FARM TO TABLE: Prickly Pears: A seasonal treasure that’s worth the sting

For many, the prickly pear fruit conjures up memories of hot summers on the farm and holidays in the rural Platteland. In the Eastern Cape, where these cacti thrive, prickly pears are especially relished. In fact, I loved them so much that I insisted on my 10th birthday party being prickly pear-themed. My mom had to bake a cactus-shaped cake and all the kids indulged in ice-cold “tolofia”, as we called them.

As delicious and exotic as they may be, prickly pears can be a nightmare to harvest if you don’t know what you’re doing. Luckily there’s a method to ensure those tiny, near-invisible thorns don’t drive you to madness. The trick is to never EVER let your bare hands get into contact with the prickly pear skin.

How to peel. First, you cut off the crown and tail-end, and then split open and peel away the skin to reveal the fruit. Photo: Louzel Lombard Steyn One fateful year, our farm’s collective metabolism ground to a screeching halt, clogged up by those pesky prickly pear pips. After a week of hell, Epsom salts and the use of a manual bicycle pump provided the needed relief. Alas, at least on Waterval Farm, prickly pear season these days is enjoyed with a little more restraint.

I remember we had a tree in our backyard in they days but it really make me constipated.

Ngubani lo undikhumbuza ubuntwana bam... Sblw is that the correct word... 😂😂

It makes you constipated

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