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minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 days agoI just had raw peanuts for the first time this week and the taste was intriguing. It really brings home how they are “legumes” when they taste more like peas than peanut butter.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoIn German language they are called ‘Erdnüsse’ (Ground Nuts), so it is more obvious where they grow. But since the climate doesn’t (yet) allow to grow them here, maybe many people don’t know much about their origins either.
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoOh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
I just had raw peanuts for the first time this week and the taste was intriguing. It really brings home how they are “legumes” when they taste more like peas than peanut butter.
In German language they are called ‘Erdnüsse’ (Ground Nuts), so it is more obvious where they grow.
But since the climate doesn’t (yet) allow to grow them here, maybe many people don’t know much about their origins either.
That’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
I think it’s still very common in Austria
Oh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)