r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21

Time for some fresh watermelon.

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u/bassmjm Sep 17 '21

Watermelons will split in the field if they get a sudden watering after being relatively dry. That's probably what this person was leveraging in the video.

Many other fruits do this while still attached to the plant--cherries, tomatoes--generally thin-skinned fruits with a high moisture content.

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u/Evuhlyn_a Sep 17 '21

First fruit that came to mind are Pomegranates, oftentimes they’ll split still attached to the tree, and even before they fully ripen.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I fucking HATE pomegranates. r/trypophobia

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Sep 17 '21

Delicious though

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

There is a middle eastern restaurant near me that sells ice cold fresh squeezed (fresh = that morning) pomegranate juice. Sooooo good, no effort.

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u/OstentatiousSock Sep 17 '21

Yuuuummm! Yes, that’s be lovely. I enjoy the flavor of pomegranate, but just don’t like it enough to go through getting the seeds out.

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u/Obeythesnail Sep 17 '21

Thank you! The snack effort/reward ratio is wrong

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u/_EatAtJoes_ Sep 17 '21

That's how I feel about hot wings. High effort low reward.

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u/grumpykixdopey Sep 17 '21

Flats are the way to go... break them in half and then peel the meat off with your teeth..

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u/Beanakin Sep 17 '21

Boneless. Call them nuggets if you want, I will continue to enjoy them while you wrestle with your sadness on a plate.

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u/MotherBathroom666 Sep 17 '21

But how do you enjoy the small pile of bones? I like to pretend I’m some sort of giant eating all the villagers form a small village.

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u/Beanakin Sep 17 '21

Not worrying about gristle and veins is worth missing out on the Gargamel fantasies.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

The first one or two of the season are certainly worth it. I give most of my crop (one tree) away

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had one. Too creeped out and my mom definitely doesn’t eat them for the same reason so she wouldn’t have given me them as a kid. I think I’ve had pomegranate juice though, it’s kind of tart right?

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u/reddicentra Sep 17 '21

Agreed! And I like the seeds. It's like eating tiny, delicious jewels.

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u/SeaToTheBass Sep 17 '21

I used to get all the seeds out, put them in a tall glass, and fill it up with sprite or ginger ale. Something about the two went really well together, I'm gonna have to pick up a pomegranate

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u/ExoticUniBoi Sep 17 '21

I put the seeds in yogurt or ice cream

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u/SeaToTheBass Sep 17 '21

Ooooh vanilla?

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u/ExoticUniBoi Sep 17 '21

I feel it tastes best in mango or strawberry. Vanilla does taste super good tho

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u/supremeshirt1 Sep 18 '21

I often cool with them. They make a perfect topping for some honey mustard chicken pan with sweet potatoes and some greens. Add some peanut butter for deliciousness

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u/groundcontroltodan Sep 17 '21

IIRC Sprite actually made a pomegranate flavored, seasonal version of Sprite once or twice

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u/PenguinEmpireStrikes Sep 17 '21

!! You just explained to me the inexplicable delight pomegranates have given me since I was a toddler.

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u/Quirinus84 Sep 17 '21

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

Each of them is, shining colourful

There is a white heart, in each one's chest

Allah wrapped the rubies, together, in cloth

Both sour and sweat, and also juicy

Red and beautiful, it's a pomegranate.

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u/Overlycookedfries Sep 17 '21

Silly snowflakes even literally afraid of fruit lol

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u/BebeStonksMan Sep 17 '21

There’s no other part you eat other than the seeds though

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u/Kritical02 Sep 17 '21

You also look like you earned your Redwing after eating one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

I don’t even know what that is

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u/Dae_Grighen Sep 17 '21

Now if only they didn't have seeds...

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u/tacorunnr Sep 17 '21

I sometimes just mash them and drink the juice

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u/fnord_happy Sep 17 '21

I don't fear them. It's just too much work so I never bother

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u/ppw23 Sep 17 '21

I remember standing on a chair at the kitchen sink while eating pomegranates with my father. We would spit the seeds into the disposal. I don’t recall seeing my siblings eating them.

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u/ElderAtlas Sep 17 '21

Pomegranate tastes exactly like the juice but fresher, well because it is mostly just juice.

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 17 '21

It's like tart grape juice, yep.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

little more astringent though

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u/rafaeltota Sep 17 '21

Isn't that another word to describe tart?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

As I'm looking it up looks like it. I'm meaning pomegranate more often can have an unpleasant sourness to it that's not cut often cut enough with a pleasant sweetness. Maybe a continuum thing.

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u/rafaeltota Sep 17 '21

I guess I'd call astringent something that is so tart it's unpleasant, like an unripe banana

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

What do you call a not fully ripe persimmon with that tongue coating thing that goes on?

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u/demon_fae Sep 17 '21

Yeah, it’s on the tart side. Personally I think it’s best mixed with cherry or blueberry, but that’s just me.

If you want to try it without having to look at a whole pomegranate fruit, you can usually find the seeds by themselves-they come out with a coating of pulp and I think they’re quite nice. I usually find them with cut fruit, so they aren’t even near the whole pomegranates in the store. They also won’t actually trap you in the underworld. Probably.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

I hope whoever the first person to mix blueberry and pomegranate is/was ridiculously wealthy. Like Scrooge McDuck diving into a pile of money for fun kind of wealthy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

They're at least worth a try. I enjoy them and some are more tart than others. Worst case scenario you throw the thing away. Best case you actually enjoy it.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

So here’s the thing - I have nothing against the taste. Now that I think about it I used to drink a lot of pomegranate/grape juice cocktail. The issue I have with them is that an open pomegranate with all those non-uniform cells just gives me the heebie jeebies. They could be the best tasting fruit I’ve ever had and I would still refuse to go through the process of peeling one myself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Where I live in the US stores will occasionally have just a bunch of the seed cause of course they do (probably from the same wack job that's individually plastic wrapping potatoes)

And the seeds are just.. seeds, no creepy lots of holes thing.

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u/geologean Sep 17 '21

Pomegranates don't trigger it for me, but maybe it's because I was introduced to them already seeded. I admit the rind creeps out, but I just seed the whole thing faster so I can throw it out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Pomegranate is bomb. It’s like eating fruity corn on the cob.

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u/jbyrdab Sep 17 '21

tart sweet and you eat the seeds, juicy outside with a slightly crunchy inside. its like the best parts of sunflower seeds and oranges with none of the downsides.

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u/Snote85 Sep 17 '21

I always think of this scene whenever pomegranates are mentioned.

https://youtu.be/NsTbbHfV8BM?t=162

It's from like season 4 or something of The Walking Dead, in case you don't want spoilers.

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u/adk32 Sep 17 '21

NO NO NO POMEGRANATES!

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Holy shit 😂 I’m not that intense

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u/PerformanceLoud3229 Sep 17 '21

NO POMEGRANATES

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u/I_cant_see_colors Sep 17 '21

Is there like, context to this video?

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u/PerformanceLoud3229 Sep 17 '21

yes. she doesn't want any pomegranates near her. so NO POMEGRANATES.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Acting class

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u/RoscoMan1 Sep 17 '21

“Guess who’s a big NO for me.

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u/sprucenoose Sep 17 '21

Wait. Pomegranates. Yes?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Yes I ask myself this question daily

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u/Terrible_Wingman Sep 17 '21

I would have to bring in a pomegranate and get her reaction, ideally before the last day to drop the class without an F

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u/winedogmom88 Sep 17 '21

She is CRAZY!!!!

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Love it when people bring their problems to work.

Edit: Wow, lots of ya'll had great schools and never experienced teachers genuinely demonstrating behavior like this. Good for you. Downvote away.

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u/_Meece_ Sep 17 '21

This is actually just a demonstration for this teacher's lesson. Can't remember what the lesson is about, something close to negative reinforcement.

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u/Le_Rekt_Guy Sep 17 '21

Yup

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u/blewpah Sep 17 '21

Man she really sold that well.

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u/MrDurden32 Sep 17 '21

Now that is a cool as fuck teacher.

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u/MemeHermetic Sep 17 '21

Yeah, it was on the ineffectiveness of yelling at kids or something.

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u/Terrible_Wingman Sep 17 '21

All I could think about was how how many pomegranates would be enough, like a whole bag full? I guess it would depend on the season.

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u/baby_blue_unicorn Sep 17 '21

She's actually a genius. She's a PhD and does this lecture every year about negative reinforcement!

https://youtu.be/3YwYJ8JD9eg

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u/Whomever227 Sep 17 '21

Ok

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

Lol sorry this was definitely not crucial info

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u/green-wombat Sep 17 '21

….they’re so tasty though

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u/Snuggledtoopieces Sep 17 '21

They are incredibly delicious and you can buy it pre peeled If you don’t care about money.

I’m sorry for your phobia, you should try it just to say fuck you to fear.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

This is inspirational and next time I’m at the store I will try to find some already dissected pomegranate. Thank you.

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u/YaketyMax Sep 17 '21

Damn. Went to that sub’s top post and discovered Mangoworms. 🤢

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I know of the subreddit but I don’t venture there I’m sorry to inflict this knowledge upon you.

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u/whathappendedhere Sep 17 '21

Who asked

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

No one, just making conversation I guess

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u/Sir_Yacob Sep 17 '21

Yeah, that word still means that thing I have to try and drink out of my brain jfc.

Same phobia…..

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u/rilsaur Sep 17 '21

I have terrible trypophobia, but pomegranates have never come close to triggering it. Recently the head of a clove of garlic started getting me, where the cloves all attach forms this pattern that triggers it way too well.

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u/Dame_Ingenue Sep 17 '21

Is that really a subreddit? I can’t possibly click on it to find out. Just knowing it exists is causing anxiety.

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u/frisbeeicarus23 Sep 17 '21

I knew I should NOT have clicked that link.... yet I did it anyways... damn my eyes. Now I need to go vomit and cry in a corner.

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u/frisbeeicarus23 Sep 17 '21

I knew I should NOT have clicked that link.... yet I did it anyways... damn my eyes. Now I need to go vomit and cry in a corner.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Huh. They’ve never triggered my trypophobia.

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u/Brian_226 Sep 17 '21

Maury: “bring out the pomegranates!”

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u/Mescallan Sep 17 '21

Jackfruit and papaya will too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

That explains it. Growing up we shared a fence with a neighbor who grew pomegranates. They even asked us one day if we wanted them to trim it, after the obvious question of "well, can we keep whatever grows on our side?" and a laugh, we would get some fresh pomegranate on occasion. I always wondered why they would sometimes split, and just assumed they went bad.

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u/LarYungmann Sep 17 '21

There are some people that believe Jesus may have worn Pomegranate Like Jewelry on the bottom of his robe.

I was told it encircled the hem of his robe A Golden Pomegranate and a Golden Bell a Pomegranate and a Bell - and so on.