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It'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? (midwest.social)
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[-] viking@infosec.pub 16 points 1 month ago

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

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Tree-potatoes!

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

They looks identifical to nowday apple from a non-profesional perspective. Except the Hawaïan ones, I never saw a apple with pink flesh.

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you. Now does make more sense to call potatoes ground apples. Going start calling them that and confuse the kids.

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