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07/30/2024 03:48:51 PM · #1 |
| For the purpose of the Ć¢VegetableĆ¢ challenge are tomatoes considered a fruit or allowable as a vegetable? Botanically they are considered a fruit but in 1937 the Supreme Court ruled they were vegetables for the purpose of coordinating tariffs. So for this challenge I think we need to put all our eggs in one basket and agree one way or the other!! |
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07/30/2024 04:01:38 PM · #2 |
Tomato, Tomahto...
I think not considering them a vegetable would be a bit fruity. |
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07/30/2024 04:41:20 PM · #3 |
| I agree. Tomatoes are eggs. |
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07/30/2024 05:15:27 PM · #4 |
Cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplant, etc. are all botanically fruits as they encase seeds.
The culinary difference as to if something's commonly considered fruit or vegetable seems to depend on the amount of sugar in the flesh and whether they are commonly eaten uncooked.
FWIW mushrooms are defined as the "fruiting body" of the underlying fungus, as they produce spores rather than true seeds. |
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07/30/2024 05:24:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplant, etc. are all botanically fruits as they encase seeds.
The culinary difference as to if something's commonly considered fruit or vegetable seems to depend on the amount of sugar in the flesh and whether they are commonly eaten uncooked.
FWIW mushrooms are defined as the "fruiting body" of the underlying fungus, as they produce spores rather than true seeds. |
This sounds like a challenge description of late. LOL |
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07/30/2024 06:09:55 PM · #6 |
It's up to the voters anyway. I can't imagine very many people will downgrade tomatoes because fruity. Ditto for all the rest listed by GeneralE. If it comes right down to it, MOST "true" vegetables aren't especially attractive when split open. If you'd serve it as a vegetable at dinner, it's a vegetable, is my opinion. Not that it counts for much, but...
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07/30/2024 07:27:03 PM · #7 |
| We used to play Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and for that game every plant was considered vegetable. |
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07/30/2024 08:43:23 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplant, etc. are all botanically fruits as they encase seeds.
The culinary difference as to if something's commonly considered fruit or vegetable seems to depend on the amount of sugar in the flesh and whether they are commonly eaten uncooked.
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Sooooo.....
If you cook it, it's a vegetable?
Cool! If my doc says eat more veggies, I'll just chow down an apple pie!
Also......the thought of cooked cucumbers kind made my stomach roil.
And I eat 'em at least three times a week.
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07/30/2024 10:36:43 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
I agree. Tomatoes are eggs. |
That's a bad yolk! |
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