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Mexico’s Popular But Forbidden Edible Cactus

Mexico’s Popular But Forbidden Edible Cactus

Update: 2025-09-26
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In Mexico, chile en nogada is the taste of September. But one key ingredient —a candied cactus — is now illegal to buy - because its on the verge of extinction. But as our Mexico correspondent learns, traditions in Mexico are very hard to break.

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Mexico’s Popular But Forbidden Edible Cactus

Mexico’s Popular But Forbidden Edible Cactus