Tomatoes : Vegetable or Fruit?

[Hal-9000]

Lots of people (LIKE RED) incorrectly assume that a tomato is a fruit. They've probably heard that since tomatoes have seeds, they are considered in the fruit family. Botanically speaking, this is correct. But that definition would also mean that things like cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts are fruits too. Which is asinine and absurd.

Your supermarket doesn't display tomatoes among the apples, oranges and bananas. They sit with the vegetables...

Tomatoes are not sweet, and they are never found in a pie, on a cookie or in jello...


and finally...I rarely use links to get my point across, this time I think it's important to get a more educated view on the matter...





The Supreme Court :dance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden





hal - 1
Red - 0



so lick my pink tomatoes you cider sucking reprobate :cheerlead:

[DemonGeminiX]

Tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash are fruits. Technically, the green bean is a fruit as well, although it's not ripened. And technically, the walnut (as well as other nuts) is a seed.

The proper scientific designations of these things are neither asinine nor absurd. What's asinine and absurd is that popular culture decides to call them something different 'just because'.

Pizza is a pie and tomatoes are found in pizza...

[Muddy]

All that shit is a "fruit" of the plant that produced it.. Meaning its made for reproduction.. Technically it is a fruit. Im sorry..

[redred]

The Supreme Court :dance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden





hal - 1
Red - 0



so lick my pink tomatoes you cider sucking reprobate :cheerlead:

but yourself and myself don't live in the US so the link you posted has no meaning to either of us :lol:

hal - 0
tomato = fruit

and a banana is a herb :cheer:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Botanically the tomato is a fruit, only in the culinary arts is it considered a vegetable.

So in this case: science > cooking

Therefore: tomato = fruit

[redred]

:empathy::hal:

[DemonGeminiX]

and a banana is a herb :cheer:

No, the banana is a fruit, but the tree it comes from is technically an herb.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

and a banana is a herb :cheer:


No, the banana is a fruit, but the tree it comes from is technically an herb.

http://i.imgur.com/RMIOEm5.jpg

:-k

[Jezter]

Tomato = vegetable. Sure, scientifically it is a fruit, but not a whole lot of people perceive it as a fruit.
And yes, tomato is found in many pies. Not just a pizza pie.

[redred]

Go sit in the corner with hal

[Jezter]

Go sit in the corner with hal

We'll go draw goals with pee in the snow and play some hockey, eh!

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Lots of people (LIKE RED) incorrectly assume that a tomato is a fruit. They've probably heard that since tomatoes have seeds, they are considered in the fruit family. Botanically speaking, this is correct. But that definition would also mean that things like cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts are fruits too. Which is asinine and absurd.

Your supermarket doesn't display tomatoes among the apples, oranges and bananas. They sit with the vegetables...

Tomatoes are not sweet, and they are never found in a pie, on a cookie or in jello...


and finally...I rarely use links to get my point across, this time I think it's important to get a more educated view on the matter...





The Supreme Court :dance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden





hal - 1
Red - 0



so lick my pink tomatoes you cider sucking reprobate :cheerlead:

They are in fact a fruit, but they wanted to be able to tax them so they called them a vegetable

[Acid Trip]

Fruit.

[Goofy]

Go sit in the corner with hal

I'll be there too since tomatoes are definitely veg :hand:

[Noilly Pratt]

http://youtu.be/HqjXqvr_I1o

[Hal-9000]

:rofl:

you guys kill me

[Jezter]

http://intradayfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/La-Tomatina-Festival-spain-2.jpg

[redred]

:woot: fruit fight

[Jezter]

:woot: fruit vegetable, tomato in particular, fight
Fix'd. :tup:

[Hal-9000]

I don't eat tomatoes, but I do use ketchup and enjoy the tomato sauce in pizza.

My aunt used to make the best real Mac n Cheese. One day she put in a whole bunch of cooked tomatoes. I would have cut off my left nut for a macaroni meal when I was young...Took one bite, refused to eat another drop...and gave her such a mouthful of criticism/bitching that my family remembered the event for years :lol:

Testament of family love...she never put tomatoes in it again for years after when we visited..