Vocabulary Practice
They may not look very tasty, but some types of cactus plants be eaten and are very healthy. In Mexico, nopalitos-young stems of the cactus - have been eaten for hundreds of years.
Eating cactus has 1. recently become more and more popular outside of Mexico. There are many tasty and healthy
2. dishes that use cactus stems. One easy way to cook them is in a pan, in some oil. This is how to do it.
• Clean and cut up the cactus stems. Watch out for the sharp parts of the plant! You don't want to cut yourself. That could be quite
3. painful
• Next, 4. Measure how much oil you need. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the pieces of cactus. Add some salt and cover the pan to let the cactus cook.
• The cactus 5. contains a strange liquid. Cook the cactus until all the liquid comes out and dries up. After that, the rest of the cactus stem can be eaten.