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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? (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think "ground apples" would better apply to jicama.

Dug up from the ground, somewhat sweet, can be eaten raw or cooked, apple-like in texture...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But these aren't found in Western Europe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Neither were potatoes until they came to the Americas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Yeah, but that's hundreds of years ago and they're a staple food now. Unlike Jicamas, where I had to Google what that even is.

So, linguistically not really comparable