{"id":4811,"date":"2016-06-29T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2016-06-29T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T17:00:21","slug":"trying-cactus-fruit-for-the-first-time-prickly-pear-sorbet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=4811","title":{"rendered":"Trying Cactus Fruit for the First time: Prickly Pear Sorbet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona is, of course, known for its cactuses. Something I hadn&#8217;t realized is that some of them are edible. We thought we&#8217;d start softly with one that has an edible fruit, though the pads are edible as well apparently. We got some prickly pear sorbet from Safeway. Prickly pear is the common name for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Opuntia_ficus-indica\">opuntia ficus-indica<\/a>. Here is the fruit:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Opuntia_ficus-indica_fruit9.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-19-19.53.50.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>And here is the cactus in the wild:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-06-04-09.56.04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4858 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-06-04-09.56.04-e1465769344838-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"2016-06-04 09.56.04\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-06-04-09.56.04-e1465769344838-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-06-04-09.56.04-e1465769344838-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-06-04-09.56.04-e1465769344838-1024x722.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out what we thought of the taste, check out the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69170\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GrAZcEMBovU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona is, of course, known for its cactuses. Something I hadn&#8217;t realized is that some of them are edible. We thought we&#8217;d start softly with one that has an edible fruit, though the pads are edible as well apparently. 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