Big Cactus News in Berkeley
Evelyn Ave.
Opuntia ficus-indica. A giant and edible prickly pear. Scrape the spines off the pads and saute and you have a delicious fried green vegetable. On the other hand, the fruit are sweet and tasty and make for a great desert topping or a jam.
But the big news today is in the financial sector where Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding
That is an amazing amount of debt. Outstanding. Holy crap.
Anyway, here’s another shot of the prickly pear.
It’s the fruit, aka Tunas, and they’re not yet ripe, so don’t be picking them you hear?
