Prickly Pear

If You Read Nothing Else

Peel with a knife and fork, never bare hands.

Tastes between watermelon and bubblegum.

Seeds are hard — swallow or spit, never chew.

It's sweet, watery, and full of small hard seeds. The tricky part is getting past the tiny spines on the skin.

Known to botanists as Opuntia ficus-indica.