Oh my goodness! I had no idea what that top picture was. Doesn’t look delectable, does it?
I have a blind (spineless) prickly pear in my garden, and its fruits were loved by the natives from this area. So last year when it fruited, we all tried it. Very wet and slightly sweet. My mother pointed out that when the natives were eating it, they didn’t have access to Snickers Bars, and the juiciness sweetness of the pricly pear must have seemed like heaven above to them.