I work with a team of people from all over the world , and the word “eggplant” came up the other day. They asked me why Americans call an “aubergine” an “eggplant.”
So I showed them a photo of an unripe eggplant:
Americans really do label things like cave men just saying the most simple words to describe something:
- Eggplant > looks like an egg and is a plant
- Sidewalk > side of road you walk on
I’m all out of example but I’m sure there are more like this and I like it.
What?
?????What’s crazy is that not only is that the same species as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, but practically the entire plant in that photo is edible.
Brussels is such a weird city
A joke of a plant
That’s nothing, look at pineapple.
And the first English speaker who saw one went “you know what that reminds me of, apples. Wait, hear me out, apples on a pine tree.”
It’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
Iirc that was because apple was just a generic term for fruit at the time, not any specific type.
For anyone interested, this is how wild asparagus grows:
If you trimmed the bush back it’d look larger.
This is what I keep telling the Mrs.
I would not recommend for people to casually start trimming plantlife in the wild. /s
Unironically though there might be lots of insects living within that ecosystem that rely on it. If you don’t need something for a dish or specific resource, just leave it alone.
I don’t want an ecosystem in my bush
I think this was a dick joke
It was a dick joke.
It’s always a dick joke. Or Loss.
A cock quip
A phallic jape
A penis pun
We have loads of wild asparagus where I live. My new favorite activity this year has been asparagus foraging!
Is asparagus foraging that fun, or is it just the funniest activity you have there?
Yes.
The saddest fun ever :)
Por que no los dos?
See, that’s asparagus tricking you into thinking that is how it grows, by crafty memeing. When we (and by we I mean all right thinking
asparaguyshumans know it isn’t.Username checks out.
I was expecting something like “MyPeeSmells” when I scrolled back up. I’m more disappointed than I should be.
