Barbary fig

Last week my daughter and I visited Tunisia and we had a very nice week there.
Every morning at breakfast I took this fruit together with my yogurt.
Today when I was in my ordinary shop at home I saw this fruit and bought some.
This is a barbary fig or Opuntia ficus-indica.

The flowers of the barbary fig first appear in early May through the early summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the fruit ripen from August through October. The fruit are typically eaten, minus the thick outer skin, after chilling in a refrigerator for a few hours. They have a taste similar to a juicy, extra sweet watermelon. The bright red/purple, or white/yellowish flesh contains many tiny hard seeds that are usually swallowed, but should be avoided by those who have problems digesting seeds.
Jams and jellies are produced from the fruit, which resemble strawberries and figs in color and flavor.
(Information from Wikipedia.)

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