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16-08-2008, 11:25 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Damons? Plums?
On 16/8/08 18:36, in article
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"David Rance" wrote:
On 16th August Nick Maclaren wrote:
David Rance writes:
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| So the damson is known here but the French appear to refer to it simply
| as a variety of plum. Having looked it up in Collins-Robert it is
| slightly more helpful, calling it a "prune de damas" (a Damascus plum -
| damson would appear to be a corruption of this).
Well, it IS just a variety of plum! And, yes, that's its origin.
Quite! So is the greengage which the French call Reine Claude!
Was there a Queen Claude?
The French terms that I find a a bit odd are where the same word
is used for two items that are used very differently - groseille
being an example.
They do distinguish between groseille rouge, groseille blanche and
groseille à maquereau (gooseberry).
Interesting that it's defined by the mackerel it accompanies in classic
dishes!
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