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>From: Rich McCormack

>As with chiles, the "migration" goes in the other direction. The "Prickly
Pear" cactus is native to the western hemisphere and was brought back to the
Old World.

Thanks for correcting me on that point, Rich. I should have thought of the
Aztecs arriving in the Valley of Mexico and seeing the eagle perched on a
prickly pear, eating a rattlesnake...

Anybody got any recipes for that combination?

And, I also ran across an utterly fascinating link to the commercial growing of
prickly pear cactus in the Canary islands in the 16th century in order to
produce cochineal dye...

http://www.gcrg.org/bqr/8-2/bug.htm

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