Event on 2012-08-19 07:00:00
August is the season that the beautiful red fruit of the prickly pear cactus ripen. Join us in harvesting this fruit, in making jelly, syrup and frozen sorbet, and finding out about how this food is important to many desert animals and peoples. We will learn about the cochineal insect, which bestowed the deep red color unto the Spanish kings robes as well as that of the British Red Coats coats. We will also harvest and prepare nopalitos, tender prickly pear pads, a Mexican staple for over a millennia. Other desert foods such as agave, cholla buds, and mesquite will be part of the menu. This is an occasion to not only don your apron, but also prepare yourself for a grand desert foods feast at the end of the class. Price includes lunch. To register: http://www.desertmuseum.org/center/edu/ppshowclass.phpid=1642
at Ironwood Gallery
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road.
Tucson, United States
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