Nopal - Re-post of a message

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Reatha Smith / ahtaer posted the following message a couple

of years back about NOPAL. (I am repeating it here for interest,

since the topic has arisen again ) More ideas/recipes?????

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.. . . many mexican markets carry nopal leaves whole or chopped. The chopped ones

are already cleaned of the spines. The potatoes are used with the egg, flour

and salt to make a " tortilla " , the recipe sounds like my mom's potato pancakes.

Cook and mash the potatoes combine with flour and egg and fry. Mom used baking

powder, I use a baking mix, Jif is my favorite, but pancake mix does well too.

The nopal leaves make kind of a salad, served chopped or stripped, or a salsa

if you grate them,, I like tomatoes chopped in very small pieces with the grated

nopales,, Be creative, but I don't think I would combine the nopales and fry

with the potatoes as their texture changes when cooked, kind of slimy like okra.

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