Can cactus fruit be eaten?
Cactus is of great edible value. Just say fruit, you can eat it, not only raw, but also wine or dried fruit. In America, it is a traditional delicacy, and it is an indispensable characteristic vegetable and fruit in people's daily life. Pitaya is the fruit of a cactus plant, which everyone likes to eat.
Can cactus seeds be eaten?
The cactus fruit looks very similar to pitaya. Generally, when we eat pitaya, we will eat all its seeds, because its seeds are small and bite like sesame seeds. The seeds of cactus fruit will be slightly harder than those of pitaya fruit.
After the cactus fruit is cut, it will reveal its purple-red pulp with the same color as kiwi fruit, which is also covered with cactus fruit seeds, just like looking at a pitaya. The skin and flesh of cactus are all purplish red, which tastes like lemon and is extremely sour. Mexicans use it as a seasoning for cooking, or try to make it dry. There are many small seeds in cactus fruit, which are actually edible. And we will filter out all these seeds when juicing, because that seed will hinder the taste. Although it is edible, it is not suitable to eat too much, because eating too much will cause indigestion and constipation!
Can cactus peel be eaten?
The fruit of cactus is eaten without skin. There are many thorns on the skin of cactus, which can't be cleaned up. Therefore, only the pulp is eaten without the skin. Generally, the skin of the fruit is peeled to eat the pulp inside. Cactus fruit can be eaten with skin, but it tastes bad, so it is not recommended to eat cactus skin.
Edible method of cactus fruit
We can grow cactus fruit by ourselves, or we can buy artificial fruit from the market, but how should people start with the "thorny" fruit?
Step 1 We should first put on gloves, pick the cactus fruit, find a pair of tweezers, and then pull out the thorns on the cactus fruit one by one.
The second step is to clean the fruit and eat it directly, or cut it in half with a knife and dig it with a spoon.
In the third step, you can also take out the pulp and make it into dessert or drink, which will make it taste better.