How many of us know how the apple got its name, or the onion? We take these words for granted because they slip right off the tongue, but most of us don’t know where they come from.
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Interesting fact. Peas were actually called yucks when i first tasted them.
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Thanks! Great info, I'm interested in genetics + etymology. At young age checked what fruits and vegetables are cross bred. The first I checked was satsuma. Yes, province in Japan – next clementine named after Clément Rodier. It was pretty hard to find info before google but we had tons of books incl. series of different encyclopedias.
Ow… "Grundbirn" for potato is ancient… my grandparents used it but it doesn't translate into "basic pair" (like the subtitles sugest) but rather "ground pear" – akin to the "erdapfel" which is "earth apple". While "grund" can be translated as "reason" or "basic" in this context it refers to "land" most certainly.
That's some pretty cool info on Passionfruit, had no idea Christian missionaries used its flower for symbolism.
I wondered at the beginning if any of these facts would surprise Simon and then I got gifted with Simon giggling over the "basic pear"
I find it hilarious that an Aubergine was thought to stop farts, when it definitely doesn't… 😛
The Dutch word for cabbage, Kool is actually pronounced like the "cole" in coleslaw Simon!
Veterinarians recommend raw squash as a canine dental cleaner. Carrots are widely used, but the squash flesh lets the whole tooth penetrate and, in doing so, clean food detritus and plaque from puppy’s chompers. Works like a charm but makes Labs fart. Only a Lab owner would know that … 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
Doesn't "pomegranate" mean "granite apple"?
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Is there anything you don't learn from Simon
yeah, but in the end, all fruits and vegetables — is potato. : D
More "Food for the Brain", knowledge is!
how about ten fruits and vegatables native to north america for a video
Hola, batata.
Potatoes are the most amazing food mother nature is ever graced us with. You can eat potatoes literally for every meal in different forms 😃
There is a lot going on with the passion fruit
Here in Hawaii passion fruit is called lilikoi, I made juice this morning from about 30 of them, I have the purple kind growing but my friend has the yellow kind growing, they do taste a bit different.
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Are oranges named after orange, or is orange named after oranges?
I became confused the first time I had someone refer to a bell pepper as a mango. I worked at a pizza place.
Customer: Do you have mangoes?
Me: No, the only fruit we have is pineapple.
Both silently: What a freaking idiot.
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I agree, Simon. "Basic pear" is a hilarious word for a potato
Grundbirne- ground pear
6 explain to me how learning about that is going to benefit Humanity? Cuz you know I've already died but yet I'm still here. So I've got some really deep questions some of which were actually answered by this video. But how was the rest of work out well?
Fascinating video! I’ve wondered about how some things got their names. Excellent video, as always, Simon and team! 😊👏🏻💯🙌🏻
Why is Adam and Eve always portrayed with bellybuttons?
This is the 1st time i've had the internet in 2 months.
i miss Simon's videos more than i miss porn.
Ha you just reminded me that I have some mushrooms that I forgot about enjoying…I'll be back soon, maybe.
My grandmother always saying "well, fu@k me with a Ginnie squash" suddenly makes a lot more traumatizing sense.
Not sure what the spelling is, so I let Google handle it.
Carrots 🥕 were originally purple! Thanks William of Orange!
🇳🇱 Ja! 😅
Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes aren't cousins, they aren't the same species of plant. Unless you meant 'cousins' loosely, like how some pets look like their owners… I wish you'd had the chance to touch on the Jerusalem Artichoke 🤣
And now I want to know how they came up with the Latin, Germanic, etc. words. Language is fascinating and I hope I'm not the only one who ponders how words came about to mean anything, in so many languages.
In Swedish it is Kål pr Koohl.
There's Jerusalem artichoke, which has nothing to do with Jerusalem and has no close relationship or resemblance to the true artichoke, which is the flower of a kind of thistle. The Jerusalem artichoke is a rugged, irregular tuber growing underground on a North American sunflower which was domesticated for centuries by Native Americans. (It flowers but doesn't produce viable seeds and must be grown from the tubers.)
You can still get egg plants that look like eggs in asian markets, they taste much better too.
I like to put the RASP in pronouncing RASPPPPPPPPPPPPberry…. Think Starscream from 1980’s Transformers cartoon…
3:06 German "Grund" has more than one meaning and in the most literal translations it would be either "reason" or "soil/ground/earth"
The translation "basic" is not a literal one. It only applies in some cases where "Grund" is used as prefix to a noun, e.g. "Grundbedürfnisse (basic needs) or "Grundregeln" (basic/ground rules).
Grundbirne would be "ground pear" or "earth pear".
In Venezuela passion fruit is called "Parchita"