𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to [email protected] • 1 year 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-square186arrow-up1374
arrow-up1348message-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 [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square186
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink16•1 year 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@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoThey looks identifical to nowday apple from a non-profesional perspective. Except the Hawaïan ones, I never saw a apple with pink flesh.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoThank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.
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
Tree-potatoes!
They looks identifical to nowday apple from a non-profesional perspective. Except the Hawaïan ones, I never saw a apple with pink flesh.
Thank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.