Cactus Fruits

[peterp63]

I have a large cactus that flowered and now has fruit. Anyone know if you can eat these cactus fruits?

[cichlid1409]

smoke it

[peterp63]

LOL. I don't think it's peyote! :)

[mahoro]

try it out and let us know...

[fishboyt]

Yes, you can eat them, but I'm not sure how to. :)

[Scooby]

This looks like the type of cactus you have -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereus_repandus

"The fruits, known locally as pitaya or Peruvian Apple, are thornless and vary in skin color from violet-red to yellow. The edible flesh is white and contains small, edible, crunchy seeds."

[peterp63]

I think it might be a Peruvian apple.

http://www.rarefruit.org/magicgallery05/ph05.htm

[peterp63]

haha. Yep that looks like it alright.

[peterp63]

why can't I Thank Scooby?

[eklikewhoa]

Do you have it turned off or anything?

[peterp63]

i could thank everyone but her... but now it works.

[blacksmith37]

My son made jam from prickly pear fruit; I don't think it was worth the trouble.
PS; I have made jam, jelly, syrup, from more than a dozen things, The only TX native that is worth using is the "mexican plum". I am going to try loquat next spring. Persimmon should be OK if ripe then frozen-but too much trouble.

[mahoro]

i remember now, i had it before, it has a wierd tartness flavor... my mum would bland it up and add honey... loquat is good, but depends what kind you get, most the ones you found in american plant store are the smaller ones, which is more or less to look at then to eat, not much meat, have to get the bigger ones, and they also need TONS of fertz to grow good fruit...

[myjohnson]

so how was it?

did you eat some let peter?

[peterp63]

Haven't eaten them yet. Waitin a bit longer for them to possibly get bigger and more ripe.