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Chefs Terri and Eric Naddy of Tall Order Catering in Chandler will return to teach classes on preparing the purple fruit. Gale Racut | Submitted
The Superior Chamber of Commerce is planning its Fourth Annual Prickly Pear Festival for Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015 in the mining community of Superior.
A fun filled day awaits those attending with desert hikes on the mountainside at dawn; a pancake breakfast with prickly pear syrup; vendors selling prickly pear food and wares at the old high school; the Cactus Lounge with art and entertainment and prickly pear beer, wine, martinis, and margaritas; talks and demonstrations on how to use the ubiquitous prickly pear; lunchtime menus in the local restaurants featuring the fruit or the pad; food trucks with more delicacies; and top off the evening with the Edible Desert Dinner and entertainment by Zona Flamenca. You can find everything from prickly pear fudge to cookies as well as artwork, photography, and jewelry featuring the cactus. This is the season when the desert blooms red with the succulent fruit. So, if you want to learn how to use a new treat, join us for a day full of fun!
Admission is free. Tickets for the dinner and entertainment are $25. Tickets can be purchased in advance from the Chamber of Commerce 520-689-0200. The Cactus Lounge will be in the Chamber of Commerce building 165 Main Street, Superior. The old High School, where the vendors, lectures, and dinner will take place, is located at 98 High School St (one and a half blocks north of Main Street).
For more information, go online to superiorarizonachamber.org.
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