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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-up11·2 days 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-up12·2 days agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoOh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
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In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.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)
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.