Monday, June 19, 2023

Cactus Fire. It emerged unhurt.

 


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  1. So, if I drink a lot of water before stepping into a blaze I'll live, right?

    Evil Franklin

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  2. Down here, they have "pear burners". When it gets really dry, ranchers will use a big propane torch to burn the spikes off prickly pear cactus. Cows will come running when they hear the torch light off.

    When the prickly pear fruit (tunas) get ripe, my sister in law will pick a bushel or so. You can use the same method to burn the whisker stickers off them. We make syrup and jelly out of it. Decent tasting stuff, too.

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  3. Blackwell Pear Burners. My high school metal trades teacher was the son of the guy who invented the thing. Last time I checked there was a Blackwell Pear Burner in The Bob Bullock Museum in Austin. Burn the needles off and cattle will eat prickly pear like it was candy.

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  4. If your name isn't Moses, keep on walking.
    That call is not for you.

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