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minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 months agotwo are not like the others
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·2 months agoSweet Potato is at least a potato.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoIs it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoThey are at least relatives.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-22 months 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-22 months agoSweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes. What are yams though?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoWhat do you mean, potatoes are closer to tomatoes than to sweet potatoes or onions? Botany is a scam.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoMost of them pictured aren’t even French cut.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI know… Potato in French is “pomme de terre”, “apple of the earth”. Today you learned.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 months 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-up2·2 months agoThey are cousins of the same order, Solanales
minus-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months 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-up6·2 months agoI don’t believe onions are tubers…
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI like that I might remember allium this time around
One is not like the others.
two are not like the others
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
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