Drew to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 days agoThere is no such thing as a vegetablesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square182arrow-up1437
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minus-square@huppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish17•5 days agofun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
minus-square@bleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 days agoSome dialects of German have this, too.
minus-squareA Wild Mimic appears!linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agoyeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoAt one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
minus-square@Aqarius@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 days agoAlso, earth-pear, for some reason.
minus-square@SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-25 days agoIn Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.
minus-square@PhilipTheBucket@ponder.catlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 days agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4
fun fact, in dutch a potato is called an earth-apple
I believe also in French, ‘pomme de terre’.
That is correct.
Some dialects of German have this, too.
yeah, austrian german is using the “Erdapfel” too, but over the last 40+ years of german TV the “Kartoffel” has become a lot more common
At one point in time, all fruit/vegetable was called “apple.”
sounds confusing
Also, earth-pear, for some reason.
In Dutch Aardpeer is the Jerusalem Artichoke not potato
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardpeer
Jerusalem Artichoke are a type of sunflower and potatoes are nightshades so not the same type of plant even though they both are grown for their tubers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK16HXxQTO4