[Wikipedia] Ethnobotany: Early spring was called ko’oak macat (the painful moon) by the Tohono O’odham because of scarce food supplies. During this season, they turned to cacti for food and pit-roasted thousands of calcium-rich cholla flower buds. Today's O’odham people still pit-roast or boil the cholla buds, which taste like asparagus tips. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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