Cactus Candy

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Susie sent me some recipe URLs for pickled watermelon rind...thanks, Susie! I'm going to post them here"

Watermelon Rind Pickle

Watermelon Preserves

But what I really wanted was a good candying recipe.

This can be used for pumpkin, melon, pineapple, mango, papaya and other, juicy fruits....

Cactus Candy
Yield:6 servings

3c granulated sugar
1c water
2tb orange juice
1tb lemon juice

Directions:

Select prickly pear cactus (or small barrel cactus if you own this
type of cactus, since it's illegal to remove it from the desert).

Remove spines and outside layer with large knife. Cut pulp across in slices one-inch thick. Soak overnight in cold water. Remove from water, cut in one inch cubes and cook in boiling water til tender.

Drain. Cook slowly in the following syrup until nearly all the syrup
is absorbed. Do not scorch!

SYRUP for 2 QUARTS of CACTUS CUBES

Heat all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus.

Remover cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered
sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be
added to the syrup.

http://www.recipeland.com:8080/c/cactus_candy.html

btw: people have been braggin' to me my entire life about watermelon pickles...guess I'll just have to do that this summer...Susie swears by em.