• Cut off the crown, then cut the pomegranate into sections.
• Place the sections in a bowl of water. Then roll out the arils (juice sacs) with your fingers. Discard everything else.
• Strain out the water. Eat the succulent arils whole, seeds and all.
• OTHER METHODS...

TRADITIONAL METHOD

• Cut the crown end off of the pomegranate, removing some of the white pith with it. 
• Lightly score the skin in quarters, from the stem to the crown end. Firmly, yet gently, break the sections apart, following the score lines. 
• Bend back the skin and gently scoop the seed clusters into a bowl. Remove any pith.

FANNING METHOD

• Cut the pomegranate in half vertically. 
• With the cut side up, make 4 equally spaced cuts, 1 inch long and 1 inch deep. 
• Hold the pomegranate half over a deep bowl, cut side down, and pull the fruit open but not apart, using equal pressure from both hands. 
• Holding the pomegranate half, cut side down, in the palm of one hand, whack the top of the fruit with the back of a large spoon. The seeds will fall out.
• Source: California Pomegranates