Grocery Shopping - Cactus

I stumbled across this bottle of tender Cactus at the grocery store today.  It may be known as nopalitos to people in Mexico.   I have never heard of it.  This bottle of tender cactus was not not expensive, about $1.50.  

I'm not a very adventurous eater, but I think I can try this.  I was surprized to find quite a few recipes available.  This bottle of nopalitos will come home with me, and this summer, when we have a family bbq,  I think I'll make this Southwest salad with the cactus.   The recipe comes from allrecipes.com

Southwest Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) jar nopales - drained, rinsed, and dried
• 2 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 5 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 2 lemons
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt (optional)

Directions:  In a medium size mixing bowl, combine cactus, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and cilantro.  Sqeeze the juice from both lemons over the mixture.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.  Sprinkle with garlic salt (if you like) and serve.