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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 days agoThey’re all fried tubers. I’ll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.
minus-squareVictorlinkfedilink21•6 days agoIs it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-25 days agoThey’re as closely related as a human and a lemur. The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-25 days agoSweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes. What are yams though?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 days agoThey’re fucking monocots, so way the hell removed (like onions). But none of these plants even share a family, order is the closest it gets.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 days agoWhat do you mean, potatoes are closer to tomatoes than to sweet potatoes or onions? Botany is a scam.
minus-squareVictorlinkfedilink1•5 days agoI know… Potato in French is “pomme de terre”, “apple of the earth”. Today you learned.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•5 days agoIt is not a potato. Potatoes are a member of the Nightshade family. Sweet “Potatoes” are from the Morning Glory family. Completely separate genus. Even though they can be mostly cooked and prepared similarly, they are not related.
One is not like the others.
two are not like the others
They’re all fried tubers. I’ll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.
I don’t believe onions are tubers…
I had to look it up – allium
Damn. My b.
Fried finger food.
Sweet Potato is at least a potato.
Is it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
They are at least relatives.
They’re as closely related as a human and a lemur.
The Spanish just got confused between the names batata and papa and called them similar names. Yams are even further away from both sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes.
What are yams though?
They’re fucking monocots, so way the hell removed (like onions). But none of these plants even share a family, order is the closest it gets.
What do you mean, potatoes are closer to tomatoes than to sweet potatoes or onions?
Botany is a scam.
Not really. 👍
Most of them pictured aren’t even French cut.
I know… Potato in French is “pomme de terre”, “apple of the earth”.
Today you learned.
It is not a potato.
Potatoes are a member of the Nightshade family.
Sweet “Potatoes” are from the Morning Glory family.
Completely separate genus. Even though they can be mostly cooked and prepared similarly, they are not related.
They are cousins of the same order, Solanales