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Re:We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future by Insanity on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:49PM (#15964679)
My thoughts exactly. The 'nopal'[0], which has kind of a weird texture to me but does not taste all that bad. Also, I just learned that it's called "Prickly pears" in English, so thank you for that. I always just called them 'nopal' even when speaking English :-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nopal

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Re:We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future by ProfessorLayton on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:04PM (#15964822)
I've almost always referred to prickly pears by their colloquial Spanish name, tuna, but that gets pretty confusing to non-Spanish speakers.
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Re:We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future by scentoni on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:24PM (#15964995)
Nopal is the word for green vegetal pads, somewhat like green beans with okra mucus. Tuna is the word for the bright purple or yellow fruit, which has a flavor similar to watermelon.
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Re:We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future by ProfessorLayton on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:31PM (#15965047)
Oops, yeah I was referring to prickly pears. The bright purple and yellow ones are fantastic. I generally stick with the green ones, since the other two are dangerous as far as stains are concerned, particularly if you're sharing them with young ones!
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Re:We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future by Insanity on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:28PM (#15965024)
My in-laws mix both "nopal" and "tuna". Possibly depending on context, but I'm still studying Spanish and nowhere near 'native speaker' level.

I just call them "nopal" as I hear that word more often. Possibly due to the saying "Nopal en la frente" when they tease my sister-in-law her husband.

I can imagine "tuna" being confusing to English-speaking natives :-)

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