Figue de Barbarie

Le Figue de Barbarie est le fruit du cactus, originaire du Mexique et introduite sur les terres Méditerranéenne par les Espagnols au 16 siècle ainsi qu’en Afrique du Nord.

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Really fruit from cactus @user_not_found ??

How the taste ,sweet source ,im never try before ,really ??

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Salut @Nyainurjanah le goût est sucré modérément, je t’invite à le manger c super bon.

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Hey @user_not_found

Aww sweet so interesting but I think I can’t find here in Indonesia , thank you for replying

Did you know this fruit is mentioned tn the famous poem by
T.S. Eliot?

The Hollow Men

Here we go round the prickly pear (= Figue de Barbarie)
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow

For Thine is the Kingdom

Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow

Life is very long

Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow

For Thine is the Kingdom

For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.

i love it so much