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glopmod OP t1_jcymqyq wrote

Reply to comment by messmaker523 in To Restaurants: Sakura blossoms don't taste like cherries by glopmod

But this is because the two things sound the same, in one language.

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It would be like ordering dogwood berries and they mail you a chunk of raw dog.

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FairfaxGirl t1_jcz14gm wrote

“Sound the same in one language”? What is that supposed to mean? Botanically, ornamental cherry trees, sweet cherry trees, and sour cherry trees are all prunus trees. Of course the blossoms don’t taste the same as the fruit, that isn’t because the trees are some totally unrelated plants that just have names that rhyme or something.

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glopmod OP t1_jcz2kgb wrote

People don't make the assumption that cherry blossom flavored food tastes like cherry because the trees are biologically similar.

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They make the assumption because they assume a cherry blossom flavor tastes like cherries.

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If everything cherry blossom flavored was called sakura no one would make that mistake.

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I didn't say or suggest they were totally unrelated plants.

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ManitouWakinyan t1_jcz3hix wrote

In my experience, dogwood and dogs are not remotely related.

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glopmod OP t1_jcz46yf wrote

I cannot believe people are so hung up on a funny comparison.

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I would say get a hobby but I made and have been on this thread all day so

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ManitouWakinyan t1_jcz5o8v wrote

Bud I'm in a meeting and playing Planet Zoo don't worry you aren't taking anything away from my day

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RockItGuyDC t1_jcz770d wrote

>a funny comparison.

No, it's a bad simile.

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glopmod OP t1_jcz7ji9 wrote

Please find something more significant to pick an argument about, holy fuck

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messmaker523 t1_jcyo5vs wrote

What if I wanted just the bark from a dogwood.😁😁

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Tahh t1_jcyyvq4 wrote

That's a bit dramatic lol, they are fairly closely related to the trees that produce edible cherries.

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glopmod OP t1_jcyzcdp wrote

They aren't fairly close flavors at all?

One is a fruit.

The other is the flower from a fruitless tree.

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FairfaxGirl t1_jcz19rn wrote

Or the flower of a fruit tree. Cherry producing cherry trees also have blossoms. That’s how fruit works.

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glopmod OP t1_jcz28jl wrote

And those aren't the ones on the tidal basin that we have a festival for.

The flavors are different.

Thanks for coming to the TEDtalk.

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Tahh t1_jcz2xy9 wrote

Fair enough, it's not remotely the same as dog and dogwood though lol

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llamadolly85 t1_jd0ehwg wrote

Cherry blossom trees have fruit. Humans just don't eat it.

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