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I leave you a video of how to peel (remove spines) a cactus
This is a food that we normally consume and is
prepare in many ways

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qplJTY5 ... A&index=10
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dinfelu wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:58 pm I leave you a video of how to peel (remove spines) a cactus
This is a food that we normally consume and is
prepare in many ways

greeting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qplJTY5 ... A&index=10
Interesting :) It does seems to be a lot of work, just to peel one pad for spines.. Is it used mainly as an ingredient in different meals or is it eaten ‘alone’ so to speak? It looks to be Opuntiapads of some sort? Is it farmed or just picked were it’s found?
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hello Mrs.Green


I leave you a link that talks a little, about this opuntia
ficus-indica

you can translate with google

https://www.gob.mx/semarnat/articulos/n ... o?idiom=es

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czDLGnPjz6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLk7pt7rXBA&t=12s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4bKqx2AqCU


I must tell you that it is something delicious and it is consumed a lot here in Mexico City

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There are varieties of several opuntioids that have no spines at all. Are they not preferred?

I have read that opuntia greens reduce your appetite. I wouldn't want that, I like my food too much.
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One Windowsill wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:07 am There are varieties of several opuntioids that have no spines at all. Are they not preferred?

I have read that opuntia greens reduce your appetite. I wouldn't want that, I like my food too much.


Oh really?? I will promptly order at least a dozen! :D


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dinfelu wrote: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:19 pm
hello Mrs.Green


I leave you a link that talks a little, about this opuntia
ficus-indica

you can translate with google

https://www.gob.mx/semarnat/articulos/n ... o?idiom=es

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czDLGnPjz6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLk7pt7rXBA&t=12s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4bKqx2AqCU


I must tell you that it is something delicious and it is consumed a lot here in Mexico City

greeting
Thank you Dinfelu :) The soup in the last video really looked delicious! =P~ 👍 Have a nice weekend :)
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hello Windowsill

https://www.gob.mx/agricultura/cdmx/art ... aci%C3%B3n


I leave you a link that talks about one of the largest producers of opuntia ficus ... and it is within Mexico City, perhaps that is why it is the type of opuntia we prefer

I don't think that opuntia reduces the appetite, what I can tell you is that it is very versatile, you can make salads, it can accompany meats, you can take it in juice, you can combine it with almost all kinds of food ... and something I'm forgetting to say .... its fruits are delicious and coincide with the hot season ... you can eat it alone, you can make jams, ice cream, they are delicious

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I looked it up and I had misremembered about opuntia pad fibre. It does not reduce appetite. It binds fat from the meal you eat it with, so you don't absorb as much fat.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109417/

In Andalusia during the chumbo season there are many poor people who eat far too much of the prickly pear fruit, because it is free to harvest from the countryside. A nurse told me that one of the most unpleasant duties he had while working there was to manually unpack the compacted solid result from the colons of those people. :oops:
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I've always used a potato peeler to remove spines
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Fishhook cacti are like cats, they only like to be petted in one direction
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