"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> Heya folks,
>
> I was thinking of making some of Kay's margaritas for the NM Cook-in,
> but then I saw something on egullet about Prickly Pears. They should
> be available here in the area about cook-in time. I have also heard
> about prickly pear margaritas...
>
> I was wondering how I could adapt Kay's margaritas to incorporate
> prickly pear juice? I haven't had prickly pears before, or a prickly
> pear margarita, so I don't know how I would do substitutions/additions
> to it.
>
> This is Kay's Margarita:

Christine - Prickly pear fruits (tunas) have a very mild, mildly sweet,
fruit sort of taste. And lots of seeds. The seeds are edible. It might look
nice to put a dollop of tuna flesh in the middle of the drink before
serving? And of course the color, deep red burgundy-ish is very attractive.
Edrena