Well now "freedom fries" makes more sense. You know, like how apple pie is assosiated with the usa? So now it's freedom fries......anyone remember freedom fries?
......ok, no. It was always just stupid.
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How to the French tell the difference between fried apples and fried potatoes?
Maybe context.
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Well apple is succulent stem of apple tree. Potato is succulent root of potato plant. Root is stem inside ground. Q.E.D.
I've been telling you for 30 years to get over it, maybe in 31 years 😢
Have you ever had an apple of the sort they had when the word got its meaning?
They were closer to potatoes than you think.
Doubt. I would expect Apples to have been more like crab apples which are very bitter. Raw potatoes are neutral.
I had a science book as a kids which had sensory experiments. You get a potato slice and apple slice, hold your nose and try both.
They taste the same if you can't smell.
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I think this came from the fact that if you bit into an apple and a raw potato while holding your nose, they'd have the same exact taste and texture
That's an interesting theory. Maybe ancient humans didn't have a sense of taste.
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