Our first pitaya ….

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Someone working on our house pointed out that we had a ripe pitaya. (This is same name as dragon fruit but not at all the same.)

Best to just check out pics for this one. It is a thorny fruit that grows off the side of the cactus. The color inside is beautiful…. a glowing magenta. The taste is slightly sweet… slightly watermelon.

I put on my garden gloves to grab it and pull off the cactus… then ever so gently removed the thorns then the thick skin.

Who the heck first thought to eat this?

After dethroning and peeling
Yup, good use for the former owners gloves that I’m so glad she left. The thorns came out pretty easily.
Here it is growing on the cactus. A quick tug and it pulls off. We also have tunas but they are not as rare and sound a bit thorny.

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