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Stush2019 said:Justin,
How do you cook those pads. I have seen it done with welding gloves to strip away the large spines and then cooked over an open flame to remove the tiny red spines (the worse). Also the seed pods, come fall is suppose to be good tasting. Myself, I didn't like them but if made into a jam, may be good. My box turtles did love those seed pods.
Stush

Only young pads are good to eat.
To be honest, I'm not the one who cooks. But sometimes, I do. I hope I will can take some pictures of how to clean the spines. Maybe next week. And write something about cooking. Maybe will be good a special topic/forum about the cooking vegetable from garden.

Yes, the opuntia pad are a very good food for turtle. Or for some turtle.