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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.
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Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?


Probably too cool here.


Wonder if you could adapt them?


I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my tomatoes
and cucumbers)

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Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one introduced
them?

Probably too cool here.


Wonder if you could adapt them?


I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my tomatoes
and cucumbers)


Don't blame ya. g
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Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
In article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Omelet wrote:
You think it's too wet to grow them there, or has no one
introduced them?

Probably too cool here.

Wonder if you could adapt them?


I suppose so, given huge greenhouses I think I will stick to my
tomatoes and cucumbers)


Don't blame ya. g


G

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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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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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