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minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSweet Potato is at least a potato.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIs it? In that case, potatoes are apples by French standards. (Because it’s in the name.)
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·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-up0·edit-22 months agoSweet potatoes are more potatoes than onions are potatoes. What are yams though?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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-squareYondoza@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 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-up0·2 months agoI don’t believe onions are tubers…
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI like that I might remember allium this time around
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.
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