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  Cactus Candy
  Category: Candy
  Author: The Savvybearcat
  Date: 1/1/2007
  Hits: 207
Ingredients:
3 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Water
2 tbsp Orange juice
1 tbsp Lemon juice
Instructions:
From: Arizona Cookbook

Select prickly pear cactus (or small barrel cactus if you own this
type of cactus, since it's illegal to remove it from the desert).
Remove spines and outside layer with large knife. Cut pulp across in
slices one-inch thick. Soak overnight in cold water. Remove from
water, cut in one0inch cubes and cook in boiling water til tender.
Drain. Cook slowly in the following syrup until nearly all the syrup
is absorbed. Do not scorch!

SYRUP for 2 QUARTS of CACTUS CUBES

Heat all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus.
Remover cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered
sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be
added to the syrup.
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