Wednesday, August 19, 2020 Pommes et Pommes de Terre

You’ve probably been wondering why I haven’t used any French language in my posts until now. (Right?). Many eons ago I took French in college – nearly 2 year’s worth – and although I’ve forgotten most of it, the words for apples and potatoes still hangs around in my brain occupying valuable space that should be used for more important information.

Anyway, we got a few early “pommes” at the same time as we harvested our first “pommes de terre,” of the Yukon variety. If you’ve never harvested potatoes, you’re missing an experience like digging for treasure. It’s one of my favorite crops to harvest. The only hazards are 1.) unearthing a toad – happened to me once – and 2.) finding a potato that rotted underground. That makes me cringe just thinking about it.

The word “pomme” in French used to mean just “fruit,” not necessarily “apple.” So potatoes are more literally “earth fruit,” rather than “earth apples.” I’m just doing my bit to bring a little international flair into your lives. You can thank me the next time you’re at a party and you realize you can enliven the whole conversation with that tidbit.

At this point, you may be wishing I’d stayed with haiku. I’m still warming up to get back into my regular blog post stride. Things will get better.

I’ll probably delete this in the morning and throw it like a rotten potato as far away as possible.