner this way. Great video and helpful tips!
That's a great idea!
love the juice box idea, thanks again.
You bet! Best, DFJ
Wow makes it look so easy.
3:11 Straight to it. Thanks Farmer Jay!
Fantastic. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thank you, sir 🙏✨
This works great. We do this, then I put the fruit into an italian ricer and use that to squeeze the juice and some of the pulp out, while retaining the seeds.
That's a great technique!
Oh wow need to try the straw juice trick. Can you do a video on young coconut?
Great method. I love pomegranate but I never knew how to open them like that
Glad it was helpful!
Definitely gonna try this! Easiest method I have seen so far!
Great to hear!
Twilight zone: I leave a video about cats interrupting TV anchors during lockdown, and now another cat invades this video. And Im pretty sure my cat is outside my door right now........
This video was excellent! I knew the water bowl part, but the cutting in sections and the top was awesome!👍😎
Glad you liked it, Royal T! Best, DFJ
Just finished 3 of them in the time it took another video to play! I just needed the juice for some Jelly.
Good one!
Thank you! Cheers!
Dirt Farmer TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're welcome!
Cats are a great helpers
Yep. Our cats are regular "guests" in our videos...just not usually planned for! Best, DFJ
I had been eating pomegranates since I was a teenager. The day I learned how to “spank” a pomegranate changed my Pom life!
Good to hear!
Cool!
Glad you liked it!
That was brilliant the best I've ever seen, thank you for doing this.
Glad you enjoyed it, Carolyn! Best, DFJ
Just had one yesterday, you could swear someone was being murdered in my house everything was red including my the splats on my face 🤣🤣
Parked next to your truck!! Love the vids!!
Thanks for the compliment Ethan. Next time you park next to me, leave me a note so I can contact you. Best, DFJ
I'd rather take the time to score the low areas of the fruit (sometimes 5, sometimes 6), cut out about a nickel sized section of the top (stem) and bottom (bloom), then pull it apart over a bowl. Then take the time to gently peel the arils out. It takes about 10 minutes. I find it enjoyable, and very few wasted (crushed) arils.
Very nice!
Nicely done!
Hi, Jay. Do you have more info or links about what you mentioned at 6:50 about making a tea from the inner rind?
Here's one that I found with a quick search on Google. Thanks!
ruclips.net/video/Y4OBjH_DXyk/видео.htmlsi=GKK5OK8RjqM-LWts
There's a greater chance of me going to Mars than trying to eat a pomegranate. I gotta admit tho that this video was oddly enjoyable.
LOL, Yong Castillo! Thx for stopping by and taking time to write. Best, DFJ
Looks a lot better than the mess i was making
Now' is the time of the year to enjoy them!
I love when you drink the juice by straw
It is delicious, that's for sure!
Like straw method will try
Best tip here is straight up that shirt!!!!
Worst problem with pomegranate is the juice stain and no one ever addresses it.... you literally have a shirt the same color 🤣🤣🤣
Love it, gonna go buy one
Glad I could be of service! I must admit that I've eaten many of these pomegranates this season and wearing my red shirt has really saved my bacon so to speak! Keep watching and commenting! Best, DFJ
I didn't see the page for the corn on the cob.
Chris, we had a slight delay and it will be posted next Thursday night. Thanks for noticing and commenting - and sorry for the inconvenience! Best, DFJ
Thank you! I love pomegranates! I have since I was kid!
Do you chew up the seeds and eat those too? The he’ll around them is good but the seeds aren’t so graat
Good job nice your sharing this the one to eat very expensive but it's ok coz this one is good for health God bless you.....
Thank you!
The slowest video on the fastest way to prepare a pomegranate:))
Thanks for stopping by. Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay thanks for video. Sorry I didn't mean for comment to seem so sarcastic. Pomegranates are so frustrating:)
Great demo. I want to plant and grow a pomegranate tree this year!! Hope they’re self-pollinators b/c I’ve only room for one tree in my tiny yard in San Diego, CA. Any suggestions??
How big is your garden?
Starts cutting at 3:45
Indeed, but there is other things to learn leading up to that for those that want to know more than the cutting technique. Thanks for watching!
For mushing pomegranates It’s better to keep them for like a week until the skin becomes leathery but not dry and then work on them. This way the chances of cracking them open is very low then gently open a hole in the skin and suck on it,,,so good. The small pomegranates are more suitable for this than the big ones.
This is good info!
Can I just freeze the whole Pomegranate itself because I have so many, I can't possibly do so many of these it would take me forever
I don't know. I've never frozen them or processed that way, perhaps someone else can weigh in. Best, DFJ
Why not cut them into quarters and chew out the seeds and thin membranous dividers like corn on the cob? Do it over the kitchen sink or a bowl? It is faster, easier and It won't kill you or the taste.
I juiced one last week are they supposed to taste alittle bitter.
Usually, the juice is sweet with a sour undertone. But, the sourness should be in the background, not the forefront. It sounds like the the fruit was a bit underripe. I hope this helps! Best, DFJ
Can you recommend a juicer that will hold the entire half of a pomegranate?
I wish I could. I don't juice that way, so my opinion would be not informed at all! Thanks for watching and writing. Best, DFJ
Brave
Love it!
I don't want to stay tuned I just want you to show me
Thanks for stopping by!
Great video! Are you able to grow pomegranate in Utah?
Monica, there is a variety that can be grown if you are in Southern Utah. Unfortunately, as of right now, there is no variety of pomegranate that is hardy enough to dependably survive (and thrive!) in northern Utah. The variety that will grow in the St. George area is called (somewhat appropriately!) the Utah variety. There is also Russian Red that is touted be able to live in freezing conditions, but reading the fine print, the growers indicate people in the northern zones should grow these in pots and move them indoors during the winter. Not very convenient, but possible to grow pomegranates with some extra effort. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching our video and taking time to write. Best Regards, DFJ
You need to go to Ron Popiel and make a machine that rolls around the pomegranate instead of using your hands I know Ron is dead, but you could still make a machine like that you make a fortune
Yep, I don't think there will be another "Ronco!"
i don't know - i don't see Bobby flay using this technique on his show Beat Bobby flay?
LOL!
looks effortful but maybe there's no easier way
Thanks for watching and writing! Best, DFJ
The corn video didnt pop up Sir
Anybody ever find the corn video? Sounded intriguing!
Yap yap yap farmer…
Thanks for stopping by. Yappy New Year! - DFJ
Just tried my very first pomegranate......cut it like you said put pods in cold water....drained water out then put a teaspoon of it in my mouth......yuck😢
I threw it all I the garbage.....tasted horrible to me......just my taste 😅
Sorry it literally wasn't to your taste! Best, DFJ
I tried with water doesn’t taste that well
Do you mean the rinse water? That is used only to float up the membranes to make it easier to separate the arils from the rest of the fruit. The water does not dilute the juice that is contained in the arils because they are sealed. However, if the arils are crushed and water is mixed with the juice, then you will have diluted juice - which I don't think is very tasty. Best, DFJ
Namaste,
Sorry to disturb.
I have viewed your informative video on Cold Press Juicer.
Nice.
I have a query.
While making juice of De-Seed of pomegranate in Cold Press Juicer, it's juice is not watery red transparent in colour just like it's few drops coming out at the time of its De Seed.
Instead it is purple and slight thicky.
Is it normal in Cold Press Juicer ?
Can you spare some of your time.
Regards.
I know we're supposed to comment. Yeah. Yeah, but if you've got nothing good to say, be nice about it.
Right on.
POMEGRANATES !!!!! Who can afford them these days !!! Not only that , the ones in the stores are old and nasty looking !!!
Too much work
Thanks for stopping by. What's your method? Best, DFJ
Kinda gross looking inside. 😱
Love it.
Metal straws are not for children we are finding out. Please dont serve with metal straws
Thank you.
You are purportedly sharing "the FASTEST" way to prepare a pomegranate but your video is longer than all but one of them listed on You Tube. You are either 'visiting' too much or you are stretching out your explanation with more than necessary details.
Thanks for stopping by.
3:26
@@DirtFarmerJayThank you for the brilliant instructions and explanations.
@DirtFarmerJay Thank you so much for your thorough explanation on how to release the seeds of the pomegranate. Looking forward to enjoying my first one at 70 years young!❤
This gives needed details -which will save you time . As well as information to use mire than the pips .
Can’t believe I stay the entire video . The most boring drawn out drama .
I Did mention useless .
My God my skin is crawling.
Yeow! You are a very strange person. LOL!
Thank you; I am new to fresh pomegranate and my first attempt while delicious; left me looking like OJ...(allegedly)
You got this - allegedly. LOL! DFJ
Murder scene This video is killer 🩸🤣 thank you great job
It does look a bit grim, doesn't it? LOL!