Hello, Thom.

On 20 May 05 at 20:10, Thom LaCosta wrote to JAY EMRIE:

 TL> from Sicily and remarked that he remembers as a kid not even the
 TL> livestock would attempt to eat the stuff (g).

You wouldn't want to.  Prickly pear has very tiny, sharp and painful spines
with barbs in the end.  You have to despine it very carefully before you
can eat it or do anything else with it.

Later,
Sean

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