Prickly pear season is here! The safest way to consume this amazing fruit is to extract the juice. This can be done with two primitive methods: One is to put the fruit in the mouth and use the ...

Mash with a potato masher and strain the juice and water through a colander with two layers of cheesecloth to remove the seeds and pulp. This should yield approximately 2 1/2 cups of prickly pear ...