Some first timer help would be nice :)

[I<3Salvia]

Hello there friends, swim has recently ordered some fresh cut San Pedro cactus from an online distributor. While he is anxiously awaiting the experience ahead, swim is trying to find all the ways of taking this plant without extracting, boiling, or altering the plant structure by some chemical means. So far he's found a couple ways to turn it into a juice and drink it, but he's thinking that there are more creative and efficient ways of ingesting this substance. A couple ideas/questions swim has himself are...

Whatever happened to buttons? Swim understands this is the way that native Americans took/take Peyote, why not everyone else with San Pedro? If someone has experience with this, please state any preparation required.

Also, what about recipes? Is there anyway that this stuff could be turned into a wonderful "happy meal"?

If you guys have any ideas, experience, or knowledge, swim would love to hear from you. Many thanks in advance.