carbs for prickly pear leaves??
On 05/13/2013 05:01 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 5/13/2013 12:05 PM, Todd wrote:
>> On 05/13/2013 06:50 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> On 5/12/2013 8:03 PM, Todd wrote:
>>>> On 05/12/2013 11:39 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>> We get them fresh here. Mix them in with your scrambled eggs and
>>>>> put a
>>>>> little of your favorite salsa on top.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> pads or the fruit?
>>>
>>> pads. They peel them and slice them into matchstick-like pieces.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Janet,
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> I read somewhere, I forget, that touching the raw pad can cause
>> contact dermatitis. Can you confirm or deny?
>
> I have seen little old abuelas (grandmothers) slicing up the pads with
> bare hands. If the spines are still on the pads and you prick yourself
> with them, it can certainly be a problem.
>
> DH often will take a fallen leaf/pad from one of our prickly pear cacti
> and stick it into the ground where a new plant will grow. He never got
> dermatitis.
>
> I can neither confirm nor deny dermatitis from touching the pads, but I
> have never heard of it happening to anyone.
>
>> Also, I read that after cooking out the yuk factor, they
>> tasted somewhat like green beans?
>>
>
> They sort of taste like nothing. They are more about the texture than
> the flavor. As I said around here they are mostly served mixed in with
> scrambled eggs and it s a pre-Easter dish.
>
Thank you!
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