Learn all about the prickly pear cactus fruit, where it grows, its health benefits, how to eat it, and what it tastes like. NOTE: If you harvest these in the wild you have to be super careful of the tiny thorns on the fruit. Use tongs to pick them or heavy thick leather gloves. Remove the thorns by rubbing a rock on them or burn them off with a lighter, there are a few other methods as well. #pricklypear #cactusfruit #cactus | In The Kitchen With Matt

Cactus fruit, sometimes called "prickly pears," are sweet and can be eaten raw, right off the plant. Depending on the ripeness of the fruit (水果 shuǐguǒ), its peel can range from green to plum red in color. #delicacy | Learn Chinese

Medicinal Cactus Fruit: Opuntia Stricta Pears | The Weeds and Seeds Guy