NEPAs Own Off-Topic Thread ( family, home, photos) (price, oven)

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by Summering

Jungle George.........What is the name of this cactus?
Do those pods turn into flowers.....? Or perhaps they were flowers.....?

That's an opuntia cactus. Has yellow flowers that turn into fruit (in the stores they're called "prickly pears"). I have one in the fridge now to cut up & have with some whipped cream!! (they grow wild around here...) The fruit gets about 3-4" long & bright red when ripe.

They have long thorns which hurt if you get stuck, but also have small "thistle thorns" that you can barely see that are MUCH worse if ya get them in your hands or fingers, so be careful if ya go "fruit pickin'"!!!

[Summering]

Oh gosh, I'm not going pickin'........its on someones property.
I have never heard of this fruit. Emmmmm with whip cream. Sounds wonderful.....
The twins( little fellows) are cactus lovers. So this fall I purchased two cactus for them........they lit up as if it were a Wi game I was giving them. I had promised them, but just couldn't find one. Then on a walk in a flea market there they were. Their names..? But one looked almost like a small, small version of this .................

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by Summering

Oh gosh, I'm not going pickin'........its on someones property.
I have never heard of this fruit. Emmmmm with whip cream. Sounds wonderful.....
The twins( little fellows) are cactus lovers. So this fall I purchased two cactus for them........they lit up as if it were a Wi game I was giving them. I had promised them, but just couldn't find one. Then on a walk in a flea market there they were. Their names..? But one looked almost like a small, small version of this .................

The small one is probably an opuntia also, but there's different varieties...

The fruit is sweet with no distinctive taste, but it's high in fiber!!

Here's a link so you can check it out...

Desert Lil's Delicacies: Prickly Pear Sweets & Treats - DesertUSA

[The Commish]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

I'll drink to that!!

I'm enjoying a case of Peroni Nastro Azzurro



(not my picture haha)

[NYRed]

OUCH!!!
Plant them by a window...First moron tries to climb through to do some breaking and entering will be poked to death...lol

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by The Commish

I'm enjoying a case of Peroni Nastro Azzurro



(not my picture haha)

BOY COMMISH!! Le Creuset cookware, filet mignon, fancy-schmancy beer....y'all BEST become a successful lawyer to keep yourself in that kinda style!!! (and don't hook up with a lady who only likes the "finer" things...you'll end up in the poorhouse!!)

When I was your age I was on the road...lived on coffee, cigarettes, JD & the occasional food item put in front of me when we stopped!! (that's why I was so skinny & looked good in them spandex pants...) I'm MUCH more refined now...(JG places coffee cup delicately on old envelope "coaster" by computer so he can wipe nose with sleeve, burp & fart in unison & scratch butt...)

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by NYRed

OUCH!!!
Plant them by a window...First moron tries to climb through to do some breaking and entering will be poked to death...lol

We've got a palm here called a "Macaw Palm" that has 3" spines over all of it's trunk and fronds. I always recommended it to clients with teenage daughters for planting outside their bedroom windows....

[Summering]

Originally Posted by The Commish

I'm enjoying a case of Peroni Nastro Azzurro



(not my picture haha)

Ah most likely the Michelob Ultra Light tastes the same.......
Coming from a person who hated Moet' wine brought over by some french friends and .......( not when they were here) I poured it over the railing of the deck........Bye, Bye. Just didn't like it at all...

[EnyaGirl]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

BOY COMMISH!! Le Creuset cookware, filet mignon, fancy-schmancy beer....y'all BEST become a successful lawyer to keep yourself in that kinda style!!!

It is my dream to someday own a Le Creuset dutch oven. Sighhhh.

[NYRed]

Originally Posted by Jungle George

We've got a palm here called a "Macaw Palm" that has 3" spines over all of it's trunk and fronds. I always recommended it to clients with teenage daughters for planting outside their bedroom windows....

Why not plant both???

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