Don Wells

Even Cowboys Like Prickly Pear Don Wells

You will find Prickly Pear recipes ranging from drinks/appetizers to main dishes/desserts and everything in between.

Jean Groen is a featured teacher at the first annual Prickly Pear Festival to be held in Superior, AZ. She also is a favorite teacher at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. When she goes picking, it is nothing to have enough for 40 gallons of juice, and she carefully guards that juice to make it last until the following year.

In this book, she explains how to pick, remove stickers, and clean for use either raw or cooked/canned/frozen; and this is for both the pads and the fruit known as the tuna. There are many recipes in here for appetizers, breads, candies, salads, main dishes, soups, desserts, and sauces.

One lady said, "When the prickly pear is so good, why do I ever go to the grocery store? And the price is right!"