And tomatoes are “love apples”
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?
Submitted 7 months ago by sxan@midwest.social to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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medusa@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
Which makes more sense, in a weird way.
vxx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Grosse Pomme is New York
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Hans Grosse
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Well apple is succulent stem of apple tree. Potato is succulent root of potato plant. Root is stem inside ground. Q.E.D.
sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
[deleted]sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
Whew. Thanks for the /s. That was a comprehensive list of French stereotypes, though. Bravo.
starbrite@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I think this came from the fact that if you bit into an apple and a raw potato while holding your nose, they’d have the same exact taste and texture
sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
That’s an interesting theory. Maybe ancient humans didn’t have a sense of taste.
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ancient humans? Europe didn’t have potatoes until they were imported.
Wiz@midwest.social 7 months ago
How to the French tell the difference between fried apples and fried potatoes?
Maybe context.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Fried apples? Maybe that’s a Texas thing, or Scottish, but it wouldn’t be a source of confusion in France because they’d take your passport away if you tried frying an apple.
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
French people do eat apple beignets, which are basically fried apples.
If you’ve never had one before, apple beignets are easy to make and delicious, plenty of recipes around.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Fried apples are sliced into small pieces and cooked with butter, cinnamon, and stuff. They’re quite good. It’s not a battered and deep fried thing. Frying covers a large range of cooking styles.
SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
But only an apple they’d picked themselves or received from a trusted supplier with legible labeling, since it otherwise might be a potato.
sxan@midwest.social 7 months ago
Hey, that’s a good point. Fried apples might me sweeter than fried potatoes, but they’d be much more similar than in other forms. Frying tends to bring out the sweetness in carbs.
Wiz@midwest.social 7 months ago
My point was, I think they would both be pommes frites.