𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day 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-square131fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down118
arrow-up1268arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squarestarbritelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoI 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
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 hours agoThat’s an interesting theory. Maybe ancient humans didn’t have a sense of taste.
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
That’s an interesting theory. Maybe ancient humans didn’t have a sense of taste.