How to eat cactus without impaling yourself

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[@Vlad-cz5qf]

Forbidden fruit... *Wait a minute, his name is Adam*

[@suzusuzujuicy]

Hol' the fuck up

[@nikhilkarthik3298]

Hol the fuck up

[@esh8426]

Ho the fuck up

[@nikhilkarthik3298]

I think we opened Pandora's box

[@redera9560]

Hol’ up

[@overheaven8684]

"Mom, the man with the glasses is back at that cactus plant again."

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

Hahahahhahahaha. I like that

[@waaahl]

"Don't worry, son. Just pour him a glass of white wine and he'll go away."

[@Amaling]

@@waaahl *proceeds to lick the white wine off the road

[@drakemalice]

Exactly hahaha xDD

[@critizon3074]

"again?" "yeah, this time with a knife and a camera" "he's doing threats against the cactus" "call police? "sure"

[@dougthedonkey1805]

As an Arizonan, it was really interesting hearing you describe all this to an audience who’s never experienced the Southwest firsthand. The descriptions of how the spines feel while they’re in you is startlingly accurate, even though I never thought of how I’d describe it since to me it’s just how a cactus spine feels.

[@major_oneil9459]

Damn, i know that too, we have those cactus here in Europe too, in France, when i was a teen, i walk in the grapes fields, obviously the soil is acid so they pop up everywhere like mushrooms. And yeah, i hold it bare hands, eat it and feel bad as my hands itching but. Man this fruit is delicious

[@Me_G.]

I'm in Australia, cactuses were grown as ornaments including the prickly pears. My office's parking lot grown them and one day I picked some because I see they were sold at my local grocer and wanted to know what they tasted like. An hour after picking the fruit, my fingertips were on fire. That was my first and only time getting impaled by a cactus.

[@owenblount7334]

Florida has prickly pears in some places they’re bastards

[@joelschmierer3544]

the startlingly accurate description was 'straight from the fires of hades'

[@brejaimecastillo8851]

Ah yes "Nopalitos con huevos" OR "Nopalitos en salsa Roja" Nopales (Cactus) in Mexico is a native dish cooked very common everyday. Local groceries like Tom Thumb and Wal Mart sell this product very well.. especially in diverse communities. Tunas(Prickly Pear) is used now in many commercial businesses like fruit stands and flavoring your margaritas .

[@NirodhaLL]

Hmmm tunas.

[@FreddieHg37]

Just to clear something up, I don't know if you're from Mexico or not but nopal and cactus are not interchangeable words. Nopales are a type of cactus plant, yeah, but nopal doesn't mean cactus nor is it the word for cactus in Spanish, that would be in fact the same: "cactus". Just that, hope you're doing alright!

[@brejaimecastillo8851]

@FreddieHg37 Cuctus/Cacti is a species of plant. Nopal/es is used in reference to the Cacti/us pad, but it's actual origin of "nopal" was term the indigenous used. Not sure where you're getting that those two words are not related when they are relevant and nopal is derived from the plant Cacti/us. That's just basic world botany, not based on origin of country or chef expertise lmao. Sorry but basic research could have saved you from this one.

[@keltonexplains6415]

But... why though? Isn't that the whole point of eating it? The heterogeneity of your throat being stabbed combined with the taste of the sweet cactus is what brings the experience together and it is something that me and my family aren't going to give up soon. RIP Timmy you will be missed. Not for choking to death but because you're dead to us for giving up on the family.

[@paperjoker9391]

Its good tho

[@paperjoker9391]

Oh my god i didint even realize it was a joke

[@TheRyu981]

Wash it down with white wine!

[@tenaciousjoda8605]

HETROGENEITY

[@UntrackedEndorphins]

Well done Kelton, well done

[@weazul9593]

Cactus : Has sharp spikes to protect itself Human : *Finally, some good fucking food*

[@RaspK]

They used to be quite popular in the Mediterranean (obv. as an invasive species); now they've become somewhat fashionable again in the super markets, and I have been meaning to give those a try from the grocery store.

[@AFnord]

If something goes through that much effort to prevent being eaten, there has to be a good reason for it, right?

[@jsgwam]

@@RaspK where are you from in Mediterranean

[@johnbezos8853]

Another underrated comment.

[@allstarwoo4]

We probably learned that it's safe to eat by watching tortoises. Tortoises can eat the with the skin. Also you can eat stinging nettle which is arguably worse than a cactus because is has hair like needles that basically act like fiber glass on your skin. The trick is to grab the leave non needle side fold it onto itself then roll it into a ball which crushes the thorns. You can then eat it raw.

[@MrLegarcia]

Mexican during Independence Day here: This fruit, and base cactus, are part of the national crest, so it has a sacred-symbol status in our culture. We eat tunas during the rainy season (summer) as they pop up in bunches and are fresh and available on the supermarket. Tuna + Tequila ? Excellent channel!!! (Nopal taco: extra credit)

[@Androctonus84]

As someone who grew up in the Desert Southwest, playing pretty much every day outdoors around dozens of types of cacti, I have to admit that I always get a nice little jolt of schadenfreude whenever I hear an adult Easterner discover the joys of the various types of cactus defenses for the first time. As kids we of course didn’t just play around such things, we inevitably also played with them, and in the process learned all about the character of each one and how to deal with the consequences. I can’t believe it took till the ‘80s for someone to publish a paper on using glue on prickly pear glochids; we were doing it in elementary school in the early ‘70s. Thank you Mr. Elmer. And then in junior high, when carrying a pick comb in your back pocket was a thing everyone was doing, that became quite useful when you picked up a section of cholla, usually stuck to your shoe and then deeply imbedded in your other calf with you next step. But the fruit were great, and I’ve always enjoyed prickly pear jelly, candy, juice, and later, margaritas.

[@Bdubs-no7pe]

"Honey, why is the neighbor eating our cactus?"

[@Solbashio]

"Honey, why is the neighbor burning our cactus?"

[@rusky2655]

I can only imagine jacks films saying this.

[@pedroarjona6996]

Maybe he is Mexican dear

[@ShovelChef]

@@pedroarjona6996, y'know? 😂 if I didn't know he was Italian, maybe. From a distance. 🤔

[@maattthhhh]

"Honey, why is our neighbor screaming 'die, glow kids! die!'?"

[@aliridho3513]

"Mom, kylo ren stealing cactus again"

[@PresidentFunnyValentine]

You live up to your name.

[@McFlingleson]

I think he said it was in an abandoned lot where a house had burned down, so that means no one owned the cactus.

[@dylanwilson2047]

@@cuy50 I didn’t realize how humorless people were till I started looking at KZbin comments😂😂

[@michaelzhang9806]

Dylan Wilson not every bodies a comedy genius, some people just aren’t as quick as others.

[@dylanwilson2047]

@@michaelzhang9806 some people aren’t quick at all

[@valerydiane20]

In south Italy we have "fichi d'india" and they are pretty similar. They come in three different colors, green, red and orange and each of them have a different flavour. My favorite is the green one, that has a cucumbery melony green taste. They are great to eat during hot summer days!

[@Markone99]

Eyyyy I knew those weren't Moroccan alone but probably Mediterranean in general! Those bad boys are so tasty even with their tiny rocks! And we also call it " Indian Figs" here!

[@TheGrandDurian]

@@Markone99 As-salaam Alaykum. Kulshi mzien? So glad to see a Moroccan here. In Morocco you can get these (l'hindi) from street vendors, or just pick them yourself. They are very tasty. I loved them, but the seeds were hard as granite! I visited a friend in Spain near Ronda, and there I picked a bunch while hiking. At the border when re-entering Morocco the border patrolman was very amused by the big box of them in my trunk!

[@humbertosandoval55]

As a mexican I was totally amazed when I saw italian sodas using tunas hahahaha pellegrino is really good!! haha another mexican popular produce loved around the world ;) (along with chocolate, vanilla, tomatoes, avocado...)

[@ElSkedar]

Same in Spain! I think is something common to mediterranean countries

[@thelandsproject9247]

In Morocco we call it "hndia" which is the feminine word of "something from india"

[@fleursdelilas9487]

It's pretty common in North Africa and around the Mediterranean in general, and people LOVE them. But it's a pretty different variety. They're very sweet with a distinctive taste and they're definitely a fruit. They have a thicker outer layer that can be pealed easily, you just cut a the extremities and make one cut in the skin from one side to the other, and it peals out easily. And the flesh of the fruit is yello and not purple.

[@guillermogonzalez7443]

Exactly, Mexicans always do that way( the easiest way)

[@siddiquepcc]

"Drink cactus juice! It'll Quench ya! Nothing's Quenchier! Its the Quenchiest!" -Sokka

[@einfachmia]

wise words spoken by a wise man

[@otesunki]

oh god XD

[@otesunki]

"A giant mushroom! I wonder if its friendly!"

[@bluest.9320]

“That’s one too many syllables, but” * yeets sokka out of the building *

[@jerrellnavs3313]

lol

[@joshharries3445]

Cactus: “haha we have spikes, no human will eat us” Adam, the madlad: “haha glochids go 🔥 “

[@bettertelevision968]

FIRE FIRE!!!

[@tatotaytoman5934]

yum yum prickly pear

[@zerwif]

Chili: "First time?"

[@TheGoGoat91]

*laughs in mexican*

[@no-man_baugh]

Early Mezo-American Pyros: [muffled cackling]

[@ldalexandrite]

I didn’t know you people would consider this fruit “forbidden” lol. In many places including where I live, we eat this all the time. On top of being very delicious and healthy; it’s very juicy. And if you can’t find water for any reason, these will suffice for a while. We harvest them in the wild. And we peel them by; starting with cutting off the bottom part. Then a vertical cut through the skin, careful not to cut the fruit itself. Then we just pull the skin sideways (with the knife and the tongs) and roll the fruit out. It’s very practical but requires a little experience, especially if the fruit is too ripe. But it’s very simple, regardless. I saw children do it.

[@bunniifangz]

I’m guessing Arizona? Prickly pears are rarely eaten here in Texas (at least my part), but when I visited Arizona I was surprised to see these eaten EVERYWHERE.

[@ldalexandrite]

@@bunniifangz oh, no I don’t live in the Americas, I’m Mediterranean 😅 I didn’t know it was eaten that much in Arizona! I wonder how different it tastes

[@uneclipceble2534]

I live in Arizona, we have prickly Pear EVERYWHERE. I remember going out with my dad, step mom and brother when I was little to pick some of the fruit to make jelly. It was a fun experience! We had a gas stove we used to burn off the thorns. If you have a prickly pear near you you can get fruit off of, I recommend making juice or jelly just be careful with the thorns! They can hurt!

[@CodeNameDark]

“Taste like purple” *ah, yes I also love the taste of purple*

[@e_ly2137]

I normally prefer the taste of metallic green

[@mikekim536]

lulu would like this

[@pooshmcfly1525]

Anything brown is tasty

[@quagmiretoiletgaming]

@@pooshmcfly1525 tree bark 🤤

[@Ricksdetrix]

@@e_ly2137 Master Chief Flavour

[@dothedotxom]

“Yeah police, the guy is trying to eat our cactus again”

[@Pihyu]

“Yes, he keeps chucking to himself and muttering, “Why I- I- season my mou- mouth,” please get here quick officer”

[@clfmoanium9413]

@@Pihyu thats the first time i laughed so hard at a yt comment

[@lemon6780]

Hay güey, órale vámonos la güera nos vio

[@AdrianUsual]

-Residents of the empty lot

[@blubsneks4508]

Lol

[@g2-d2]

I am from Tunisia and I was surprised to learn that this plant is originated from the American continent. In my country this cactus ins almost endemic and you can see thousands of plants in every countryside, farmers use it to separate different parcels of lands. Besides, we have a different variant with yellow-orange fruit which tastes very sweet! It's called "Barbary Figue" or "Indian Figue" in my country.

[@koloblicin]

it is. that fruit from ancient Opus WAS a nopal most likely. ancient egypt and greece and maybe even ancient rome was in contact with the americas. there are so many coincidences and cases just like this "mysterious" plant from opus. cactus that bear fruit would almost immediatly have been traded/exchanged between newly connected cultures. for sure. it is just that the "official" archeological consensus says otherwise. instead of using this "plant from opus" as evidence for possible contact/trade etc between the americas and africa/europe, they use the "fact" of when the americas were "officialy" discovered by europe, as an argument to refute evidence like that "plant of opus"... just like with religion or government you just can not question the "establishment" anymore, wich makes archeology hardly a science anymore. it is sad.

[@Markone99]

In Morocco (and I assume much of the Mediterranean countries) we have "Hendía" which translates to "The Indian" coming from Karmous Hendi (or Indian Figs). And those bad boys are amazing. They are smaller than the ones you have but also rounder. They also have those tiny spikey bastards, but less harmful, even as a clumsy kid I could hold one with my thumb and index without hurting myself (tho not recommended). The way we eat those is simple, and harmless. You just slice it on each end, then across and remove the skin, and you're left with a cylindrical fruit that tastes sweet and awesome, my parents never miss a chance to get them! They do have those tiny rocks in them too, but they're chewable. Though, eat too much Hendia and you're pooping concrete, those rocks stick together and make your stomach hard. Still, 8/10 would eat again! (The fruit is called Barbary Figs in English, btw. Also, the point of this comment is to say that our figs are better than yours, suckers.

[@noneofyourbuizness]

Those figs' oil is also one of the most expensive oil If I go back and live to north Africa imma open a buisness oil for sure !!

[@evil2862]

“I do very much like it raw” oh I see how it is, I see

[@omnicideoscopy]

My mom also does like it that way

[@neilomac]

*Ol' Dirty Bastard has entered the chat*

[@hiimryan2388]

@@neilomac OH NOOOO

[@kencarson666]

@@omnicideoscopy what

[@omnicideoscopy]

@@kencarson666 as you can probably tell

[@simplestickland3367]

*"Yup That Tasted Purple."*

[@Shakuhachi08]

Nice. ^-^

[@scewt]

lulu broken pls nerf

[@Loispealz34]

It never does since that horrid little ddemon is permabanned for me

[@unknownrussian9087]

Nice, am not the only one who thought of that quote

[@orang3819]

Adoribus! Delightify!

[@davideaezakmi9530]

This type of cactus can be found everywhere in Sicily. Now that I think about it, we call them something like "Indian ficus", probably because they come from Mexico The inside of the leaves is very similar to Aloe vera, and it's a great antinflamatory to treat cuts or burns on your skin

[@teresitaperegrina3741]

It’s amazing in a tortilla with lime

[@enderboss3773]

Same here in tunisia

[@ghans2305]

I used to make prickly pear preserves with my grandparents in texas, definitely worth a try

[@frgwyn3760]

“What this fruit” “Oh it’s a purple kiwi, you should squeeze it it’s very fuzzy” That’s how you lose a friend

[@mohammadalhomsi9492]

Fucking gold.

[@WiththeDOdoubleG]

Underrated

[@blackshirts_and_breads]

"Yeah, just rip it out and eat it raw. The skin is where the flavor's at."

[@tanushbhansali]

Underrated..... youtube should have rewards like reddit

[@wi-fi6184]

@@tanushbhansali youtube should have upvote-downvotes system like reddit so we could downvotes the likebaiter

[@Blank55600]

"this very angry plant for human consumption" Yes I needed to hear this.

[@Mondayz408]

Plants vs zombies in a nutshell

[@AbyssalLagaiacrusWithAnExtraA]

The snack that bites you back

[@HeySweaterBoy]

@@AbyssalLagaiacrusWithAnExtraA nice one

[@Breakdown5297]

@@AbyssalLagaiacrusWithAnExtraA Cactus

[@theevilscientist2294]

Well it exist another angry plant that looks really edible "Hippomane mancinella" or "manzanilla de la muerte" that its fruits looks like apples and are deadly. The tree is so poisonous that if you burn it the smoke are that toxic that can make you blind.

[@fungi331]

your videos are very entertaining and extremely informative at the same time. I admire your ability to present such information in a casual yet concise tone of voice.

[@deanian3128]

i love how you consistently casually refrence studies it is very cool and much appreicated :)

[@mangoberri3000]

adam going "oh lordy, there's a thorn, there's a thorn--! nah, i'm just kidding" is so peak dad.

[@McFlingleson]

Well, I believe he's mentioned in other videos that he has kids, so he is a dad.

[@Adrian-gk6lq]

As a Mexican I didn’t realize how many people thought eating cactus was weird my neighborhood literally has a bunch and I have one in my backyard so we can eat cactus whenever we want

[@JosephFlores-yn4yi]

I dont even eat it yet i wasnt surprised, it has fruit, its most lokely eatable

[@juancgonzalez2102]

My mom loves cactus fried with eggs. They're great

[@joseppi4435]

you forget how hard it is for people to get them but with practice you can eat them relatively easily XD

[@faithnfire4769]

Southern US as well, the things are everywhere. Jams, jellies, and (according to a younger uncle of mine) apparently the tunas are very good in drinks.

[@JacM78]

@@faithnfire4769 as a fruit, they are very good, take my word for it. There's also 2 versions of this fruit, a green one with big seeds in them and the one shown in the video. They have different flavors but are tasty.

[@deborahdeclusin9389]

My grocery store on the little island of Isla Mujeres has a dedicated employee to scrape the stickers off the fresh nopales but you can purchase them completely sliced & cleaned over by the other cooled vegetables too (my choice so far but now considering the fresh paddles.

[@AtlanteanAngel]

6:48 "Oh Lordy, there's a thorn, there's a thorn! Aahh!" *grabs throat*🌵

[@disco8301]

As a cactus caretaker, hearing 'glochids' basically causes a winter soldier PTSD episode for me, from when I got my first opuntia. It's literally the same pain as fiberglass splinters. Absolutely brutal, but makes for a good challenge when repotting that teaches you to keep your distance, lol.

[@Templarfreak]

i have never heard "cactus caretaker" before and immediately it just gave me a vision of dumb lil cactus children running around getting into trouble and having to be reigned in lol

[@christopherterzakos6118]

Glochids because screw you im toxic

[@CharleneCTX]

When I was a kid, my mother had a small bowl with rocks and a few really small cactus plants. Guess who was dumb enough to want to "pet" them?

[@disco8301]

@@CharleneCTX I’m teaching my nephew to comfort my plants but to only barely brush my cactuses. As for my opuntias, I hope he heeds my warnings to only look at them and not touch.

[@itstaz1351]

@@Templarfreak Bro giving me flashbacks of when I got fiberglass rubbed into my legs... glue can only help you so much then...

[@OfficialMrMalicious]

I remember as a kid I was playing with my Cousin at my House and I will never forget him seeing my Mom’s cactus, then looking at the fruit, then proceeding to grab it with his hand. He cried for an hour straight I think.

[@lumonetic1124]

RIPPPP

[@sticktheok]

That’s sound like hell

[@enderdragon8660]

At one point i walked into a cactus and i pulled the thorns out the came back to the plant and beat it with a stick

[@Saipan2297]

F

[@garzajudith2797]

Same except but we were at a ranch

[@ALAPINO]

Also, varieties sold in most grocers are certainly less prickly. As much as I enjoy the pear, I prefer it now when someone makes the final product for me. I'm partial to the pear candies. Delicious!

[@Houston123ABC]

Thanks for this video. I discovered the tiny prickles and yes they did hurt for several days! I was so surprised by how good the fruit tastes!

[@ihatetheworld90]

Here in Texas they grow the spineless variety at every strip mall and so many Mexican moms can be seen at picking them in the middle of some bank parking lot 😂

[@GlitchedRed]

I mean, if us Americans aren't gonna eat them...

[@thefolder3086]

I think they do have a few Gochids but no thorn.

[@williampena197]

Lol, literally I'm dying from the inside, I believe you 1000%, I can already imagine a Mexican woman that looks like Consuela with a vintage enamelware pot harvesting a nopal in a parking lot in San Antonio or El Paso, I'm surprised I haven't seen something like that by now, but at the same time I hardly ever visit Texas since I've moved.

[@jeremiahbourne4449]

If I seen a cherry/orange/almond tree in a public place you better believe if I want some, I'm getting some.

[@williampena197]

@@jeremiahbourne4449 I mean if the tree is in a public place, I guess the fruit is free, depending on the fruit, I'll gladly take some free fruit, I used to harvest loquats from a tree near a post office.

[@SpoopyChicken]

"I'm just gonna spike mine with a little-" White wine? "Tequila" *Oh...*

[@EmptyCheetosBag]

@@vlc-cosplayer I thought it was basically just Mexican vodka.

[@aetu35]

he said before already he prefers red over white for drinking anyway lol

[@TheSkeletalQueen]

@@EmptyCheetosBag kinda both

[@rickkaylor8554]

The first wild edible I ever ate were prickly pear fruit because they are everywhere in southern California. Many of the local grocery stores sell the paddles since it is part of Mexican cuisine.

[@marcioturcoteixeira846]

I collected a large, mature cladode (aka a nopal/pad) from a variety that I couldn't ID but chose due to the fact that it has very large, conspicuous spines (>3cm and thick as toothpicks) instead of tiny little glochids. It's growing nicely, can't wait for it to bear fruit!

[@charlie-ts6mz]

"It tastes purple." could NOT agree more.

[@johnboyer4246]

Like a crunchy purple with a hint of danger because you're afraid if a spike someone grew inside the fruit and is going to kill you

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

Yeah the fruit is a food dye

[@walterwhite3715]

I love to imagine walking down the sidewalk one day and seeing a random man with a pair of tongs and a giant bowl picking prickly pears from a random persons yard.

[@maria.617]

there's something very Xenophilius Lovegood about that description

[@guardian35]

Come to New Mexico. You'll see the fruit Everywhere! Seeing someone picking the fruit may be less common cause most people can't be bothered with the effort to clean/peal them but no one is gonna look at you funny if you do. But if you Do decide to go harvesting: stay away from the ones on private property or used on a businesses landscaping unless you ask first and don't be surprised if someone stops to ask you what you're making with them and if they can buy some when you're done. lol

[@GeorgeChar95]

@@guardian35 We do the same thing in my country (Cyprus). Sadly most people don’t know how to peel them so they buy them peeled from the grocery store, or just buy them with their skin and peel them at home. Sadly, in the city the cactus is not so common and people don’t like to pick them up if its not theirs, which also takes away the pleasure of eating many of them unlike in the countryside. Fun fact: A very easy way to harvest them is to take a large wooden plank or long wooden stick, and nail a metal can of food into it. Then, you put the fruit in the metal can, and try to snap it off from the cactus. What’s good with this method is that you can pick the ones that are high up on the plant that nobody bothers catching 😂.

[@Sword_of_Saint_14]

You are describing my daily routine

[@swatkp]

With a bunch of cameras on tripods around him 😂

[@CarlosMedina-jc3nu]

To peel the tuna I recommend chopping the top and bottom so it's barrel shaped, then you do 1 long cut top to bottom and peel off the now rectangle shaped peel in 1 piece. To cook them it takes a long time, they change from bright green to browny-green, military-camouflage kind of green when fully cooked, either just put a couple of them with salt and pepper on the grill, or also boiled, chopped, coupled with oregano and panela or mozzarella cheese, any soft texture soft flavour cheese will do great, but really cook them until they change color

[@flintston3r]

I saw my grandma peel one of these things once by hand and have been pretty brave around them considering there's a lot more spines than I gave it credit for. Her method: make a verticle slice from top to bottom. Not too deep just enough to reach the fruit flesh. You then use any part of the knife to lift up one side of the skin, stick your finger under and then run it up and down separating the skin from the fruit. If it's ripe enough the skin should just peel away in one piece with minimal fruit loss. 👌

[@emmiess3044]

Ah yes something more important than online class, how to eat a cactus.

[@johntucker3695]

I got 20 minutes let's go

[@TheDNW]

lol right

[@SubatomicScale]

based

[@peixearrombado]

You guys having class in january? KEKW

[@emmiess3044]

@@johntucker3695 lucky I still have 45 ;-;

[@PinaHyena]

Me who lives in Arizona: "Its free snack estate"

[@bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612]

tasty snacc

[@PinaHyena]

I imagine!

[@summaryart9091]

Very tasty

[@PinaHyena]

@@summaryart9091 It is! I did it yesterday!

[@summaryart9091]

@@PinaHyena nice

[@theresaquidi]

Fun video! Living in Arizona, we have an abundance of this plant but I don't think enough people take advantage of eating them. I harvest the berries and make prickly pear jam. It makes a unique gift for the holidays. Saute the chopped pads with anything is nice. We love hot green chili with the pads.

[@boardcertifiable]

The description you made of that spine in your finger triggered the phantom pains i get in my own hand from when i handled a cactus once.

[@VivaciDesign]

Adam: How to eat cactus without impaling yourself Sokka: "Drink cactus juice. It'll quench ya. Nothing is quenchier. It's the quenchiest!"

[@lumonetic1124]

Moments minutes before disaster

[@knightplatinum9676]

Man i wish i could be as high as he was from that cactus

[@alpharoam15chris51]

Plot twist: he got pricked from eating a cactus and can't say the cr sound right.

[@shitmultiverse1404]

@@knightplatinum9676 take peyote

[@k1llallhumanz208]

Huh

[@MinecrafterExplorer]

As a Mexican I really loved that you made your research in Tunas and Nopales

[@briaormead4239]

He's such a cool guy in that respect. He loves researching stuff.

[@SuperTriscraft5]

Si

[@carmen7459]

I have harvested prickly pear by putting the fruits straight into the food processor or blender from the plant-without removing any spines, and then strained through a pillowcase or other tightly woven fabric. It takes a lot of power to squeeze the juice out, but no one got even a hint of glochid on them.

[@SuperNova-so2cj]

Saw some prickly pear out camping one time and i wanted to try and prepare them, now im ready!!!

[@kmlkmljkl]

yknow after watching avatar I think I'm good when it comes to cacti

[@NunezDesignReels]

I do

[@antekknapek4635]

Everyone has watched avatar

[@anthonybundock354]

👀

[@lemonke3774]

I forgot you existed.

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

Cactus juice is the quenchiest!!

[@cloud-dv1wb]

Every other human on this planet: How are you doing today Adam: *glochid*

[@Andresortega-nd2js]

*glochid*

[@sarcasticeggs8998]

*glochid*

[@mayram4598]

I love Tuna & Nopales. The two ways my mom makes them is Pico de Gallo with cut pieces of Nopales. And my favorite is grilling it with a little salt. Perfect combo with grilling carne asada.

[@mauxmere]

Here in Mexico we ate those a lot. We hold them with a fork, then proceed to cut the edges aproximatedly 1 cm thick, then we made a longitudinal cut and with the same knife open the skin and then simply extract the fruit. If you keep them in the freezer they taste better . My favorites are the pale green variety

[@mustashee]

I tried prickly pear for the first time a few years ago. "Purple" is the perfect way to describe how it tastes. I would also say similar to dragonfruit

[@massivredboi2646]

Dragon fruit are generally sweeter and the seeds can be crunched through

[@jpthepug3126]

@@massivredboi2646 he did say similar

[@natechicken685]

@@massivredboi2646 well, avocado pitts can also technically be crunched through

[@OrcaDaGuret]

it's "ROKAKAKA" get it? No? Ok

[@ZorrilloAlx]

Both are from a cactus, so no surprise they taste similar, i don't know in other places but in Mexico i find tunas (prickly pear) to be sweeter.

[@soup5344]

What I learned: Owie owie owie owie owie owie P u r p l e Cutting the angry purple pear looks like a crime scene.

[@miranazzal1918]

I find this a very underrated comment

[@juliaalvarez537]

His name is Adam and he ate the frog Bibb friit

[@garzajudith2797]

Lol

[@lardlover3730]

Lmao

[@randomguyonyoutube9955]

Very hard he also said

[@adammcinnes5615]

I used to have a prickly pear cactus. The thorns were brutal-the slightest brush and where you had touched the cactus was fuzzy with countless thorns and lots of pain. I found that I had to use a sharp knife to scrape them out of my skin. I started wearing gloves to handle, and finally I got so frustrated, I got rid of the plant. Six months later was the last time that I got a thistle that was lying around after getting rid of that plant. I do enjoy prickly pear cactus fruit though. They show up in my local grocery store here in Canada.

[@PageAmrita]

Hey in New Mexico where prickly pear grow we pick them with tongs and rub them in the dirt or sandy dirt whichever they are growing in this actually does get all the needles off even the really tiny ones ~ u just rotate it around and rub in the dirt over ever part that is prickly ~ it seems tiresome but it is not it only takes a few seconds but rub lightly u know to not break the skin then we cut off the ends and open them up take out the seeds and dry the skin with the flesh on it in the sun or a dehydrator then it is a dried carry with you snack that is sooooooooo good! try it! ~

[@dragonorb9288]

"Its scans your email for eligible receipts," ah yes, an app that scans your email and is definitely not stealing your information

[@bharatsnair]

Ikr made me very uncomfortable

[@Shadowonshadows]

Not really stealing if you're willingly participating in it scanning your purchases

[@imbored7579]

@@Shadowonshadows so you're just helping it steal from you

[@apersoninthecomments9880]

@@imbored7579 "here you go app, steal my information."

[@OddJaguar15]

My best assumption is that the way the app works is by selling this data to advertisers and stores so they can better sell you shit and make you waste your money more. I'm ready to hear about the scandal when people lose their accounts online because of a security breach on that app.

[@fabiosarrica379]

Imagine seeing a middle aged man picking cactus fruits from an abandoned house's garden

[@stuff6181]

Thats when you turn around and run the other way.

[@shibomi1]

Rookie, imagine yourself harvesting the cactus while being judged by the neighbors.

[@morristgh]

In Spain you see people picking them from the side of the road all the time. Adam also kinda understated how easy it is to grow that plant. It's actually a pain in the ass to kill, because if you leave any leaves on the ground there's a decent chance it'll start growing again.

[@DeRien8]

@@morristgh My grandparents had an old one that I never remember seeing fruit on. Guess we weren't there at the right times of year. The chickens loved to hide in it though, good hawk protection

[@ShovelChef]

@@DeRien8 nice!

[@jadsel]

Chiming in pretty late here, but that looks a lot like the native Opuntia humifusa. (Which has bright yellow blooms in season.) They're reliably hardy up into Massachusetts and apparently parts of Ontario, and will tolerate a pretty wide range of soils and moisture conditions.

[@FelineSublime]

I grew up in Phoenix, and though it was more a seasonal tourist thing, I always enjoyed the sale of prickly pear fruit, candy, jam, and drinks. I guess I could describe the taste like sweet berry carrots? The pads though, when grilled and sliced up have a similar consistency and flavor to string beans, which is just fine by me.

[@CoreyGilShusterAskProject]

I once made prickly pear and lemon marmalade. Delicious.

[@Ale-390]

Recipe?

[@michaelbushee3968]

PLEASE. That sounds wonderful and I need it.

[@jonahs92]

לא ציפיתי לראות אותך פה חחח

[@jamieisnotokay3298]

Prickly pear lemonade is so delicious!

[@michaelbushee3968]

@David Bustamante Sorry 'bout that, it was a misclick on my phone.

[@travissmith2211]

I remember being told a story many years ago about how fruit in the grocery store was wrapped in a tissue paper. There was a lady that would always come in and take the paper from the fruit to use as toilet paper. The person telling me the story was morbidly amused when a shipment of prickly pears came in one day wrapped in said tissue paper. That seemed to break the lady of her bad habits.

[@automaton2953]

Why not just use toilet paper?

[@travissmith2211]

@@automaton2953 in the neighborhood of the great depression. Also was a rural area in which many used the pages of an old Sears catalog in an outhouse. Toilet paper at that time was a luxury when luxuries were not sought after.

[@left4twenty]

@@travissmith2211 i mean what else are you going to do with last weeks newspaper? Old news

[@Green24152]

OH GOD NO

[@victorangeloo.adecer2822]

@@Green24152 oh my goodness

[@herscher1297]

These are sold here in germany too. Their german name is Kaktusfeige(cactus fig) and most people here probably know them from a 'beer mixed drink'. I usually just cut the fruit in half and then spoon it out while holding it with a paper towl.

[@Yollie52]

How you amused me with this video! :) From South Africa. Prickly pears (as these very sweet cactus fruit is called here), are something we have great respect for... and love very much! Good gloves are the best barrier to pick and process them. Tons of ways to consume them! Great jam! They are seasonally sold in shops- thorns and all in boxes of 6 or 12.

[@geniuspharmacist]

The specimen in the video is probably a more wild/ornamental variety. Sometimes ornamental varieties are quite tasteless (bland/vegetable-like). Edible (marketed) varieties have bigger fruit and are very sweet and fruity. When removing the skin, the outer quarter inch is vegetable-y and mucilage-y, the inside is fruity and has a watermelon like texture, they're usually eaten fresh (chilled if possible) seeds can be swallowed (easier than spitting them). There's at least 3 varieties green, orange and red (purple). The flavor is slightly different between the varieties. It's common in some rural agricultural areas to plant it along borders since it provides a natural fence, delicious food and requires basically no resources.

[@dimakarakashev6281]

It also stops fires and Humans. Best fence ever.

[@geniuspharmacist]

@@dimakarakashev6281Thanks for the info, I didn't think of it as a fire retardant. Only recognized its value in stopping animals. My dad told me once that back in the day nobody would buy cactus pears in rural areas because it was so common, abundant and virtually free. Now it's becoming expensive as people became more urbanized and started to realize its health benefits.

[@patrickdeel4283]

I once had some ornamental prickly pear fruit. I did not find it sweet. It wasn't exactly bland. I would liken it to a cucumber flavor. Was quite tasty. Perfect for spring green salad garnish if de-seeded and diced.

[@leonflpqzhz4765]

Here in Mexico I used to go to pick "tunas" with my cousins and my uncle. Some of us would buy cowhide gloves or just grab them with a bunch of newspaper as a glove and fill 19 liters buckets,then we brush off the small spikes rubbing it with more newspaper, make a vertical cut, peel it grabbing both sides of the skin and eat the juicy sweet fruit. But you shouldn't eat a lot or you would get constipated by the seeds.

[@marleneclough3173]

A nice syrup can be made from them

[@ichinichisan]

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[@SuzanneBaruch]

I feel like this is a tragically underappreciated comment.

[@KrisRN23935]

INVEST

[@adog3129]

@@SuzanneBaruch yes

[@I_report_scammers_spammers]

Thanks, Adam. I've been very curious to try, but haven't for obvious reasons. At least now I have the first idea where to go.

[@Marc_prime]

Prickly pears are relatively common in South Africa (though not sure if they are imported or not). A childhood treat with lots of fond memories. I just peel them by slicing down the long side and separating the skin from the inner fruit.

[@wenjizeng89]

"I like it raw" - Adam Ragusea, 2021

[@MCXL1140]

2 kids. Confirmed.

[@ileutur6863]

@@MCXL1140 vasectomy, also confirmed

[@ScrilboBaggins]

Yeah baby i like it raaaaaaww, shimmy shimmy ya shimmy yam shimmy yay.

[@NKolev-om9cg]

@@ScrilboBaggins gimme the mic so I can take it away

[@toolie1]

@@MCXL1140 herpes confirmed

[@Cragmortis]

I remember when I visited Mexico one year. I was walking down a dirt road with my sister and grandma. We suddenly stopped next to one of these plants. She took the fruit off and peeled it herself, by hand. Gave both me and my sister one. It looked like a flower bud covered with slime. I ate it and I thought it was so good. I never knew flowers could taste good. Too bad I never came back during that season.

[@juanarredondo9763]

ur grandma was used to the pricks then, i have an uncle who has thic skin palms on his hands and cuz of that, he grabs the cacti and nopales like nothing

[@Nell-r0se]

@@juanarredondo9763 fucking what? Lmao I didn't know people did that

[@juanarredondo9763]

@@Nell-r0se its evolution, or well, adaptation, like in the philipines theres a village of people who have adapted to stay under water for up to 15-20 minutes

[@jikno98]

Mexican grandmas do it all the time

[@ExpandDong420]

I've seen old Hispanic people just tanking insect stings while eating them, years of that pain will make you numb to it

[@riccardofabbri1110]

The "store bought" Fruit comes from the ficus-indica variety, which has bigger fruits often yellow or orange in color, it seems like the plant you were reviewing is the "stricta" variety, that comes with purple fruits

[@glennswint341]

I'm currently growing prickly pear to use as a flavor in my mead, glad to know how to handle it when it starts bearing fruit

[@ethanscaballero]

"cactus juice, it'll quench ya" "its the quenchiest"

[@beefncheesearchives8650]

ah yes, drunk sokka.

[@embazr0]

Nothings quenchier

[@thepuzzler317]

He looks like Ford from gravity falls

[@ihatedio7513]

A giant mushroom!

[@espicfh]

@@beefncheesearchives8650 I think high is more accurate

[@somedude2468]

Her: what are we having for dinner? Me: T U N A

[@MarXPaseos]

In Ecuador South America is always called Tuna.

[@toycat_99]

in perú it's also called tuna though

[@martinn.6082]

Also in Mexico.

[@stgo_g]

Chile too 🇨🇱

[@carlogustavovalenzuelazepe5774]

Ponen el video como su las tunas mataran si no se preparan bien o algo asi XDDDDD

[@EricJacobusOfficial]

Been harvesting these for a minute here in Vegas where they're easy to come by and I can grab a hundred at a time. 1. Pick em with some slip joint pliers and cutters 2. Cut em in half, holding with fork 3. Use spoon to remove contents I can process maybe 2-3 per minute this way. I dump all the innerds into a jar, seal it up and let it ferment for a couple days. Prickly pear wine is good stuff.

[@landonian1223]

I ate a ton of "tuna" while living in Peru, and we always just ate the seeds! Yes, they are way too hard to chew, so you would kinda chew the pulp around them, but them swallow both pulp and seeds when done chewing.

[@andree1991]

Asi mero le hacemos en Mexico

[@MarvinTurner]

"...And I do very much like it raw." Me too Adam, Meee too.

[@GladiusTR]

:) :I . . . : O

[@kottonkandy0962]

Cover your eyes children, this comment is _naughty_

[@fsard3147]

@@kottonkandy0962 How is it naughty i don’t get it uhh

[@dryashes]

@@fsard3147 in this sentence, "raw" refers to unprotected sex, so the comment is very naughty.

[@fsard3147]

@@dryashes oh uhh O-O

[@juyx9720]

This guy: how to eat cactus without poking yourself Me: *laughs in Mexican*

[@gogozeppeli9512]

Can confirm. Mexican skin is invincible, and cannot be pierced by cacti thorns. This is proved by my mom who doesnt care about the thorns and goes full in when shes preparing nopales.

[@engie8570]

Engineer gaming

[@ildlyn8966]

everyone else: laughs at mexicans.

[@echo5m]

Laughs in arizonian

[@joshgp3807]

Only the chancla can hurt us

[@davidmedina8136]

There are also several types of the fruit, the most popular in Mexico is a green one that is also much sweeter and bigger than the purple ones. We peel them carefully with a knife by cutting both ends then making a vertical slice across the whole skin and then sort of rolling the fruit out of the skin, all these while minimally touching the outside or aiding yourself with a fork or using a glove or a cloth. They are really tasty and juicy, the seeds are hard but they’re small and barely a nuisance, you just chew the pulp a bit and just swallow everything. Tunas can also be made into a very refreshing beverage by blending them, adding water and serving it cold. As for nopales, the spines are easily removed by sort of scraping the outside of the whole leaf with a knife, in the direction opposite to the growth of the spines, no need for fire whatsoever. When they’re clean they’re cooked in a variety of ways, they are delicious when grilled or lightly fried. The ones in the video seemed not fully done, the color of the leaf needs to change from that vibrant green to a more dull and dark one. Also, they are rarely eaten raw unless they’re blended for their juice.

[@Milokis]

In Andalusia Spain we call this plant chumbera, and the fruit higo chumbo, or the fig from the chumbera. Rather common to harvest them from the wild plants since they are pretty tasty (never tried)

[@thatweirdguy_ben]

"Mom, Dad's yelling *DIE!* to the food again!"

[@yourlazyneighbor100yearsag9]

yep......

[@sciencewizard2861]

lol he has a wife and kids so it might actually happen lol

[@trueno4904]

"i do very much like it raw" ok adam

[@marcberm]

Okay good. I wasn't the only one. 🤣

[@ManOfTheWeek596]

It's like he wants lewd ytp made from him

[@marcberm]

@@kster809 Lol yup!

[@EricLeafericson]

Did Ol' Dirty Bastard change his rap name again? I thought Dirt McGurt was stupid, now he's apparently this Adam Ragusea guy. Aw baby I like it RAAAAAAWWWW

[@ShovelChef]

@@EricLeafericson I'm glad somebody noticed!

[@mason.mp4107]

hey adam! im from Albuquerque new mexico, and something i do (almost) every year is make prickly pear lemonade, near my cousins house theres a big prickly pear cactus, me and him pick around 50 - 70 and then we (as you say) kill them with fire over his gas stove, we then cut off the tops and bottoms (trying to keep most of the fruit) and peel them to the best of our abilities, we then blend the whole peeled fruit (no added water) and then we use a really fine cloth to squeeze out the juice (this tends to stain whatever cloth you use) then all you have to do is make some homemade lemonade and keep adding the prickly pear juice until you reach your desired flavor, the ones that we use are purple and i cant tell if its a filter but the ones you harvested look red and there are red ones but i dont think they are very good for consumption. also the juice tastes very tart added to lemonade, just a little heads up. if you see this you should definitely give it a try as i think it tastes alot better with lemonade then it would tequila.

[@FreddieHg37]

I'm from Mexico, I've had nopales growing in my yard or patio at least a couple of times and the varieties we usually see, even in a silvester, randomly growing state, like they do sometimes, (they can basically seemingly pop out of nowhere), they seem like they're way more friendly or at least a more domesticated version of them, maybe the variety shown in the video is a wilder or less tampered with species, the ones I've seen growing in a patio without anyone ever putting them there, in the middle of the street next to a sidewalk, curb, median or an abandoned / dirt lot, they're less prickly and with bigger spikes or small ones but still very noticeable. It may be because the more domesticated versions were more widely disseminated and took over the urban and lived-in landscapes, at the same time, they took over the places where originally only wilder species grew and pushed them away (also a lot of these areas didn't originally have a population of any sort of Opuntia vegetation, like my hometown where I live) and they can thrive under different conditions like many desert vegetation groups. I live in a city located in a mountainous region, with an elevation of around 5200 feet, surrounded by pine forests and although it's not that usual to find them laying around, they're everywhere in town, you can go to different parts of town and see them eventhough they're not really a native species to the area surrounding the city and I also used to live in Georgia coincidentally (not Macon though) and the weather is sometimes colder over here than in some parts of Georgia, so yeah, they're very resilient and tough plants. In terms of culinary preparation, people traditionally just cut the skin, like they're peeling or skinning the nopal and they're good to go, put in a bag and one can eat them or cook them or whatever, you can witness people cutting them and selling them even in local markets, tianguis, people can also just put them right on the stove or one fire but that's not as usual and with tunas, that's a different story, they usually sell them whole, even with thorns and all, people usually peel them at home by hand with a knife and that's all, just cut the skin vertically in one or two places and peel it, that's all, although the ones we see everywhere are usually fleshier than the one you're showing, they're fleshier, with a thicker, more defined outer skin which comes off quite easily, with fewer smaller seeds and very juicy. There are other varieties of the fruits, cactus fruits, very similar colorful types of fruits from other variety of cactus plants, called pitayas or pitahayas, which aren't from nopales but rather the variety of cactus which one would see everywhere in the deserts, like the typical round ones, those are very similar to tunas and come in all colors: red, white, blue-purple, yellow, pink, orange, purplish-brown, purplish-violet, green, and popular and commercial tunas are quite similar to those, meaning, rounder, thicker and perkier, compared to the ones shown in the video.

[@nowilltolive4123]

Can we just admire the smoothness of the transitions to the sponsors.

[@alessandrodente6713]

"Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw, when you pick a pear try to use the -claw- *tongs* "

[@drregcop]

Hey thanks Adam enjoyed Yr video , it’s CLEAR. & concise n judt the right pace

[@kierranbrooks7306]

A good trick for avoiding the spines I learned from a little market stall owner in Spain was to use a couple of thick plastic shopping bags as gloves when peeling, it worked for the variety I've had at the very least

[@DanTheMan-lp2fk]

6:56 "Honey the homeless cacti eating man is back again"

[@bettertelevision968]

not on our land xD

[@lamebrothers1621]

As an egyptian, we also have a kind of prickly pear. The easiest way i know how to cut it is wearing gloves, you simply cut of the bottom and top and then you make a shallow vertical cut and then you’ll be able to remove the outer skin easily leaving the edible part only, Ps. I honestly enjoy eating the seeds of these things, my family can’t handle it but i’ll easily eat a dozen a day.

[@cinderyw4438]

That's the way to peel them off, fam Slicing it directly from the plant is a sure way to stingy hell if you forget to take away a tiny patch of skin and also you will throw away significant amounts of flesh from it. And as far as I've watched, those aren't plump enough- regular peruvian tunas are symmetrically round rather than looking like prickly gourds. I'd drench that neighbor's cactus once in a while.

[@PalestinianLad]

Exactly, we do the same in Palestine, the skin comes off very easily. I've never seen this purple variety though, the ones we eat are kind of orange colored. They are delightful and sweet, and you just eat the seeds with it, and they certainly do not taste "purple." 😂

[@alostjagersoul1844]

i was about to leave the same comment man, they Rock ! one of the most tasty things ive ever tried in my life

[@threeme2189]

@@PalestinianLad We do the same thing in Israel, just peel off the prickly skin and enjoy.

[@mathewfarry7587]

Same in Lebanon!

[@lucianocg8392]

I'm from argentina, we have those here too. they're green inside though, and the taste can relate to a mix of grapes and kiwi, really tasty, specially if you juice them and make ice pops with the juice.

[@loquat44-40]

Thanks for the video. I did get a cactus plant and it did quite well in northwest florida surviving our coldest winters. I got rid of it because it was danger to my dogs. I tried to harvest from it and the thorns were too much trouble. A few years ago I purchased some nopales on ebay from a thornless variety. I was potting them and one of my dogs was still just a big pup called little guy immediately started to eat them. So I planted the survivors in a tiny fenced in area and forget to weed them. I think I still have one or two of them still alive. I will maybe next year i will plant some more. The ones without those little thorns is the way to go. I grew up in an area of very old sand dunes and lake shores called the Tolleston ridge in Gary Indiana. There were small dwarfed cacti there that had a lot of the smaller thorns there were red and we learned to leave them alone. One day I saw people of Mexican ethnicity gathering them. So apparently they were edible.

[@calbear105]

“I do very much so like it raw” -Adam Ragusea

[@nightsong81]

Me, living in the frozen north, having never seen a live cactus: *interesting...*

[@enby-ralsei]

i live in connecticut and the only cacti we have are the tiny ones you can buy in flower pots

[@oakesaustin160]

@@enby-ralsei opuntia humifusa is actually a native in connecticut, rhode island, mass, and new hampshire (among other non new england states). It's also easy to grow other species like fragilis and polyacantha. I have a bunch in my garden here in mass.

[@CaptainShenanigans42]

Anthony Thatcher I live in Winnipeg, so if I saw a wild cactus, I would assume I was hallucinating

[@arminpetschelt8127]

@@oakesaustin160 Have you ever seen them in nature? I'm from MA and have heard of them but it sounds like a myth to me...

[@oakesaustin160]

@@arminpetschelt8127 Yes I have. In Brewster MA they live up on the dunes a few hundred feet from the water. I assume they live in other sparsely forested areas too.

[@andginisin]

your description of glochids is so accurate

[@jmp_fr]

this channel has THE BEST sponsor transitions, hands down