𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 17 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-square137fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down17
arrow-up164arrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoI recently learned grenadine is called that because it used to be made from pomegranate juice, NOT because it was from Grenada.
minus-squareMissJinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoWait until you hear about 90 pomegranates
Wait until you hear about pomegranates.
Oh? Juicy gossip, is it?
I recently learned grenadine is called that because it used to be made from pomegranate juice, NOT because it was from Grenada.
Wait until you hear about 90 pomegranates
99 luftpomegranates go by