Thanks to Matthias Brück for preparing cactus pads (nopalitos) from Opuntia ficus-indicus for lunch, a long job by hand to de-spine first, but delicious! Does the old variety developed by Luther Burbank, “Burbank’s Spineless” still exist?
Cactus pads for my last lunch in Mértola
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“Between 1907 and 1925, Luther Burbank introduced more that 60 varieties of spineless cacti.”! http://www.lutherburbank.org/
Maybe available here?
https://www.secretgardengrowers.com/
https://www.etsy.com/listing/252586426/extremely-large-prickly-pear-pads-3
http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.com/plant/9053
Of course shipping would be difficult from NA.
Thanks for this information, Eva :)