Cooking World

Sappy fruits of cactuses are berries inherently. They are used the same way, as other berries: used for food raw, for jams, fruit candy, they are baked, etc. Prickly pears are even specially planted, and their berries have become the common foodstuff on the markets of many countries. In Vietnam, due to a damp warm climate, cactuses – epiphytes Hylocereus became widely spread. Their fruits reach 500 g and have already settled down in markets together with local tropical fruits.

Widespread mammiliaria after flowering form many red berries. They are juicy, with the pleasant sourish taste reminding fruits of a barberry. Seeds are very small and do not prevent tasting.

It is said, that the most tasty fruit among room cactuses gives well-known “Tsarina of nightâ€? – selenicereus. The only complexity is to find the second blossoming plant for cross-pollination, as a last resort it is possible to try to pollinate with pollen of other kind of cactuses. The formed fruit will be as an apple in size, rather tasty, with pleasant aroma. The peel is densely covered with fuzz and prickles, therefore such berry is simply cut half-and-half.