Categories: Candies 
      Yield: 6 servings 
  
      3 c  Granulated sugar 
      1 c  Water 
      2 tb Orange juice 
      1 tb Lemon juice 
  
  From: Arizona Cookbook 
   
  Select prickly pear cactus (or small barrel cactus if you own this 
  type of cactus, since it's illegal to remove it from the desert). 
  Remove spines and outside layer with large knife. Cut pulp across in 
  slices one-inch thick. Soak overnight in cold water. Remove from 
  water, cut in one0inch cubes and cook in boiling water til tender. 
  Drain. Cook slowly in the following syrup until nearly all the syrup 
  is absorbed. Do not scorch! 
   
  SYRUP for 2 QUARTS of CACTUS CUBES 
   
  Heat all ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Then add cactus. 
  Remover cactus from syrup, drain and roll in granulated or powdered 
  sugar. For colored cactus candy, any vegetable food coloring may be 
  added to the syrup.