Desert

I knew this would be today's word!

I ate cactus once. It was on the menu and I'd never tried cactus and it sounded interesting, so I ordered it. I thought it tasted like string beans, but the texture is different. I want to say it's rubbery, but it's not exactly. The surface, friction-wise, seemed rubbery, but the consistency of the whole vegetable wasn't rubbery or chewy. It was soft, like a cooked vegetable.