𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 29 days 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-square149fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down126
arrow-up1326arrow-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 · 29 days agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agoHow to the French tell the difference between fried apples and fried potatoes? Maybe context.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoHey, 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.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·28 days agoMy point was, I think they would both be pommes frites.
How to the French tell the difference between fried apples and fried potatoes?
Maybe context.
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.
My point was, I think they would both be pommes frites.
Sounds delicious
You’re not wrong!