Taking a walk on the wild side
Professional and home chefs embrace local foods
There is a local belief that eating too much of the prickly pear’s bewitching fruit, the tuna, can give you chills. For centuries — if not thousands of years — the people of the desert have approached this delicacy with caution.
While rich in antioxidants, the fruit may contain a particular acid that can upset the stomach. Yet even armed with this knowledge, it’s hard to resist when the fruit arrives at your table, cooked down to its essence of screaming pink jelly, dripping off a hunk of crispy toast onto a pure white plate... -Arizona Daily Star, July 15, 2014 |
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