In article ,
Quirky Cynick wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:38:05 -0500, Omelet
wrote:

In article ,
Quirky Cynick wrote:

To make prickly pear jelly—or prickly pear anything, for that
matter—you've got to start with juice and/or pulp.
Burn the barbs off the prickly pears by holding them with tongs over a
flame. Then cool and rinse the pears with cold water.
There are many methods described on the internet for extracting the
juice. The way we have found best is to slice the fruit

I don't think he was referring to the fruit babe. ;-)

The pads are also edible when young before they get all fibery.

I know and I have eaten them for years. They are good. Just slice them
into strips and cook them like string beans or put them in salads or
whatever.

semi-peel them first to at least get all the prickly "eyes".
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