𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-square153fedilinkarrow-up1336
arrow-up1336message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-square@viking@infosec.publinkfedilink15•19 hours agoHave a look at how some early apple varieties looked like, before they were cultivated: https://birdsongorchards.com/pages/welcome-to-wondrous-diversity-of-heirloom-apples
minus-square@Fredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 hours agoThank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.
minus-square@pseudo@jlai.lulinkfedilink1•13 hours agoThey looks identifical to nowday apple from a non-profesional perspective. Except the Hawaïan ones, I never saw a apple with pink flesh.
Have a look at how some early apple varieties looked like, before they were cultivated:
https://birdsongorchards.com/pages/welcome-to-wondrous-diversity-of-heirloom-apples
Thank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.
They looks identifical to nowday apple from a non-profesional perspective. Except the Hawaïan ones, I never saw a apple with pink flesh.
Tree-potatoes!