It arrived at our US address at the cottage and Marc was bringing it to me on Friday night. Marc had to open the package ahead of time so he could take it across the border to Canada. Inside black and white tissue was the recipe book.....
and carefully tucked inside newspaper I found...
real "live" prickly pears....
Now Marc was afraid he might not be able to bring them into Canada.....but he thought whats the worst they could do?....when he crossed he said he was bringing over something else and...cactus leaves. The border guy didn't twitch at all...*s*...and I got my prickly pears!
There was also a package of guava jelly waffers which were very interesting and Marc and I enjoyed some with our coffee...
So so far I've looked through the recipe book....and looked through the prickly pears....
found a recipe for Prickly Pear Biscuits and I grated a cup of prickly pear paws....and added some canned chilies and green onion....and an egg and flour etc...
mixed it up....
dropped them onto a greased cookie sheet to bake....
20 minutes later....mmmmmmm they smelled yummy....
looked yummy and WERE sooo yummy...truly....
This giveaway was so much fun! It was something I would never have been able to experience had I not won. Julie writes about her succulents and what she herself does with her prickly pear paws that grow out in her garden in Florida.
She wrote to me today that I could put one of the paws into earth and it would root for me...doing it!! She said she has ordered some prickly pear syrup for me as well. She KNOWS both Marc and I love to try new foods. Thank you so much Julie. I truly enjoyed this giveaway and I STILL have prickly pear paws to make more goodies.
Have you had prickly pear cactus your way?
Enjoy... Judi xoxo
