Sounds good. Just give a hollar. For the past year an a half I've begun the journey of methodically tasting cactus pads as well as the pears when I find them in season of each plant I come across. Driving around, even in peoples alleys here in the west you'll find all kinds of prickly pear.
I now harvest a few pads off of the plants and varieties that taste the best and am replanting them on my property as I go. Kindof a diferent twist on a cactus garden :. FYI - the flower for my Profile is a hedgehog cactus. Beautiful flowers. Will have to post some of this type when they come around.
Can you eat those blossoms? But, alas, we only get little ones I would love to try that pod one day! Survival is an important skill. Thriving in it is key. This certainly adds to the 'thrive' factor, as sugar foods help lift moral- not to mention energy:.
Thanks for the tip buddy, and look forward to more you may have! Loved the video too. Well done! Might be able to mail you a few pads to get your own stand started. It's resilient, moderate to high humidity and thriving in the sandy well draining soil on my property. Well, they would not get past the boarder unfortunately LOL There is a cross boarder plant law due to unwanted hitch hikers like insects in plants and some diseases.
Our severe cold drops here in winter here in Southern Alberta can get to below, even when we get Chinook winds, sometimes we can get a change in temp as must as to plus 10 in less than 8 hours! It just does not grow here as it does in your part of the world The ones here can only grow to be about 8 " tall, and are very small.
The berries off of them are very good however, even though they too have a lot of seeds. They are yellow inside, not red. Cheers and keep up the great preparedness tips. It really can help us all to be more healthy to live on foods that supplement our diets with natural goodies for our bodies. Burning prickly pear cactus like that does not kill the cactus. During droughts we do this to the whole cactus for the cows to munch on too.
It has an amazing ability to regrow from just a single pad. Extemporaneous11 has it right! And i say Killing the Cactus to get the fruit is ridiculous and unnecessary. Check with the administration of other public areas to learn if foraging is allowed. The fruit grows on the highest paddles or nopales of the prickly pear plant, and the tunas growing at Tanque Verde Guest Ranch were the size of small kiwi fruit.
White spots on the prickly pear looked like fungus, but participants learned that it was the residue of little bugs that burrow into the green cactus paddles. A natural dye used in textiles, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics is made from the tunneling insects. The bug dye produces crimson and scarlet colors. Pickers were careful not to touch the fruit to avoid the annoying cactus spikes, but also to dodge staining their fingers with the deep reddish purple.
Although the micro spines that cover the fruit and paddles are irritating, they eventually work themselves out of human skin if harvesters happen to get a few in their fingers, arms or legs while harvesting. Of course, long pants and sleeves help protect pickers from the annoyance. Foragers should also watch for snakes and bring water, hats, and sunscreen when going out to harvest prickly pear fruit. Guests picked the ripe fruit by twisting the tuna slightly with the tongs to gently break it off the paddle.
They picked one pod at a time to fill the buckets that they carried as they foraged around the ranch. In about one hour, the buckets were already full and heavy with the fruit of the Sonoran Desert. The foraging crew had filled about three buckets with prickly pear fruit, which the chef estimated would reduce down to about a gallon of juice.
Fortunately, it would take only one to two ounces of the prickly pear syrup to lend vibrant pink colors to margaritas or other drinks. Then she rinsed the fruit under the water faucet and repeatedly swirled the big batch to take off the microspikes.
If using the pears in smoothies, you can leave the seeds in the fruit. If you are using the fruit in recipes, then I recommend removing the seeds when you make the recipe.
Since I was going to use my pears in smoothies and future recipes like prickly pear lemonade, I decided to freeze the majority of my prickly pears.
I did place a couple of the fruits in a container in the fridge to use in a couple days. To eat the seeds or not. Meagan September 16, at PM. Sherry September 16, at PM. Brandy Ellen September 16, at PM. Gervin Khan September 17, at AM. Graham September 17, at AM. Fully ripe prickly pears no longer contain their prickles. They are also easier to harvest and prepare. Watch their color change from green to a solid red or yellow color. In commercial harvesting, this is the most important indicator, and often only indicator, as to the fruit's ripeness.
Squeeze the prickly pears gently and carefully. If they feel firm, it is another indicator that the fruits are fully ripe.
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