Cut a 6" piece off, remove the stickers(easy),skin it and eat everything but the core. Tastes horrible but it IS awesome. You can buy it legally too. You might get something like "don't let your dog eat it" but you can buy it.It is the Peyote of South America. Cannabis reacts well with it too. Like fungi puts you in touch w/ the mother,Pedro will put you in touch with yourself. Oh yeah and you can drink ANYBODY under the table if you chose to do so. Thought you might like that since you aren't religious but the plant is sacred. Treat it as so. If you're interested email me,I can tell you exactly where to get it besides e-bay.