NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoOh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are "nuts" inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareOh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are "nuts" inside a pod-like thing, just like peas!NONE@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretkw8@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoI think they’re actually legumes, not nuts.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month ago3rd rock from the sun did a whole episode on this, starring the woman who played Roseannes sister as Dick’s new love interest. 25 years later, and I still pronounce legume the way they did in that episode as I recite this fact.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf you can find some that are not roasted, this actually becomes quite obvious. They do taste a lot like peas.
I think they’re actually legumes, not nuts.
3rd rock from the sun did a whole episode on this, starring the woman who played Roseannes sister as Dick’s new love interest.
25 years later, and I still pronounce legume the way they did in that episode as I recite this fact.
If you can find some that are not roasted, this actually becomes quite obvious. They do taste a lot like peas.