Prickly Pear Hunt

Purple Prickly Pear Power!!!!!!!!!

After watching a video of my friend Anthony Anderson harvesting prickly pears in Arizona about a year ago...I was hooked!!

Been watching the local colonies.....and WOW...the fruits are abundant!! Thanks for the heads up on this local sugary fruit Anthony. Here's a link, to the video of Anthony harvesting the purple power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N7VQ0WG5og

Anthony's Website: http://rawmodelcom.blogspot.com/

On facebook: Anthony Posted about sending some fruits to a friend, James Lindenshmidt, who processed these fruits into a fermented beverage known as mead. Check out this inspiring post on James's website: http://www.bardicbrews.net/2011/01/prickly-pear-mead/

I love the alchemy and info available on Bardic Brews....thanks James. The recipes are amazing...and his ebook is priceless...I LOVE IT!!

Another really great resource on fermenting local fruits/sugars...can be found in this gem of a book: http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Herbal-Healing-Beers-Fermentation/dp/0937381667/... Thanks Stephen!!

FOR MORE INFO on PRICKLY PEAR...and its benefits...check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV8H46AmAE

Cheers to the wild foods and learning how to work with them.

Purple Prickly Pear....FERMENTATION BABY!!!!

http://www.rawutah.com/


The Music - "This is the Way" by Devendra Banhart

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• cactus
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• nopales

[nerdmom920]

I wonder if you could grow those at home since they're so seedy?

[rawutah]

@nerdmom920 I see them in almost every yard...of the homes around here. They're perfect for home growers!! They make great living fences too!!!

[ivankinsman]

Nice - they look rather like passion fruit. Just reading a book about some prisoners escaping from Russian Gulag - they crossed the Gobi dessert living on snake meat for about three weeks. Perhaps they should have looked for these. They did find Berberris plants - we have one and it has very nice small red fruit for making into relish.

[rawutah]

@ivankinsman Hello my friend!! That story sounds like the movie "The Way Back"....I loved the story...so inspiring!! I wonder if the movie was based on the book you're reading? What is the title of this book? I would love to read it!!! Cheers

[Praxxus55712]

Food that fights back! With my poor sense of balance I wouldn't attempt that. :)

[rawutah]

@Praxxus55712 hahaha...cheers to that bro!! those wild food sort of want to put up a fight!! Guess it shows their vitality!! The force is strong with the wild ones....

[29amandaleigh]

Your videos are so adventurous! Thanks for sharing! I love your energy!

[dylan14570]

I love your videos!

[PhilosopherFresh]

looks like a great adventure! wish I could try one of those ... one day! :)

[StarcraftAlphaBeta]

GREAT VIDEO! I LOVE IT!

[blackraven1515]

great idea on using kitchen tongs :)

[ivankinsman]

@rawutah Yes, the film was based on this book. It is called The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz (I got it on Amazon). A really amazing story and an incredibly tough group of men who made the journey. People who I have spoken to say the book is much better than the film!

[jigary]

@rawutah Did you know that you can also eat the cactus pads? They are called nopales. They taste like a cross between green beans and okra.

[nerdmom920]

@rawutah That's what I was thinking. Prickly pear hedgerow. Probably too wet where I'm at, but it's great watching you guys hunt and forage.

[Helioforge]

Excellent find, a field of prickly pears! My lambsquarter finally went to seed, almost 6 months after they started in the spring.