jordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoLay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortunefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1304arrow-down129file-textcross-posted to: business@lemmy.world
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkLay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortunefortune.comjordanlund@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square113linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: business@lemmy.world
minus-squareWhats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoThat’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIn German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
minus-squarepau_hana@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIn Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
minus-squarewintermute@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI think it’s still very common in Austria
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAnd the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.
That’s fun, reminds me of how French calls potatoes “apples of the earth” (pommes de terre.)
In German, potatoes are also called ‘Erdäpfel’ although that is considered as outdated and somewhat funny.
In Baden, I sometimes even hear them called Grumbeere
Oh, that I never heard. But I always lived in the North.
I think it’s still very common in Austria
Oh, yes? They also have ‘Paradeiser’! (Tomatoes)
And the tomato, in Italian, is called “pomodoro”, literally “golden apple”.