Just got back from a week at the parental units' house in Tucson (thanks, folks!). Might have a couple more food-related posts later. This one's about souvenir jams. We didn't get any last time we visited Tucson, but this time we did.
If you've been there you can probably guess one of them: you can find prickly pear jelly at any roadside gift shop. We got ours at the Tohono Chul Park gift shop. The brand we got was Cheri's Desert Harvest. The other jam we picked up was Margarita Marmalade, from the same maker.
The Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly (as they title it) is good, but I think it might have a tad too much lemon juice in it - it mollifies the prickly pear flavor so much that you easily forget what you're eating. (Not that I'd know what pure prickly pear tastes like - but I've had prickly pear candies, and those taste more distinctive than this.) It's a good jam, but not a standout.
The margarita marmalade, on the other hand, is excellent. A great mix of lemon, lime, and red lime. They say it has tequila and triple sec in it, too, and I'm sure those help with the bitterness, but I imagine all the alcohol cooks out in the jam-making process, because there's no bite. Just a tiny spiciness mixed in with the fruit. A winner. Definitely worth picking up another jar next time we're down there.
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