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Looks like Albanian muç-molla They are very tasty, and can be eaten like a mini apple or pear. They taste like a combination between a pear and an apple. I us
by ardit33 6y ago
Looks like Albanian muç-molla
They are very tasty, and can be eaten like a mini apple or pear. They taste like a combination between a pear and an apple. I used to have one in my home/garden.
...it is the baby of the rose family. This little tree produces small fruits in brown to rust color.
These fruits are similar to those of the wild rose, but larger in size.
https://www.classlifestyle.com/news/39341/mucmolla-shqiptare-ka-efekte-shendetesore-te-medha-qe-ne-nuk-i-dinim/eng/ https://www.classlifestyle.com/news/39341/mucmolla-shqiptare...
- nkurz 6y agoYour link isn't working for me, but this video confirms that muç-molla is indeed the same fruit as medlar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpgCdAXb-Xo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpgCdAXb-Xo
- adrian_b 6y agoThat is the Turkish name of the medlar. This name is used in many Balkanic countries.
- mda 6y agoIn Turkish, "Musmula suratli" = "Medlar faced" is a common and funny expression to describe someone with an ugly / grumpy /sour face.
- Ericson2314 6y agoFrom the original article > It's still widely grown in Iran, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Turkey, where it's sold in markets as musmula. Yup, that's the same word. Thanks, Ottomans.
- hcho 6y agoThe word is actually of Greek origin. Who spread it is difficult to tell.
- YeGoblynQueenne 6y agoAre you sure? The word sounds distinctly Turkish to my Greek ears [1]. It's funny but there's long-standing confusion between me and a friend regarding what a "musmulo" (singular) is. I know by that name a small, round, orange-yellow fruit with soft, tangy flesh and large-ish but very smooth stones - known in English as a loquat. I'm from Athens, but my friend who is from Corfu knows two things as musmula: the loquat and the medlar fruit. I notice also in sister threads that there is some linguistic confusion about medlars and loquats in other places, e.g. two French users discuss whether "néflier" is the loquat or the medlar fruit, in French. This year I was at my Corfiot friend's house in winter and they have medlar trees in their garden, so I had the opportunity to watch the bletting process in action, as it were. Basically my friend and my friend's dad picked a bunch of medlar fruit and put them in wicker baskets wrapped in newspaper. Then a few weeks later they ate some. To be honest, I didn't try them, because they looked and smelled ... rotten? I guess? My friend ate a few but some had actually gone bad and had to be chucked out. Strange fruit, really. _____________ [1] All the rest of me is Greek also.
- selimthegrim 6y agoI had a brief vision of one of those painted ancient Greek statues where they had to put the broken ears back on.
- hcho 6y agoMespilon is the original Greek name, which made its way to Latin too. It might be sounding alien to you because of the sound changes.
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoThere are Modern Greek words that came into Greek from Turkish, but where the Turkish word comes from an Indo-European root (though it's not always clear if that is Greek or Persian). Examples include karpouzi (watermelon, from Turkish karpuz, from either Persian xarbuz, "melon", or Greek karpos, "fruit").
- ardit33 6y agothanks, fixed it
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