▲ 56 ▼ Difference between store bought blueberries and ones from nature (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 hours ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kettuli@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago (5 children) Or storebought blueberries and wild bilberries? permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] matelt@feddit.uk 12 points 3 hours ago (4 children) I'm not a native speaker of English, and I've only recently learnt that the 'blueberries' I grew up foraging from the woods are in fact bilberries. Which is kind of interesting because although most people will call them blueberries, we have a regional name for them, 'brimbelles', that's kind of similar to bilberries when you squint your eyes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children) It’s the same in Finland, I was raised thinking that I was eating blueberries when they were, in fact, bilberries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 child) You did eat blueberries. In Scandinavian languages bilberries are called blueberries (blåbær, blåbär), because what Americans calls blueberries didn't exist there (the American sort was only introduced to Europe in the 1930s). English isn't alone in deciding what is a blueberry and what isn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago I stand corrected. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emigu@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago Huh, TIL! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] matelt@feddit.uk 12 points 3 hours ago (4 children) I'm not a native speaker of English, and I've only recently learnt that the 'blueberries' I grew up foraging from the woods are in fact bilberries. Which is kind of interesting because although most people will call them blueberries, we have a regional name for them, 'brimbelles', that's kind of similar to bilberries when you squint your eyes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children) It’s the same in Finland, I was raised thinking that I was eating blueberries when they were, in fact, bilberries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 child) You did eat blueberries. In Scandinavian languages bilberries are called blueberries (blåbær, blåbär), because what Americans calls blueberries didn't exist there (the American sort was only introduced to Europe in the 1930s). English isn't alone in deciding what is a blueberry and what isn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago I stand corrected. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emigu@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago Huh, TIL! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kettuli@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children) It’s the same in Finland, I was raised thinking that I was eating blueberries when they were, in fact, bilberries. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 child) You did eat blueberries. In Scandinavian languages bilberries are called blueberries (blåbær, blåbär), because what Americans calls blueberries didn't exist there (the American sort was only introduced to Europe in the 1930s). English isn't alone in deciding what is a blueberry and what isn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago I stand corrected. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rothe@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours ago (1 child) You did eat blueberries. In Scandinavian languages bilberries are called blueberries (blåbær, blåbär), because what Americans calls blueberries didn't exist there (the American sort was only introduced to Europe in the 1930s). English isn't alone in deciding what is a blueberry and what isn't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kettuli@lemmy.world 1 point 2 hours ago I stand corrected. permalink fedilink source parent