𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts • 1 day 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-square145fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down119
arrow-up1295arrow-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 to Showerthoughts • 1 day agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•13 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@Fredselfishlink1•5 hours agoThank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 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!