𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 hours 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-square57fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down19
arrow-up1118arrow-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 · 7 hours agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squarekersplooshAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoThat’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoI know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it’s the norm from my experience.
That’s my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it’s the norm from my experience.