𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months 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-square64fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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.
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.