How to cook Opuntia pads?
- Peterthecactusguy
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best way to do it for what I remember was to take a knife and slice off the areoles along the edge and also take a potato peeler and use the eye tool and pop out the areoles along the surface of the pad... if that makes any sense at all.
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the ranchers and cowboys always tell me too add them to eggs and my freinds grandma whos a Mexican said they make them in soups and stuff and a few other older Mexicans have told me to do thatPeterthecactusguy wrote:Matt,
I am pretty sure that Mexicans do that. They also eat them as a topping on meat dishes sorta like a casserole.
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so do you leave as much of the outer skin on as possible and just remove the glochids or take off the outer layer all together?Peterthecactusguy wrote:best way to do it for what I remember was to take a knife and slice off the areoles along the edge and also take a potato peeler and use the eye tool and pop out the areoles along the surface of the pad... if that makes any sense at all.
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Thats what i was wondering ok good to know now i have to wait till next year before i can get some from my plantsPeterthecactusguy wrote:When me and my ex did it I think we just took off the glochids and cut around the outside of the pad, leaving most of the skin on. If you take off all the skin, I think that the juices inside leak out all over the place, but I dont remember.
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- Peterthecactusguy
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the plant I got it a little small to be plucking pads off it and when i re-potted some already fell off so i wanna wait till it gets bigger thats allPeterthecactusguy wrote:Why is that Will?
I am pretty sure you can take them off at any time so long as they arent new pads, ie they need to be fully formed!
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Actually, the pads do not have to be fully grown to be eaten. Here's a good example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
- Peterthecactusguy
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I thought they were not supposed to be fully matured?
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- Peterthecactusguy
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been trying the new pads of O. cochin something soemthing. no glochids on tehse plants so its nice, can wash under water with our hands.
everything goes smoothly until i try too cook it....black opuntia chips, slimmy chunky opunttia "salsa" lol....not working out for me, almost better to just eat them raw
everything goes smoothly until i try too cook it....black opuntia chips, slimmy chunky opunttia "salsa" lol....not working out for me, almost better to just eat them raw
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Man thats rough how have you tried cooking them so far??Loph wrote:everything goes smoothly until i try too cook it....black opuntia chips, slimmy chunky opunttia "salsa" lol....not working out for me, almost better to just eat them raw
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