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Anne Miller wrote:Deb, have you experimented with cactus to know how long it will take to control/lower blood pressure or how much you will have to eat?
Thanks everyone for the great info.
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Tyler Ludens wrote:Deb, do the fruits need to be eaten fresh to control BP, or can they be cooked? I bury a lot of less palatable things in curries, so I can imagine adding cactus fruits to curry as well.
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Deb Rebel wrote:That cholla cutting bit me pretty badly today.
John Elliott wrote:Chollas generally have yellow flowers (where I grew up).
Why don't you try something a little less dangerous for blood pressure? Like Hibiscus sabdariffa? Although if you punch enough holes with cholla spines, that would let down the pressure.
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Deb Rebel wrote:Deadly gorgeous Cholla there. What color does it bloom?
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Dan Boone wrote:Pretty!
I've got a wild opuntia here on the property but the fruit is no thicker than a carpenter's pencil and quite juiceless, just dry seeds.
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Tyler Ludens wrote:Deb, do the fruits need to be eaten fresh to control BP, or can they be cooked? I bury a lot of less palatable things in curries, so I can imagine adding cactus fruits to curry as well.
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Small Business Marketing Strategist, lived on an organic farm in SE Oklahoma, but moved where I can plant more trees.
Joseph Lofthouse wrote:Nopales are ready to harvest!!! Help! I don't know how to deal with prickly pear cactus pads at market... What price should I ask? What do I tell people when they ask how to prepare them? What's your favorite preparation method? (I ate them raw and sauteed today.) Should I remove the spines before taking them to market? How much more would you pay if I remove the spines? Should I refrigerate them on the way to market? Should I water the patch before harvest so that they are moister? Or should they be more dry when harvested? Anything else I should know about nopales?
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