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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Cactus? I’ve made it but not worth the stickers.


24 posted on 09/23/2024 10:22:24 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Some people like to singe the prickly pear fruit to get rid of the hairlike thorns that are so irritating, but that’s a lot of time and trouble. What I do is blanch the cactus fruit in simmering water for at least a minute. That softens up those tiny stickers so they don’t stick. Doing about 10 at a time works out well so that one group is blanching while you peel the previous batch.

Picked the tunas Saturday, made and filtered the juice yesterday, so we’ll make jelly tomorrow. A lot of it will be Christmas presents for people who live in other states.


36 posted on 09/23/2024 2:12:32 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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