date:Sep 24, 2012
s not ripe, and the fruit won't ripen off the tree. Avoid the ones with brown spots, soft spots or major cracks. But cracks along the crown are OK - after a rain, a ripe pomegranate may split and crack along the crown.
Seed a pomegranate just as you'd peel an orange. Slice off the top, score the peel into six sections, and then gently pull the sections apart to open the fruit. Remove the white membrane and then extract the arils - seeds encased in a juicy sac.
It's easiest to remove the arils