Ah, the ol' "second harvest." -Dave On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Leo A. Martin <leo@possi.org> wrote: > Alberto wrote > > > They travelled large distances to cacti populations and during several > > days they ate as much as they could. Upon return home, the cacti were > > sown by natural digestive methods. > > It gets better. In her book Wendy Hodgson recounts a story from Spanish > friars about the Seri Indians and Stenocereus gummosus, a cactus with > fruit considered better than any other. In season they ate as many cactus > fruits as possible, and hours to days later all the people left their > waste in one spot on large rocks. The following year the cactus seeds were > easily collected from the rock where they had been left. The seeds were > ground to flour, cooked and eaten. The friars were told this after they > ate the delicacy. > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >