Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Damons? Plums?
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Sacha wrote:
"David Rance" wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Sacha wrote: On 17/8/08 10:01, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , Rusty Hinge 2 writes: | | Well, it IS just a variety of plum! And, yes, that's its origin. | 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. | | And English (to include USanian) is little better, if at all: think 'muffin'? Indeed, but it is relatively rare for a single dialect not to distinguish two things that are (a) both commonly used and (b) where there is a significant possibility of confusion. Muffin is unambiguous, once you know which side of the pond you are. But I have read French recipes which use unadorned groseille, where any groseille could be used, but where the results would taste very different. I am pretty sure that they meant gooseberry, there. Bit like 'mūres' which, I think, can mean both blackberries or mulberries. I imagine it's more often used to mean blackberries. Only because blackberries are more plentiful than mulberries. ;-) Sez he living in Calva country. ;-) But the Normans don't know anything about blackberry and apple pie! David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Protecting Plums | Gardening | |||
No plums? | United Kingdom | |||
flowering plums - when to limb up? | Gardening | |||
Plums | United Kingdom | |||
Plums | United Kingdom |