Re: Re****t From The Garden...."Cap'n Thar Be Worms Here!"

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 "FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Omelet" <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I'm investigating
> > more of the local edible plants. If nothing else, there are plenty of
> > prickly pear.
> 
> Do you eat both the pads and the fruit?  I have a recipe for Prickly
Pear 
> Ice Cream in my recipe collection but still haven't convinced my husband

> that I need a plant. 

Still experimenting with the pads. The pads have to be REALLY young to 
be tender.

I've eaten the fruits many a time. To me, the taste like a cross between 
strawberry, banana and kiwi.
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