> >PS Where can you get "paddle cactus"? Can you order it online?
>
> I've never heard of "paddle cactus" but it's probably just another
> name for the opuntia or nopalea species (which grow wild
> everywhere from CA through TX. You can probably find some already
> cut and processed in jars.
>
> Every city has a Mexican grocer nowdays, don't they?
>
> -sw

You would think so, wouldn't you. Even in my area which has Tysons (the
mega chicken/turkey producers, check your meat section), who, as everyone
knows is rife with illegal aliens doesn't seem to have any Mexican
groceries. Go figure.

SD