"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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"tippy1" wrote in message
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After spending 4 years in Texas and 3 in Arizona, I developed a
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You should be able to find bottled nopalitos in your grocery store; they
are
being sold by the shipload to Japanese who suffer from diabetes. There a
several companies extracting the right ingredients; but I don't know any
more than that. Nopalitos are great in salads, in scrambled eggs, in
quesadillas and almost anywhere a green veggie is called for.

Wayne

I don't know if they have Fiesta Grocery stores in NJ, but here in Waco,
TX., they sell Nopalitos in the fresh vegetable dept., thorns and all lol.
While we are on the subject of stores, I seen what looked like long flat
bean pods, approx. 1 1/2 ft.long x 1 in. wide, they reminded me of mesquite
beans only larger. What are they and how are they used? I didn't find any
signs and I was in a hurry to get some peppers for a salsa, so I didnt ask
at the store.
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William Barfieldsr