Earlier this year, it seemed we were doing everything in the kitchen wrong, whether it was eating pineapples, peeling garlic or chopping vegetables.
But these viral hacks don’t always work (it’s just not possible to rip pineapple so effortlessly, okay?).
So now that we’ve come across a new ‘hack’, we’re a little dubious.
This one comes in the form of a pomegranate tree.
A video has been doing the rounds on Twitter showing a pomegranate, still attached to its tree, being cut so meticulously it offers six perfect segments without getting the juice all over your fingers.
The clip was shared by an engineering video-sharing page where it quickly racked up 2.8 million views.
People were impressed by the move, which involves slicing the top off and cutting and then separating it into the fruit’s natural divisions.
And what you’re left with is the sweet red stuff without having to separate it from the peel. Sounds simple enough right? But does it actually work?
We put it to the test.
When we tried to deseed the delicious fruit, we struggled to rip it off as effortlessly as seen in the video.
Even using our fancy new knife, the stubborn flesh of the pomegranate did not separate from the seed.
And also, unlike the viral clip, the white flesh was not as perfectly divided into equal parts.
Others have claimed that it works perfectly for them. According to Twitter users reacting to the clip, they are able to get mess-free results.
A social media strategist, Josh Billinson, commented on the video saying: ‘It does but I’m lazy so I’ll just cut it however and then break it apart submerged in a bowl of water to separate the seeds from the flesh super easily.’
Like Josh, another person who has a pomegranate tree vouched for the trick but preferred a different method.
They wrote: ‘It looks like it does. We have a pomegranate tree [but] I just rinse and break them up in a bowl of water. The rind floats to the top and the seeds sink to the bottom. Super easy-peasy. We have gallon bags full of seeds!’
Others in the viral thread claimed the trick has worked for them too. But many people wondered why the hack was demonstrated on a fruit still attached to the tree (we’re wondering the same).
As the technique involves cutting off the top and then into separate fragments and then pulling those apart, some wondered why you wouldn’t just rip it off first.
‘Does this work when it’s not still on the tree?’ quipped one person while another wrote: ‘How to effectively slice a pomegranate: Rule 1: Don’t pluck it first.’
Others wondered about the safety aspect of using such a sharp knife without having something to rest it on.
‘For me this would work more like “how to effectively slice off a hand”,’ chimed one person while another echoed the thought, saying: ‘That’s one sharp survival…I mean, pomegranate cutting knife. Yowza. I’m gonna try it, but I’m also gonna have a first aid kit close by.’
Some said the easiest way to do is to just beat the back of the pomegranate with a wooden spoon. Sounds easy enough. Here’s a quick video to show you how:
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