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minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoThey’re all fried tubers. I’ll let it slide. The real travesty is no fried yuca on the list.
minus-squareRavingGrob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoI don’t believe onions are tubers…
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI like that I might remember allium this time around
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·5 days agoSweet Potato is at least a potato.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 days agoIs it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·5 days agoThey are at least relatives.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·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-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·edit-25 days agoSweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes. What are yams though?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 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-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoWhat do you mean, potatoes are closer to tomatoes than to sweet potatoes or onions? Botany is a scam.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoMost of them pictured aren’t even French cut.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoI know… Potato in French is “pomme de terre”, “apple of the earth”. Today you learned.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·5 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.
minus-squareTheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThey are cousins of the same order, Solanales
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.
I like that I might remember allium this time around
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