HOW TO EAT AND DRINK A CACTUS

IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN USE A CACTUS IN THE KITCHEN. SABINA PALERMO, FOUNDER OF BRIGHTON’S HI CACTI, SHARES A FEW RECIPES – AND, YES, YOU DO NEED TO TAKE THE SPINES OFF FIRST

The first time I ever heard of eating cactus I was on a trip to La Casa Azul, Mexico, the home of my childhood hero, artist Frida Kahlo. We spent a sunny day floating down the canals in Xochimilco on a brightly decorated gondola-like boat. We drank cold Carta Blanca beer and chatted with our boat driver. As we passed a bank lined with cacti, I told him that I had a cactus business in England. He beamed, then proudly described to us how in Mexico they eat nopalitos or nopal – which comes from the word nõchtli in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs – and describes the paddles (paddle-shaped leaves) of the prickly pear cactus (Paddle cactus). While the deliciously pretty and pink prickly pear cactus fruit is…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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