Right now our Grade C cactus is very good.
They are sizable, but still tender and succulent…. this is why it is called Nopalea grande, it means ‘Big Cactus’. These leaves can retain their freshness and tenderness sometimes to a large size. It makes for easy cleaning and higher efficiency in the kitchen. If you’ll be chopping the cactus, this is the best stage to get it at. The leaves are easier to clean on a per-pound basis. The smaller leaves of Grade B and Grade A (six to eight inches) will each take nearly as much time to clean as one big foot long leaf. The cleaning time for each might be twenty seconds once one has done a few.
Here is a photo of two fifty pound boxes we sent out yesterday. The boxes are sixteen inches square and thick wall cardboard boxes. We like the surety we get from superior packaging materials. We don’t want the box to fall apart en-route to you… that’s a lot of weight of cactus pressing on the boxes.
Grade C, Nopalea grande cactus leaves