November 10, 2024

VIDEO: Survival Foraging for Prickly Pear Fruits!


On a walk I spotted a huge stand of Opuntia cactus, which produce prickly pear fruit as well as edible pads known as nopales. I only wanted the fruit on this survival foraging trip, which are not only edible, but nutritious AND delicious.

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23 thoughts on “VIDEO: Survival Foraging for Prickly Pear Fruits!

  1. I'm from Israel and we have a lot of those, some purple inside, some yellow, some green.

    Those plants were imported over a hundred years ago from South America to use as barriers dividing farming fields, keeping away unwanted "guests".

    Before even those days, it was used mostly for its strong purple color, for coloring cloths
    although it's free to pick anywhere and very common, it's sold at extremely high price at the supermarket.

    I personally pick without gloves, but with a "smart" long stick I bought which has 2 clips at the end and a handle at the beginning for pressong those clips and then i can pick fruits anywhere without getting near.

    I also wash them in water and scrub lightly to remove thorns. works very well and fast.

    the way we open them there isn't like you've showed, I was actually shocked to see the way you did it.
    We cut off both ends and then make thin cuts across the ends, all around, about 4-5 of them, and peel it.

  2. I was born in Oceaside and traveled to San Diego often as a child. Now I live all the way in South Georgia and I miss that Southern California weather. Nothing like it. Never had an opportunity to taste Prickly Pear Fruit

  3. Your area is so beautiful! And so many nasturtiums.

    I have some little opuntia as houseplants and I always end up handling them without gloves and then just picking the thorns out after. Mostly because my hands are weirdly square and I can never find gloves that fit.

  4. Hello!!! I just saw your vlog/article on the coral cactus. Are you making a video on it soon? I'd like to know if I should buy one for me. Is it bound to die given than it's grafted? Or does it live and thrive like a normal cactus? Many thanks handsome!

  5. The ones in my yard in AZ are smaller and they are infested with some white stuff, unfortunately. I cut one open and it was brown inside. It was really a bummer.

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