Stage+2-+How+to+Extract+the+Juice

__**Stage 2- Extracting the Juice**__

After experimenting with many techniques for extracting the juice we found that the best techniques are:

-with this method the juice is more liquid-like than method # 2 -this method has a longer preparation time, but if planned in advance, it takes less labor than method #2
 * 1. SOAKING:** cutting the cactus pad in half, then into smaller pieces, then soaking the pieces in water for a week

**2.GRATING:** cutting the cactus pad in half, then into smaller pieces, then grating the pieces with a cheese grater -with this method the juice has chunks of the cactus (could add fiber if used in plaster?) -this method requires an extra step of grating, but the juice is ready to use right after it is grated




 * Other methods we tried that didn't work:**


 * hitting the cactus with a hammer
 * Smashed boiled and fresh prickly pear- boiled leaves seemed dried out and didn't produce hardly any juice.
 * compressing the cactus with a hydraulic jack
 * grating against wire mesh



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