There was a joke question common when I was a schoolchild.
Q: How do you pet a porcupine?
A: Very, very carefully.
The same reply would be appropriate for harvesting the fruit of today’s photo topic.
In the tourist spots of the American Southwest, you can buy prickly pear candy, made from the cactus fruit. I’ve not tried it, however, I did eat a serving of prickly pear flavored ice cream. It was sweet and delicious. Reminded me a little of raspberry flavor. But I’m not a gourmet with a sensitive palate.
How would you harvest these sweet treats?
Leather gloves? Clamp on a stick? Knife and hook?
