nopal

• “The edible nopal is actually the young, tender branch of a prickly pear plant.”

  Nopales, tunas and pitayas

• “The nopal is a versatile and healthy vegetable both cooked and green.”

  Nopales, tunas and pitayas

• “(The nopal is the cactus-like plant with roundish flat appendages full of stickers).”

  Creations In Silver - By Dona Eva Martinez

• “The nopal is a food source with a thousand - and-one uses, and a staple of the”

  INTER PRESS SERVICE

• “Her team has focused on the prickly pear cactus, or nopal, which is widely found in dry regions of Mexico, the western U.S., and the”

  Livescience.com

• “Students in the program spend two to 2½ hours each morning observing techniques, learning about ingredients such as nopal cactus and chiles mecos, and participating in the preparation of regional favorites like mole poblano and chiles en nogada.”

  Intrepid cocinero

• “The "nopal" or prickly pears have been rooted up, as well as most of the vines and figs. A few young nopals have been planted, and some preparation made for experiments in cochineal.”

  Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883

• “nopal" was the most common, and bore delicious, juicy and refreshing fruit.”

  Ranching, Sport and Travel

• “There are also tables where townspeople line up to buy regional treats such as empanadas - pastry turnovers stuffed with sweetened condensed milk, freshly made panela cheese and a sweet made from tuna, the fruit of the nopal or prickly pear cactus.”

  Guadalupe in Zacatecas: masterpieces of colonial art

• “Don't forget the sweets, many of them made with the cactus fruits, biznaga and xoconoxtle, abundant in the Bajío, as are the nopal paddles incorporated into a wide variety of dishes from soup to tacos.”

  Making merry in May: Mexico's National Cheese and Wine Festival

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