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Cactus fruit or prickly pear

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  • 31-07-2014 2:47pm
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    TheLostHuman
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi,

    I'm just wondering where would I find Cactus fruit or prickly pear here in Dublin?

    Cheers


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    Paulw
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    Some of the Asian stores have them from time to time. Have a look at the Asian Market to start.


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    schemingbohemia
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    Better off in food and drink forum rather than here or actually Dublin City


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    TheLostHuman
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭TheLostHuman


    Paulw wrote: »
    Some of the Asian stores have them from time to time. Have a look at the Asian Market to start.


    I think that I have spotted some exotic fruits in some of Asian stores down capel st

    Thanks I appreciate it


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    TheLostHuman
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    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Better off in food and drink forum rather than here or actually Dublin City


    Terribly sorry

    I'm very new to this forum


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    Carawaystick
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    I saw them in Fallon & Byrnes before.

    They're awful feicers to eat, with the really fine needles sticking into everything, even through oven gloves.
    They are juicy and tasty though.


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    chopper6
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    No point buying them if you hafta peel them yourself....needles everywhere which kinda takes the good out of eating them.


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    CatLou
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    I saw some last year on Star Asia on Moore St, don't know if they have them again yet.

    chopper6 wrote: »
    No point buying them if you hafta peel them yourself....needles everywhere which kinda takes the good out of eating them.

    Btw, they are sold without (at least most of) the spines - there's a machine that removes them - and you can peel them easily using a fork and knife, if you google it you'll see it's just a matter of knowing where and how to make 3 simple cuts.


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    TheLostHuman
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    I saw them in Fallon & Byrnes before.

    They're awful feicers to eat, with the really fine needles sticking into everything, even through oven gloves.
    They are juicy and tasty though.

    Thank you so very much .. I know .. My dad would by a box every 2 days back home [Saudi Arabia] and he would peel them daily for fun :P I know SAUDIS haha

    He uses a knife and a fork in a weird way and he would peel them real easy.

    I use to hate them so much because of 1 of the times I handled a box of them and got like 239204 spike stuck to both of my hands I swear I was only touching a cardboard box!

    but after trying them cold I say man they're worth it

    Thanks for participating in this thread and the info .. Really appreciate it


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    TheLostHuman
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    No point buying them if you hafta peel them yourself....needles everywhere which kinda takes the good out of eating them.

    The intimidating process of peeling em intrigues me in a way


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    TheLostHuman
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    CatLou wrote: »
    I saw some last year on Star Asia on Moore St, don't know if they have them again yet.




    Btw, they are sold without (at least most of) the spines - there's a machine that removes them - and you can peel them easily using a fork and knife, if you google it you'll see it's just a matter of knowing where and how to make 3 simple cuts.

    I don't think that they bring em anymore .. I always go to that shop.

    Are they sold without the spikes in here? I was googling and read something like that but in an American site

    if that's true I might be insulted in a way

    so we're fooled and ****ed by our government and weather in Saudi Arabia? we're even nailed by farmers

    Jiahaha

    don't know why but I'm making lots of jokes about home

    although I'm mixed between Saudi & Bahrain :)


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    CatLou
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    TheLostHuman wrote: »
    I don't think that they bring em anymore .. I always go to that shop.

    Are they sold without the spikes in here? I was googling and read something like that but in an American site

    if that's true I might be insulted in a way

    so we're fooled and ****ed by our government and weather in Saudi Arabia? we're even nailed by farmers

    Jiahaha

    don't know why but I'm making lots of jokes about home

    although I'm mixed between Saudi & Bahrain :)

    Aha, I thought nobody would miss the spikes :-)
    I saw them being sold like that but I'm also saying this because one of my friends has a small plantation and the aforementioned machine to remove their annoying 'prickliness'. But even for those, fork and knife is the way to go ^^ good luck finding them in Dublin!


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