To get the seeds out easily, cut the pomegranate in half and then bang on the skin side with a wooden spoon. You have to hit it hard, but the seeds will shoot right out. Wear an apron
Pomegranates are about 3.00 each here (right now) but I don't mind paying 2.00 for a package of seeds even if I get less seeds than a whole fruit. No work for my seeds is worth the extra money .
I bought one few weeks ago and forgot how to eat them. I was eating the 'juice jackets' and spitting out the seeds. After a couple mouthfuls I thought 'fuck this shit,' and threw it out.