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Rip off?

durrelllrobert - 5-14-2013 at 09:57 AM

What is the going price for pitayas?
A friend just had to pay $20 USD for 6 of them and I'm sure he got ripped off.

[Edited on 5-14-2013 by durrelllrobert]

DENNIS - 5-14-2013 at 09:59 AM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
t is the going price for pitayas?
A friend just had to pay $20 USD for 6 of them and I'm sure he got ripped off.


You mean from that guy selling them on the side of the road by the school. Who did that?

Mulegena - 5-14-2013 at 10:01 AM

About $100P for a large coffee can full.

That being said, they're early in the season, usually in summer as I recall in southern Baja, so who knows the reasoning.

Bottom line, your friend really wanted some pitayas, so he ponied up. Could have done worse things in life.

durrelllrobert - 5-14-2013 at 10:05 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by durrelllrobert
t is the going price for pitayas?
A friend just had to pay $20 USD for 6 of them and I'm sure he got ripped off.


You mean from that guy selling them on the side of the road by the school. Who did that?

Jay

BajaRat - 5-14-2013 at 10:05 AM

Out of season ? But what the heck....... I'd pay 20 to have some right now :lol:

DENNIS - 5-14-2013 at 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert

You mean from that guy selling them on the side of the road by the school. Who did that?

Jay


I think you just answered your own question. :light::lol:

DavidE - 5-14-2013 at 10:16 AM

I've seen out of season mangoes priced a more than a dollar a pop. To each his own...

chuckie - 5-14-2013 at 12:45 PM

I have a whole tree full..lil green......

Lindalou - 5-14-2013 at 12:56 PM

What are they? I almost stopped to see, but didn't.

Cypress - 5-14-2013 at 01:12 PM

Do you have to buy 'em?:lol:

Loretana - 5-14-2013 at 01:13 PM

I'm still waiting for Shari to share her Pithaya Margarita recipe with us!

DENNIS - 5-14-2013 at 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by Lindalou
What are they? I almost stopped to see, but didn't.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya




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Lindalou - 5-14-2013 at 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Cypress
Do you have to buy 'em?:lol:
Yes, that's why I didn't stop to see! LOL

Lindalou - 5-14-2013 at 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by Lindalou
What are they? I almost stopped to see, but didn't.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya




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[Edited on 5-14-2013 by DENNIS]
Thank you Dennis. I was going to do that when I got home and forgot all about them till I saw Bobs post. They look delicious and tasty but a little spendy for my tastes.(pun intended)

DENNIS - 5-14-2013 at 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by Loretana
I'm still waiting for Shari to share her Pithaya Margarita recipe with us!


She's busy, so here's one for ya:

http://backyardbartender.blogspot.mx/2011/07/enter-dragon-fr...

mrfatboy - 5-14-2013 at 07:32 PM

What the heck is a pitayas? Lol. Saw the picture and said its "dragon fruit". When I travel to Asia they are all over the place. Although I just saw them is the Solana Beach Von's last week. LOL.

Udo - 5-15-2013 at 07:50 AM

For those who have not followed her posts...

Shari normally takes a group of visitors and/or locals for the search for pitahayas.
If you do a search, on the word, you'll find her posts.
Her timeline is usually end of June-Mid July. Take a knife, machete, gunny sack and leather gloves (not unlike the search for snipes in the U.S.):lol:
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Originally posted by Loretana
I'm still waiting for Shari to share her Pithaya Margarita recipe with us!
:lol::lol:

David K - 5-15-2013 at 08:03 AM

Some of those photos in the links above are of a different fruit, sold under the name 'dragonfruit' and is not the same pitaya as found in Baja.

Here are some photos taken from vendors along Hwy. 1 in San Quintin, back in November, 2004... with Antonio, BajaCactus:


The Pitaya dulce (Organ Pipe Cactus) produces a fantastic juicy treat.
Roadside vendors were selling them in San Quintin.
Se vende Pitaya Vuena (Buena) Spanish for Good.


On the right is the fruit with spines, on the left they were trimmed and ready to eat.
The fruit was brought up from La Paz.


Antonio shows me how to peel the fruit... it's easy!


Very juicy, 100% edible, tiny strawberry-like seeds, like biting into a cherry popcycle!
Thank you Antonio

David K - 5-15-2013 at 08:08 AM

Young fruit, in July (pitaya dulce/ Organ Pipe Cactus), near El Arco:





David K - 5-15-2013 at 08:14 AM

Between Ligui and Cd. Insurgentes, Hwy 1 passes many pitaya agria and pitaya dulce plants (also spelled pitahaya):


Pitahaya agria (Sour Pitaya)


Pitahaya dulce (Sweet Pitaya/ Organ Pipe Cactus)

Lindalou - 5-15-2013 at 04:31 PM

Maybe I'll just borrow some from Bob.;)