𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 hours 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-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down18
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-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@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 hours agoHave you ever had an apple of the sort they had when the word got its meaning? They were closer to potatoes than you think.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoDoubt. I would expect Apples to have been more like crab apples which are very bitter. Raw potatoes are neutral. I had a science book as a kids which had sensory experiments. You get a potato slice and apple slice, hold your nose and try both. They taste the same if you can’t smell.
Have you ever had an apple of the sort they had when the word got its meaning?
They were closer to potatoes than you think.
Doubt. I would expect Apples to have been more like crab apples which are very bitter. Raw potatoes are neutral.
I had a science book as a kids which had sensory experiments. You get a potato slice and apple slice, hold your nose and try both.
They taste the same if you can’t smell.