Thanks Major, sounds interesting. I have made a nopales salsa, which went on some pork tacos, but never just the nopales. It is my understanding the slime from these was applied by native americans to their parfleches as a water proofing. If you go back on the history section I made some parfleches and used the prickly pears to seal them. Slimy is a good word and when used in the salsa, reminded me of Okra in consistency. They have an almost citrus bite, so they went well in the salsa.