Tuesday, February 27. 2007
Cactus Harvest
Another great article from the Pueblo Chieftain Online:
Delicious.
Tribe Celebrates Cactus Harvest
Imagine organizing your life around the growth cycle of a cactus. The Tohono O’odham do just that; their new year begins when the fruit of the saguaro cactus is ripe and ready for harvest....
Each ripe, red fruit contains as many as 2,000 shiny black seeds, which can be dried and eaten or ground into a rich, buttery paste that is considered a delicacy. The sweet, fig-like pulp is eaten fresh, dried and stored for winter, or boiled over wood fires in large kettles to make jam and syrup. Some saguaro-fruit juice is always set aside and allowed to ferment into wine....
- Lynda La Rocca
Imagine organizing your life around the growth cycle of a cactus. The Tohono O’odham do just that; their new year begins when the fruit of the saguaro cactus is ripe and ready for harvest....
Each ripe, red fruit contains as many as 2,000 shiny black seeds, which can be dried and eaten or ground into a rich, buttery paste that is considered a delicacy. The sweet, fig-like pulp is eaten fresh, dried and stored for winter, or boiled over wood fires in large kettles to make jam and syrup. Some saguaro-fruit juice is always set aside and allowed to ferment into wine....
- Lynda La Rocca
Delicious.
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