What began as a “COVID baby,” as Ripon resident Jillian Ruiz called it, is now a pickled cactus company that sells its products nationwide. She and her husband, Eric Ruiz, founded Eric’s Nopales in ...
In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I show you how to prepare and eat cactus fruit also known as prickly pear, cactus pear, tuna fruit, opuntia, nopal. They come mainly in two different ...
If you're looking to broaden your fruit horizons beyond the quotidien, consider the many ways to eat prickly pears. Also known as cactus pear, this delectable desert fruit grows on shrub-size cactus ...
What you are looking at is my lunch from the other day, and so this Mystery Plant is for the foodies who read this column. I know you are out there. The other day I was at my favorite local Mexican ...
The University of Illinois Extension, Rock Island County will offer classes on food preservation Tuesdays in September. Each class will be offered twice a day, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and from 5:30 to 7 p ...
Jillian Ruiz talks with friends as she sells pickled nopales (Eric’s Nopales) at the Ripon Farmers Market in Ripon, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Ruiz and her husband Eric created a line of ...