The Prickly Pears Are Blooming

[Royal]

Man they are beautiful. None in Michigan. In 57 I was in the Marines and stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. I was runnng down a dang hill and right into one of those suckers. Stuck right in my Kneecap! I didn't realize they had blossoms.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Treasure of Victoria Peak - Grab it through Amazon!

[fossis]

ive seen them here in mid-Mo. didnt know you could eat them.
they sound good. JYD...

They make good jelly, & Texas ranchers sometimes burn the spines off to feed their cattle in droughts.

Fossis............

 

[fossis]

They are scattered around in Tennessee...don't know if they are native or were transplanted and gone wild. I always though their blooms were pretty, never get them to taste like pears though.

Yep Same here in the geographical center of Tennessee !!
Did not know they were edible till reading this post.
thanks for the info everyone.


Karl

That's what this site is all about, sharing information.

Fossis.........

 

[fossis]

Man they are beautiful. None in Michigan. In 57 I was in the Marines and stationed at Camp Pendleton in California. I was runnng down a dang hill and right into one of those suckers. Stuck right in my Kneecap! I didn't realize they had blossoms.

They sure are beautiful, but mighty 'prickly'. :P

Fossis................

 

[TN_MD]

Thank You.

 

[stefen]

ive seen them here in mid-Mo. didnt know you could eat them.
they sound good. JYD...

Barrel cactus are also edible too... used as a water source in hot desert conditions...

One of the more dangerous armed or spines cactus...jammed a spine into the end of my thumb...not fun

 

[Rooter]

When I lived in CA my friends mother (who is Mexican) used to make the most delicious Salsa from the pads. Hey Produce Guy, I spent 6 weeks working on a film in Manor, TX. We renamed it Endora for the film. I spent a lot of time up on the water tower.

 

[allen]

they are here in KY

 

[steve71]

just a pic

 

[packerbacker]

Funny thing. I looked at the map of where they are found and there were 2 places in the US they didn't have them. One was Alaska, the other was Washington DC. There just HAS to be some prickly pears in DC.

 

[fossis]

just a pic

Nice

Fossis.............

 

[fossis]

Funny thing. I looked at the map of where they are found and there were 2 places in the US they didn't have them. One was Alaska, the other was Washington DC. There just HAS to be some prickly pears in DC.

Alaska I can understand, but why not D.C. ?

Fossis..............

 

[ohioaxeman]

I used to live on Prickly Pear drive in Arizona. Always wondered what a prickly pear was!!!!! Thanks...

 

[RGINN]

Anybody that wants to try them, don't try to buy the pads and prepare them, just check the hispanic section in the grocery store and buy a jar of nopalitos, which is already sliced up and ready to go. Maria cooks them up sometimes with tomatoes and onions, or uses them straight in salsa. They don't have a whole lot of flavor to me. In the tourist places in the southwest you can find prickly pear jelly and candy.

 

[fossis]

I used to live on Prickly Pear drive in Arizona. Always wondered what a prickly pear was!!!!! Thanks...

:P

Fossis..............

 

[fossis]

Anybody that wants to try them, don't try to buy the pads and prepare them, just check the hispanic section in the grocery store and buy a jar of nopalitos, which is already sliced up and ready to go. Maria cooks them up sometimes with tomatoes and onions, or uses them straight in salsa. They don't have a whole lot of flavor to me. In the tourist places in the southwest you can find prickly pear jelly and candy.

I'll bet she can 'whip up quite a meal'.

Fossis.........

 

[RGINN]

Yeah Fossis, she ran a restaurant in Mexico for 12 years before comin up here. She get's up every mornin before goin to work and cooks up more than I used to cook up in a week.