{"id":19658,"date":"2018-10-31T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19658"},"modified":"2019-09-16T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T07:47:05","slug":"cactus-pads-for-my-last-lunch-in-mertola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19658","title":{"rendered":"Cactus pads for my last lunch in M\u00e9rtola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthias.bruck.18?eid=ARA4cRCgNqFuHsAoN_qCIVQ7R8RWl8uh4TO0ZNrfdeHrMXVGh8M-D4viuo-V9sIrHSf9cE1CzT8BGlTL\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/user.php?id=1272348648&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22eid%22%3A%22ARA4cRCgNqFuHsAoN_qCIVQ7R8RWl8uh4TO0ZNrfdeHrMXVGh8M-D4viuo-V9sIrHSf9cE1CzT8BGlTL%22%2C%22directed_target_id%22%3Anull%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Matthias Br\u00fcck<\/a>\u00a0for preparing cactus pads (nopalitos) from Opuntia ficus-indicus for lunch, a long job by hand to de-spine first, b<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ut delicious! Does the old variety developed by Luther Burbank, &#8220;Burbank&#8217;s Spineless&#8221; still exist?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-19658-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Opuntia.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Opuntia.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Opuntia.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19658 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=19659'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" 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