this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2024
89 points (90.8% liked)

Potatoism

749 readers
1 users here now

Rules:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world
89
Earth eggs (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to c/potatoism@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, the French call them "earth apples"

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Dutch as well.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Plattdeutsch we also call them Erdäpfel

[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Some Norwegian dialects as well call them jordepli.

(Some apparently go one step further and just call them apples, with regular apples getting the name sweet apples. Same kind of reasoning as when they call fermented milk just "milk" and unfermented milk "sweetmilk".)

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Pomme de terre

[–] Arigion@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

Grumbeer / Grumbier / Grundbirne - "ground pear" in Pfälzisch, a German dialect.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Earth apples

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Dirtsteak.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Googly tubers