Pomegranates - do you eat the seeds?

[AmberClad]

So apparently, some people do eat them, seeds and all. Am I the weird one here, as far as spitting the seeds out ?

 

[Excelsior]

I eat them about half the time.

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: Excelsior
I eat them about half the time.

Not to get too graphic or anything...but don't they just get passed through? Or are they actually digestible?

 

[Analog]

As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

Sweet, a pomegranate expert . Do you chew them or just swallow them whole?

 

[potato28]

I eat them when I'm too lazy to spit them out...

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

I'm questioning you being an expert, because a Persian Apple is another name for a peach:

peach1 /pit?/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[peech] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun 1. the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.

[Origin: 1325?75; ME peche < MF < VL *pess(i)ca, neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of L Persicum, malum Persicum peach, lit., Persian apple; cf. OE persoc, G Pfirsich, D perzik peach, all « L; cf. apricot]

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: potato28
I eat them when I'm too lazy to spit them out...

same

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

White people always seem to spit the seeds. I never understood it. Coming from an Arab background - we ate them ALLL the time and we ALWAYS had the seed...it just makes it better =)

btw - I've heard it called the "Chinese Apple" b4, but I already know that is total B.S. Is the Farsi word for it literally translated "Persian Apple"? Or is it something else? In arabic it is Rum-mahn.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

I'm questioning you being an expert, because a Persian Apple is another name for a peach:

peach1 /pit?/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[peech] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun 1. the subacid, juicy, drupaceous fruit of a tree, Prunus persica, of the rose family.

[Origin: 1325?75; ME peche < MF < VL *pess(i)ca, neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of L Persicum, malum Persicum peach, lit., Persian apple; cf. OE persoc, G Pfirsich, D perzik peach, all « L; cf. apricot]

I think its one of those cultural things where they claim it for themselves or something like that.

 

[ponyo]

I'm eating Pomegranate right now. I spit out the seeds. Costco had some giant ones for sale past couple weeks.

 

[0roo0roo]

supposedly you can eat them. i never did.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I always eat them. I can't imagine spitting them out

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: AmberClad

Originally posted by: Excelsior
I eat them about half the time.

Not to get too graphic or anything...but don't they just get passed through? Or are they actually digestible?

While I normally check my feces anything out of the ordinary, I've never noticed one way or the other with pomegranate seeds. I suppose they are digestible? I don't eat pomegranate enough.

 

[George P Burdell]

I don't eat the seed, which is why I rarely eat the fruit. Too much effort.

 

[MegaVovaN]

I eat the seed if the fruit is big (lots of pulp). If fruit is small (by volume, there's same amount of seed as pulp), I chew it into "gum" and suck juice out of it and spit it out.

<--- I <3 pomegranates

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

White people always seem to spit the seeds. I never understood it. Coming from an Arab background - we ate them ALLL the time and we ALWAYS had the seed...it just makes it better =)

btw - I've heard it called the "Chinese Apple" b4, but I already know that is total B.S. Is the Farsi word for it literally translated "Persian Apple"? Or is it something else? In arabic it is Rum-mahn.

An Arab background? Dude...you are Persian. Big difference.

I mean except to the mouth breathing idiots in Alabama....and the White House.

 

[compnovice]

I eat them, never occurred to me that you had to spit it out.... They are tasty and not at all har to chew...

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
I chew it into "gum" and suck juice out of it and spit it out.

That's what i've always done.

 

[dighn]

eat the seeds?! preposterous

 

[Acanthus]

Considering a pomegranate is about 1/40th of a pound of fruit without the seeds, id say not eating the seeds would be a waste

The juice and all the flavor comes from the seeds. Id imagine without it itd be like eating a yankee candle.

 

[Jahee]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: Analog
As a Persian, and resident expert on the Persian Apple, otherwise known as a Pomegranate, I can tell you that eating the seeds is okay. My mom used to also juice them. They're simply great.

White people always seem to spit the seeds. I never understood it. Coming from an Arab background - we ate them ALLL the time and we ALWAYS had the seed...it just makes it better =)

btw - I've heard it called the "Chinese Apple" b4, but I already know that is total B.S. Is the Farsi word for it literally translated "Persian Apple"? Or is it something else? In arabic it is Rum-mahn.

An Arab background? Dude...you are Persian. Big difference.

I mean except to the mouth breathing idiots in Alabama....and the White House.

Do you know how many Arabic countries there are..

 

[geckojohn]

Does anyone eat the outside too? Like biting into an apple?

 

[Stiganator]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Considering a pomegranate is about 1/40th of a pound of fruit without the seeds, id say not eating the seeds would be a waste

The juice and all the flavor comes from the seeds. Id imagine without it itd be like eating a yankee candle.

I think by seeds they mean just the hard part in the seed capsules. IMO it would be way to much work to spit out the seeds, 0.1 mL Juice/Seed is not worth it. Just gobble it all up.

I don't think the skin or compartment membranes would taste very good.

 

[Analog]

Pomegranates were apparently not found in Ancient Egypt until New Kingdom times (Pg. 134). These fruits were probably then introduced during Empire building campaigns into Syria made by Thutmosis III. Once established there, pomegranates became common in Egypt as desirable orchard plants just as they already had been for many centuries prior in Asia Minor and Persia where they are thought to have originated. Pomegranates were also popular in Canaan and Syria before being cultivated in Egypt. The Funerary garden of Ani had 5 pomegranate trees in it and the pomegranate is also represented in the tomb art of Akhenaten. Pomegranates were also grown in the lavish gardens of Ramesses II in the Delta. Like many other fruits, pomegranates were also dried and preserved for use in the winter months.