As a parent, one finds themselves asked or considering things they’d otherwise never imagine coming into their head. “why is this” and “what is that” are becoming common place in the home, and I find myself trying to proactively think of an answer to any question I might see looming on the horizon.
Recently, we found ourselves talking about “ice” and “water”, and I found myself starting to think about foods that are primarily the same basic item in different forms that have different names. I’m not talking about a recipe, where ham, eggs and cheese become an omelet, but how what we’d refer to as ‘bread’ in it’s raw state suddenly becomes ‘toast’ in it’s cooked state. These are not ‘processed’ in any way, there’s just something that happens to them without additives, causing their state to change, and along with it, the name we use for it, even thought it remains the same fundamental item.
I know, I know, this is the unsolved puzzle that has plagued mankind for all time.
Still, as I think about it, I can’t come up with too many cases where this occurs. So far, I’ve thought of only the following:
Ice and Water
Grapes and RaisinsPlums and Prunes (removed… see comments)Bread and ToastBut there’s gotta be more, right? OR is this really all there are? Let me know if I’ve missing something obvious. It’s been known to happen :-)
postscript: I had to append the cartoon Jess referenced in his reply… just perfect, Jess!