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Not sure if it's intentional, probably not, but mealie is also the South African colloquial word for corn. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mealie htt
by _djo_ 5y ago
Not sure if it's intentional, probably not, but mealie is also the South African colloquial word for corn. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mealie https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mealie
- nkingsy 5y agoThat’s funny I’ve only heard the term used to describe bad apples
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoA "mealy" apple is spelt differently https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-95708 https://www.thekitchn.com/food-science-what-makes-apples-957... And pronounced not quite the same either as the usual Southern African word for "an ear of maize", or the products made therefrom, e.g. "meilie meal" (1) and "mieliepap" : corn porridge / grits (2). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mielie_meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mielie_meal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugali#South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugali#South_Africa
- technothrasher 5y agoI started reading a bunch of 19th century safari books recently and it took me a while to figure out what the heck they were talking about lugging about all those "mealies". It obviously was some kind of staple food, and it finally dawned on me they were dried ears of corn.