Thursday, February 15, 2007
Pointed
I went shopping last weekend and bought a few different things. After getting home, I parked the groceries on the table and went to get changed before putting the groceries away.
If only I was fast enough.
My wife D is in the habit of inspecting what goodies I have brought home. There was a bit of a screech from the kitchen and some darkly muttered words as she made her way to the bathroom for some tweezers.
Not knowing what I'd bought, D had reached in and grabbed a prickly pear.
Ouch!
If only I was fast enough.
My wife D is in the habit of inspecting what goodies I have brought home. There was a bit of a screech from the kitchen and some darkly muttered words as she made her way to the bathroom for some tweezers.
Not knowing what I'd bought, D had reached in and grabbed a prickly pear.
Ouch!
Labels: prickly pear
12 Comments:
I would think she'd know better by now! I'm glad it wasn't a dozen lobster with their pincers grabbing wildly.
Now tell us what you did with the PP.
Hi tanna, I would have been very pleased to have a dozen lobsters in the bag, or even a dozen mud crabs, now those babies will take your fingers off.
Hi kitchen hand, I just peeled (with gloves!) and sliced them and had them plain. There is a post I did a while ago.
Bah, the link isn't working. If you type 'prickly pear' in the search box it will take you there.
Thanks, Neil.
I walk regularly past a massive prickly pear tree. One day I had William - who is starting to talk - in his pram. He looked at it and said 'hand' - the tree looks for all the world like giant hands with little pink fingers.
omg! just looked at the link pic (thanks for that - i think) you EAT those?? i was chuckling at the tale but now think i should send air ambulance for D!
Hi kitchen hand, just to be sure, the part of the plant you eat is the actual fruit, not the paddles. The fruits can vary in colour depending on the species but typically are orangey red, pink or yellow.
Hi shell, see above, the spines are very small on the fruits but very annoying should they come off in your skin. The larger spikes are on the paddles which are edible too.
Oh, ouchy!
It was not love at first bite, but I learned to love them during the years I lived in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. They are delicious :)
I hope D is fine!
Melissa
Hi laurie, summed up very neatly!
Hi melissa, I think the seeds can be a bit off putting, but they are very refreshing on a hot day. Bet there were plenty of those in Mexico!
You often still see guys selling bags of these by the roadside in South Africa - the Afrikaans word for them is turksvy (literally, a Turkish fig!)./ But they very kindly cut the spines off before bagging them! There's an old joke in South Africa about the difference between a prickly pear and a car full of traffic cops. With the prickly pear, the pricks are on the outside...!
Hi jeanne, I think it's very civilized that someone would peel them for you, nice system. Like your joke!
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