Tomato: Fruit Or Vegetable

[DavidMcCann]

Re: Tomato: Fruit Or Vegetable

This is an example of cultural appropriation Scientists take our words and redefine them without so much as a by-your-leave. Tomatoes aren't vegetables, shellfish aren't fish, Pluto isn't a planet. Down with the scientists!

[DragonsFriend]

Re: Tomato: Fruit Or Vegetable

Well it stands to reason that the tomato is a berry. The plant is a relative of the nightshade family and they produce berries.

[Medusa]

Re: Tomato: Fruit Or Vegetable

next you'll be telling me corn isn't a veggy either!













i'm aware it's a grain

[Briton]

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But scientists never say tomatoes aren't vegetables. It just has no scientific value as a term.

[Spiny Norman]

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I wouldn't put tomatoes in a fruit salad though.

[Eofor]

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I wouldn't put tomatoes in a fruit salad though.

Well, I wouldn't put lemons as well. But there must be someone in the world who has found a way of mixing tomatoes with fruit salad.

[thalassa]

next you'll be telling me corn isn't a veggy either!













i'm aware it's a grain

Its also a fruit.

Specifically a type of fruit called a caryopsis.

Well, I wouldn't put lemons as well. But there must be someone in the world who has found a way of mixing tomatoes with fruit salad.

Not a fruit salad, but salsa with pineapples, peaches, or mangos is delicious.

[Rae'ya]

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i'm aware it's a grain

I was gonna tell you that actually, it's a fruit (most grains are). But Thal ninja'd me.

[Bartmanhomer]

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I got real solid proof that a tomato is really a vegetable. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

[Medusa]

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Stop with your science ladies! My food world is turned upside down! Jalapenos? Are chilies berries?

[Bartmanhomer]

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I'm still sticking that a tomato is really a vegetable. Vegetable all the way!

[ThePaganMafia]

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I got real solid proof that a tomato is really a vegetable. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

"While tomatoes are botanically and scientifically the berry-type fruits of the tomato plant,^[7] they can also be considered a culinary vegetable, causing some confusion."

Real solid proof. I'm sure you also supported the treasonous Tariff Act of 1893.

[Bartmanhomer]

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I still don't see how a tomato is really a fruit. I just can't.

[Rae'ya]

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Stop with your science ladies! My food world is turned upside down! Jalapenos? Are chilies berries?

They are fruits. Really hot spicy fruits that make your tongue burn and that only crazy peeps would eat for desert. But still fruits.

:devil:

[Medusa]

Re: Tomato: Fruit Or Vegetable

They are fruits. Really hot spicy fruits that make your tongue burn and that only crazy peeps would eat for desert. But still fruits.

:devil:

Lol. All us Mexicans are crazy peeps. We are raised as children to have sweet things with chilies. Fruit with chili powder. Tamarindo with chili. Hell there is an ice cream flavor pepin con chili! Cucumber and chili. We even eat those awesome lolipops of mango flavor covered in chili powder.



omg my mouth is watering!