mmm.... one of my favs...

[slipknotpsycho]

slip you just said it was your favorite........I've never heard of eating cactus either. It's not those super old cacti (?) cactuses (?) is it....what are those?

what exactly you mean by super old? lol....

and yes cactus as in the plant!

it's not the only way mexicans use cactus to ingest tho.. :wtf: what do you think real taquiela comes from?

if only i could send yal some from the resturant down the street... i know everyone would love it.... it's hard to describe the taste but it's definately not some aquired taste or anything... the best way i can think is like tangy green beans with a slight pepper taste.

[dean0000]

I have never eaten either to be honest. Doesnt sound like the most appetizing thing ever but the proof is in the pudding I guess. What does Cactus taste like? Do you just blanche it in water like green beans?

[stinkyattic]

I've only had the fruit of the prickly pear. I didn't know you could eat the pads.
Prickly pear jelly is YUMMY though!

[slipknotpsycho]

I have never eaten either to be honest. Doesnt sound like the most appetizing thing ever but the proof is in the pudding I guess. What does Cactus taste like? Do you just blanche it in water like green beans?

recipe is up above along with the best way i could explain how it tastes...

i garuntee anyone who ate it that likes mexican food would love it.

if you have an authentic mexican resturant around you (you'll know when the name of the place is spanish, and all tha tworks there is mexican/spanish people and none of them speak english too well lol) go ask for nopales... there are two kinds, cactus and bean soup and the better kind, which is what you see in the pic above, ask for flour tortilla's and refried beans with it...

[Blitzed]

I think what WH, meant by really old cacti are Saguaro cacti. I cant believe some people never thought of eating catus..

[slipknotpsycho]

nah it doesn't come from those lol..

btw these are the ones they use to make taqeuila...

http://www.franklinco.k12.nc.us/ESL/...gavecactus.jpg

[Blitzed]

[quote=slipknotpsycho]nah it doesn't come from those lol..QUOTE]

I know it doesnt come from those, but thats what weedhound was talking about.. I think

[Weedhound]

Blitzed....that's them.....like several hundred years old.....no wonder they make good tequila. (my fav in drinking days...jose cuervo....is that cactus?) Well good thing those poor cacti stick around for hundred of years so we can drink them and get smashed LOL!
Boy we humans are good for nature.

[slipknotpsycho]

[quote=Blitzed]

nah it doesn't come from those lol..QUOTE]

I know it doesnt come from those, but thats what weedhound was talking about.. I think

lol i know i was telling him that that's not the cactus you eat <.<

[slipknotpsycho]

Blitzed....that's them.....like several hundred years old.....no wonder they make good tequila. (my fav in drinking days...jose cuervo....is that cactus?) Well good thing those poor cacti stick around for hundred of years so we can drink them and get smashed LOL!
Boy we humans are good for nature.

no no lol the link i posted is the oens they use... i dunno if they use those big ones for anything really..