Prickly Pear Harvest

Making The Magenta Juice

One of the many reasons I love September is that the land is full of wild fruits. And that's saying something for our high desert grasslands. The most obvious one dotting the hillsides is the prickly pear fruit.

They are thorny and prickly, which deters many people. The methods I've heard about for removing the thorns include shaking them in a bucket of sand, roasting off the prickles, and boiling and straining. .

Folks tend to be surprised at my super easy method for making use of this tasty fruit. (Read more of this blog to make use of the fruits still out on the hills!)