Comments on: How to Eat a Prickly Pear Fruit – The Renegade Health Show Episode #138 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darcy http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-23891 Darcy Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:09:48 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-23891 A nice little vignette.... thank you for a "hands-on" demo for dealing with 'tunas'. I know feel more confident in trying them. As others have noted, please try to remember conservation of our precious water. Thanks!!!! A nice little vignette…. thank you for a “hands-on” demo for dealing with ‘tunas’. I know feel more confident in trying them. As others have noted, please try to remember conservation of our precious water.

Thanks!!!!

]]> By: Carole http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-15980 Carole Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:10:49 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-15980 I bought one of these on the streets in Italy where they're sold for snacks, and the vendor told me to eat the seeds along with the fruit, to prevent constipation from occurring. So if you tend to overindulge in the fruit, swallow the seeds as well. ;) I bought one of these on the streets in Italy where they’re sold for snacks, and the vendor told me to eat the seeds along with the fruit, to prevent constipation from occurring.
So if you tend to overindulge in the fruit, swallow the seeds as well. ;)

]]> By: chris http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-12405 chris Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:54:00 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-12405 I grow these , but not yet eaten fruit ... my plants are im mature. The glokids can also be removed with duct tape ... I grow these , but not yet eaten fruit … my plants are im mature. The glokids can also be removed with duct tape …

]]> By: belindas http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9673 belindas Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:20:55 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9673 interesting fruit - but please - you are wasting our most precious resource - WATER! Please stop being so wasteful. :( interesting fruit – but please – you are wasting our most precious resource – WATER! Please stop being so wasteful. :(

]]> By: Chile http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9542 Chile Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:13:21 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9542 Nice video! As a native Arizonan, though, I'd like to point out that Arizona Native Plant Law prohibits picking the fruit (or pads) without a permit from the state and then only on private land with the owner's permission. My <a href="http://chilechews.blogspot.com/2008/08/tuna-wrangling-aka-processing-prickly.html" rel="nofollow">recent post on making prickly pear jelly</a> includes the link to the state law. Regarding dyes, the Native Americans used the cochineal scale insect for a brilliant red dye. You may have noticed some white fuzzy stuff on the prickly pear plants while you were out. That's the webbing created by the cochineal. Nice video! As a native Arizonan, though, I’d like to point out that Arizona Native Plant Law prohibits picking the fruit (or pads) without a permit from the state and then only on private land with the owner’s permission.

My recent post on making prickly pear jelly includes the link to the state law.

Regarding dyes, the Native Americans used the cochineal scale insect for a brilliant red dye. You may have noticed some white fuzzy stuff on the prickly pear plants while you were out. That’s the webbing created by the cochineal.

]]> By: Roni http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9494 Roni Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:07:49 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9494 LOVE the video! I linked to you since my pickly pear experience was a bit of a disaster! Thanks for all the great info! LOVE the video! I linked to you since my pickly pear experience was a bit of a disaster!

Thanks for all the great info!

]]> By: Ralph http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9468 Ralph Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:23:00 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9468 Great meeting you at Raw Spirit. Sorry we(Meredith and I) missed the party. As we said we got lost like a few others. I wished I would have seen this when we were still there. We had a refreshing cooler made from these by the raw lady from Durango. It was great. You do a great job and I look forward to seeing you more. I will try and find some prickly pears in So Cal as its where I am. Thanks for the info. Keep up the great work you do. I truly love it. Great meeting you at Raw Spirit. Sorry we(Meredith and I) missed the party. As we said we got lost like a few others.

I wished I would have seen this when we were still there. We had a refreshing cooler made from these by the raw lady from Durango. It was great.
You do a great job and I look forward to seeing you more. I will try and find some prickly pears in So Cal as its where I am.
Thanks for the info.
Keep up the great work you do. I truly love it.

]]> By: KIP http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9229 KIP Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:19:30 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9229 I was at the Raw Spirit Festival too. Saw you there and at Fort Bragg too. Thanks for your dedication and efforts to help everyone live better. Like you, while in Sedona, I went out into the desert and saw those incredibly delicious looking purple fruits and decided to eat a couple. I picked two up fromY the ground and went back to my pickup and washed them off with water from my cooler, using my bare hands. Ouch!! I had those little slivers stuck everywhere in my hands for hours. You can't even see them. They are so tiny. I had no idea how to get them out. Duct tape what a great idea. I even had some in my picup. Oh well, too late. Next time. Then I peeled one to avoid the slivers. Next I cut the fruit in half. It looked inviting. So, I took a bite. Wow! Those things are full of really hard seeds. The rind was great, but I couldn't see how to eat it with any economy of effort. I gave up and returned the uneaten fruit to the desert. So, thanks without your tips I would have given up, but now I'm anxious to give it another try. Shows that it is always good to have some advice from someone who knows. I want to go on one of those raw food eating adventures with Victoria Bountenko's son. I was at the Raw Spirit Festival too. Saw you there and at Fort Bragg too. Thanks for your dedication and efforts to help everyone live better. Like you, while in Sedona, I went out into the desert and saw those incredibly delicious looking purple fruits and decided to eat a couple. I picked two up fromY the ground and went back to my pickup and washed them off with water from my cooler, using my bare hands. Ouch!! I had those little slivers stuck everywhere in my hands for hours. You can’t even see them. They are so tiny. I had no idea how to get them out. Duct tape what a great idea. I even had some in my picup. Oh well, too late. Next time. Then I peeled one to avoid the slivers. Next I cut the fruit in half. It looked inviting. So, I took a bite. Wow! Those things are full of really hard seeds. The rind was great, but I couldn’t see how to eat it with any economy of effort. I gave up and returned the uneaten fruit to the desert. So, thanks without your tips I would have given up, but now I’m anxious to give it another try. Shows that it is always good to have some advice from someone who knows. I want to go on one of those raw food eating adventures with Victoria Bountenko’s son.

]]> By: GISELLE http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9135 GISELLE Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:40:59 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9135 My stepson lives in Isreal on a mountain. When we were ther visiting him I found fig trees.They were so sweet & delecious. As for the cactus pear they are so common in Isreal. My husband just slices the top & bottom & then slices the middle & peels it off & eats the whole thing with the seeds & all. My stepson lives in Isreal on a mountain. When we were ther visiting him I found fig trees.They were so sweet & delecious. As for the cactus pear they are so common in Isreal. My husband just slices the top & bottom & then slices the middle & peels it off & eats the whole thing with the seeds & all.

]]> By: Leonardo http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2008/09/11/how-to-eat-a-prickly-pear-fruit/#comment-9130 Leonardo Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:37:18 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=237#comment-9130 Well, unless you live in an ecohouse, you, Kevin, were wasting a lot of water with that faucet open non-stop. Well, unless you live in an ecohouse, you, Kevin, were wasting a lot of water with that faucet open non-stop.

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