You CAN eat the membranes that hold the seeds in place... in fact, if you get organic pomegranates - no pesticide residue on them - you can even eat the skin. The supposedly "inedible" portions of the fruit are in fact loaded with antioxidants and despite the fact they are a bit bitter, are very good for you. I often just munch the seeds whole, including the membranes and the actual seeds themselves, which some folks spit out (the seeds are QUITE tasty, actually!), after sucking off the fleshy red part around them - just as i like to eat a bit of the rind of watermelons, as well as the white portions of Oranges (called "zest", appropriately!), because these parts of the fruit are packed with good things and are not in the slightest toxic - nor will they give you a stomach ache unless you eat a lot of them. Pomegranate juice is in fact often made by grinding up the entire fruit, skin included. The skin has excellent anti-bacterial properties by the way......so don't be afraid to eat it, despite the bitter flavor which is the result of tannins: its VERY good for you!!
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Because it is not food. It's kinda like how you can't eat most wood.
It has no taste for one thing, might be a little bitter, but mostly all the juice is in the seeds. It's similar to the pith (white part) of orange peel - edible, but not tasty.
The seeds are edible but usually discarded.
its not healthy
The aril is an edible part that is attached to the seed, and is readily eaten by others. It's the edible part that has attached and grown on a seed. An example of an aril is a pomegranate seed.
The seed is the white part of the coconut
I would assume a pomegranate's seed processed in a blender and strained. You should be able to uee 100% pomegranate juice instead, just make sure it is 100% and not a blend or cocktail.
I guess because pomegranate is made of seeds and seed are essential in fertility
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Yes. It is a matter of preference, some will suck the fruit from around the seed and spit the seed out, however there is nothing wrong with eating the seeds. Actually the seed is the fruit part so you are meant to eat the seed.
Yes. In fact, that's the only part of the fruit you can eat. Cut the pomegranate in have, and hold the seed side down over a bowl. Then, hit the outer part with a wooden spoon. The seeds should just come out that way.
That is the seed head.
nothing. they are still called a seed!
If the cat did eat a pomegranate seed I don't think it would hurt it. However I don't think a cat would care to eat one.
No they cannot. But if you try it it may work. It depends on the soil you plant it in. Mostly fertile soil with watering twice a day should work. And suck all the plump purple off before you plant the seeds.
I doubt it