Prickly Pears

I thought a moment could be spared to honour the prickly pear. It is so very tasty, and I probably won't eat another one for a very long time. I did get prickled by the plant once, but the inside are a sweet dragon-fruit/papaya type flavour with tiny pips you just have to get on an eat. But doing so means you can eat quite a few in a row without stopping. They're called tuna on the Canary Islands but I think the Mexicans call them nopal. Prickly pear or Barbary Fig to you and I.

I'm leaving in two weeks for Brittany and most things are sorted, it's just a matter of deciding what I need to take in one 20kg suitcase.