𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 27 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-squaremessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down125
arrow-up1346arrow-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 · 27 days agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareHagdos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoBut these aren’t found in Western Europe
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoNeither were potatoes until they came to the Americas.
minus-squareHagdos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-225 days agoYeah, but that’s hundreds of years ago and they’re a staple food now. Unlike Jicamas, where I had to Google what that even is. So, linguistically not really comparable
But these aren’t found in Western Europe
Neither were potatoes until they came to the Americas.
Yeah, but that’s hundreds of years ago and they’re a staple food now. Unlike Jicamas, where I had to Google what that even is.
So, linguistically not really comparable