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Please fave and comment on the original submission here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6708069/
Now for something a little different rather than a recipie we have a "How To" segment. It is a rare sight for me in South Australia to see Prickly Pear Fruit but on the odd occasion if the weather has been right we do actually see them. They are a delight to eat but of course one has to deal with the thorn clusters. This little piece is brougt to you by
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Okie, I'm cheating. This is not a recipe, but since is the right season for this incredible fruit here, I though about writing about it. Opuntias, prickly pears, or how we call them here 'Indian Figs' are a delicious fruit, coming from our southern regions, that are far hotter than the northern, where I live, where cacti would not be able to sprout anything, for sure.
This thing is juicy, sweet, its taste is sligtly similar to strawberries and vanilla, yet different... and I advice everyone to try it if you can!
Still, you will need a couple of advices if you have never tried one. Prickly pears are damn.. prickly. Se the dark dots? Those are coglomerates of small thorns that are damn irritating for the skin (yours). To skin a prickly pear, hold it where it has no thorns, cut off the 'head' and the 'bottom' and connect the two parts with another cut, then peel of the skin, that will easily detach from the inner fruit. Ready!
Pay attention, the fruit contains some very hard seeds... you don't need to spit it out, they're good for you belly, still, pay attention when you bite, ot they could hurt your teeth.
Nom! :9
Quick note: if you don't have thick gloves or tongs available one method to pick or hold the fruit steady is to take a page of news paper, roll it into a thin cylinder, flatten it and wrap it around the middle of the fruit to use like a handle as you cut it.
Please fave and comment on the original submission here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6708069/
Now for something a little different rather than a recipie we have a "How To" segment. It is a rare sight for me in South Australia to see Prickly Pear Fruit but on the odd occasion if the weather has been right we do actually see them. They are a delight to eat but of course one has to deal with the thorn clusters. This little piece is brougt to you by
sanssouci******************************Okie, I'm cheating. This is not a recipe, but since is the right season for this incredible fruit here, I though about writing about it. Opuntias, prickly pears, or how we call them here 'Indian Figs' are a delicious fruit, coming from our southern regions, that are far hotter than the northern, where I live, where cacti would not be able to sprout anything, for sure.
This thing is juicy, sweet, its taste is sligtly similar to strawberries and vanilla, yet different... and I advice everyone to try it if you can!
Still, you will need a couple of advices if you have never tried one. Prickly pears are damn.. prickly. Se the dark dots? Those are coglomerates of small thorns that are damn irritating for the skin (yours). To skin a prickly pear, hold it where it has no thorns, cut off the 'head' and the 'bottom' and connect the two parts with another cut, then peel of the skin, that will easily detach from the inner fruit. Ready!
Pay attention, the fruit contains some very hard seeds... you don't need to spit it out, they're good for you belly, still, pay attention when you bite, ot they could hurt your teeth.
Nom! :9
******************************Quick note: if you don't have thick gloves or tongs available one method to pick or hold the fruit steady is to take a page of news paper, roll it into a thin cylinder, flatten it and wrap it around the middle of the fruit to use like a handle as you cut it.
******************************Please fave and comment on the original submission here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6708069/
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These grow wild all over the place around where I live and it surprises me how many people never even try one.
One or a couple is fine, but don't eat too many of these, because they will 'plug you up' if you know what I mean. For that reason, they can be a natural alternative to taking something like Pepto-Bismol if you're sick.
You can also put them in a blender (after peeling) to extract the juice. But you will need some way to strain the seeds out of the juice or you will have a very gritty drink.
People also eat the young pads of the cactus as well, you need to scrape the spines off of the pads which are young and soft, about 1/2" or 1 cm thick. You can slice and boil them and eat them with eggs or cool them and put them in a salad. They taste like a mixture of spinach and sour apples and are very slimy and also crunchy. Needless to say, the taste and texture isn't for everyone but they are supposed to have a lot of vitamins.
One or a couple is fine, but don't eat too many of these, because they will 'plug you up' if you know what I mean. For that reason, they can be a natural alternative to taking something like Pepto-Bismol if you're sick.
You can also put them in a blender (after peeling) to extract the juice. But you will need some way to strain the seeds out of the juice or you will have a very gritty drink.
People also eat the young pads of the cactus as well, you need to scrape the spines off of the pads which are young and soft, about 1/2" or 1 cm thick. You can slice and boil them and eat them with eggs or cool them and put them in a salad. They taste like a mixture of spinach and sour apples and are very slimy and also crunchy. Needless to say, the taste and texture isn't for everyone but they are supposed to have a lot of vitamins.
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