Envoy at 16:14, 26 September 2007

2007-09-26T16:14:32Z

Envoy at 16:13, 26 September 2007

2007-09-26T16:13:54Z

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|Description=A blooming flower head of a single [[:en:Leek|Leek]].{{Ram-Man Camera 1
| camera = Nikon D50
| lens = Nikon
| focallength = 55
| aperture = 14
| shutter = 1/125
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|Source=Own Picture
|Date=Friday, June 30, 2006
|Author=Photo by Derek Ramsey ([[:en:User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]])
|Permission=
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[[Category:Allium ampeloprasum porrum]]
[[Category:Photographs by Derek Ramsey]]

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+[[Image:Nopal_cacti_in_Merced.JPG|thumb|right|320px|A nopales merchant at his stand in the Merced market of [[Mexico City]]]]
-|Description=A blooming flower head of a single [[:en:Leek|Leek]].{{Ram-Man Camera 1
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-| camera = Nikon D50
+'''Nopales''' are a [[vegetable]] made from the young [[plant stem|stem]] segments of [[prickly pear]], carefully peeled to remove the [[spine (biology)|spine]]s.  They are particularly common in their native [[Mexico]].  Farmed nopales are most often of the species ''[[Opuntia ficus-indica]]'', although the pads of almost all ''[[Opuntia]]'' species are edible.
-[[Category:Allium ampeloprasum porrum]]
+Nopales are generally sold fresh or [[canning|canned]], less often [[drying (food)|dried]] to prepare [[nopalitos]]. They have a light, slightly tart flavor, and a crisp, [[mucilage|mucilaginous]] texture.
-[[Category:Photographs by Derek Ramsey]]

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