pommes
Apples in Paris
Pommes is French for apples, appearing in English primarily on menus.
Pommes frites are French fries—fried potato sticks.
Often shortened to just pommes in restaurants serving Belgian or French cuisine: I'll have the steak with pommes.
The full phrase pommes de terre (apples of the earth) means potatoes.
Deep-fried potato strips
- ketchupTomato-based condiment
- mayonnaiseEmulsified egg-oil spread
- crispyBrittle and snapping
- goldenBright yellow, or precious
salt · vinegar · deep-fried · greasy · snack · basket · dipping · burger
fries
Deep-fried potato strips
- ketchupTomato-based condiment
- mayonnaiseEmulsified egg-oil spread
- crispyBrittle and snapping
golden · salt · vinegar · deep-fried · greasy · snack · basket · dipping · burger · drive-thru
tuber
Underground nutrient reservoir
- starchComplex plant carbohydrate
- spudPotato, colloquially
- nightshadeOften toxic plant family
cultivar · russet · fingerling · roasting · boiling · mashing · gratin · latkes · gnocchi · dauphinoise
fruit
Edible plant ovary
sweet · ripe · harvest · cider · tart · compote · baked · gala · ambrosia · granny