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From: gtaylor@astroatc.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Cacti as food (huh?)
Message-ID: <263@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 21:33:55 EST
Article-I.D.: astroatc.263
Posted: Sun Jan  5 21:33:55 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jan-86 04:07:39 EST
Reply-To: gtaylor@astroatc.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
Organization: Astronautics ATC, Madison, WI
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There I was, the requisite eighties guy, shopping for gourmet
delights in the local bargain barn, when my eyes lit on an unusual
display in the store: Cactus leaves (is that what they're called?
appendages? parts?) and prickly pears.

This was el stumpo territory for moi.....who only knows the froggy
varieties of subtlety (maybe a little Indonesian and Chinese if
I am pushed). So, the net question for today is....

HOW DO I EAT A CACTUS? WHAT DO YOU PUT THE DARNED THINGS IN? Do
I use the spines to affix the radish roses to my sauteed scrod?
do you line an "Irish Setter Quiche" with cactus leaves to keep
the mango skins from scorching? AND HOW ABOUT THE PRICKLY PEARS?
You brandy them and serves them sprinkled with powdered Drano for
that little je-ne-sais-quoi in your desserts?

Inquiringly,

Gregory Taylor
-- 
She lost her luck/She lost her red shoes/she lost her wallet
but she never lost her nerve./She wasn't lonely/no not much.
-the Golden Palominos----------------------------------------
Gregory Taylor/...!uwvax!astroatc!gtaylor /Madison, Wisconsin