Prickly Pear “pears”

After the cactus flowers fall off, the pears are ready to pick. They are used for many food and juice items. We are going to Santa Fe next month and one of their restaurant’s advertised cocktails is “Prickly Pear Margarita”. I just may have to try it, ha! This for Diana @ludwigsdiana, do our pears look like yours? 😊

[KWind]

Great close up!

[Diana]

Thanks Lou Ann, lovely shot and great colours! Ours look a bit shorter, fatter and are sort of orange. I will post one for you tomorrow. That margarita sounds divine, wish they would make them here ;-)

[Jacqueline]

That is an other variety than I saw on Sicily. Super shot Lou Ann......tell us all about that margarita ;)

[carol white]

Nicely captured close up shot

[Islandgirl]

Wow neat close up!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely close up

[Pat Knowles]

This is new stuff to me....I know nothing about cacti & ‘prickly pears but it all sounds most interesting!

[Carole Sandford]

Great close up!

[Peter]

Lovely tones, textures and composition Lou Ann:)

[Karly]

Great close up and interesting narrative.

[Sharon Lee]

Nice close up. Cheers 🥂

[Maggiemae]

I think I remember this being served when in the States! We love Margaritas when its hot! I daresay this pear would give it a bit of spice!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I've never really seen the pear part on its own like this. Interesting. I do wonder what they taste like.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Nice shot we had catuses in our old house they grow fast the flowers on cacti are lovely fav for this nice shot:)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot and great colors.

[Danette Thompson]

Very interesting

[Milanie]

That's definitely something I didn't know! Neat colors.

[Nicole Campbell]

What do they taste like?

[Ron]

You're going to love the margarita!

[Valerie Chesney]

Very colourful.....

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Wylie]

I believe they are very tasty. Enjoy the margarita!

[Jennifer Potter]

That's beautiful! I love the color of the pears! And I have had a prickly pear margarita before and it was wonderful!!

[Lou Ann]

@kwind @ludwigsdiana @jacqbb @carolmw @radiogirl @ziggy77 @happypat @carole_sandford @pcoulson @365karly1 @sugarmuser @maggiemae @olivetreeann @stevepam @mittens @danette @milaniet @nicolecampbell @stray_shooter @happysnaps @bkbinthecity @pusspup @jenp Thanks everyone, now that I read your margarita comments, I feel I must have one when we go to Santa Fe. Ha!

[Ingrid]

Nice picture! When we lived in Mexico I learned how to make a drink out of it. We call them "tuna". Peel, blend, sieve, add water, lime juice and sugar. I would say the taste is something in between cucumber and sweet watermelon.
Mixing it with some tequila would make a wonderful margarita! Enjoy!

[CC Folk]

LouAnn...I had the Prickly Pear Margarita on the boat ride in San Antonio and it was delish! :)