Tomatos?

[Fast Freddy 944]

Tomatos fruit or veggie? Half say its one thing, the other half says it the other. I learned its a in-between food. What say you?

[masraum]

Fruit

But, what exactly is a veggie? That's actually quite a bit harder to define.

[wdfifteen]

The part of the tomato that we eat is the fruit of the tomato plant.

[rusnak]

Hard to say really. Tomatoes, eggplant, pumpkins and squash, cucumbers and melon are all grow from a flower. But does that make them fruit? What about green beans?

Corn is harder because it has pollen everywhere but acts like a grain, so the jury is out.

Potatoes, peanuts, radishes, carrots are roots. Are they veggies?

[id10t]

Scientific? Fruit. Dietary? Veg.

[Norm K]

Roy Horn offers evidence that it's possible for a fruit to become a vegetable.

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[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Potatoes, peanuts, radishes, carrots are roots. Are they veggies?

This gets complicated. The edible part of the potato is a tuber, not a root. The edible peanut is the fruit of the peanut plant, it is formed from the flower above ground and matures at or under the surface. Radishes and carrots are indeed roots.

[1990C4S]

First we need to agree on the spelling of 'tomatoes'.

[icemann427]

Hey, wut iz dis guy's name, again? I wanted to quote one of his lines a while back and I forgot who he is!

Originally Posted by Fast Freddy 944

[ckissick]

A tomato is a berry.

Berry definition: Any fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp, for example, a banana or tomato.

[Amail]

"Smart" is knowing tomatoes are fruit.
"Wise" is knowing to not put it in fruit salad.

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by ckissick

A tomato is a berry.

Berry definition: Any fruit that has its seeds enclosed in a fleshy pulp ...

I guess that makes me a berry.

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[vash]

that is Andrew Dice Clay..in the movie Ford Fairlane.

[icemann427]

Thanks, Vash!

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

This gets complicated. The edible part of the potato is a tuber, not a root. The edible peanut is the fruit of the peanut plant, it is formed from the flower above ground and matures at or under the surface. Radishes and carrots are indeed roots.

I so cornfused now.

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by masraum

Fruit

But, what exactly is a veggie? That's actually quite a bit harder to define.

LOL! vegetable.....

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by icemann427

Hey, wut iz dis guy's name, again? I wanted to quote one of his lines a while back and I forgot who he is!

Ford Fairlane, Andrew Dice Clay, I'm a big fan, I also dig Lewis Black, two extremely cool dudes!

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The part of the tomato that we eat is the fruit of the tomato plant.

Good come back! Fully logical! Totally Mr Spock!

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by rusnak

Hard to say really. Tomatoes, eggplant, pumpkins and squash, cucumbers and melon are all grow from a flower. But does that make them fruit? What about green beans?

Corn is harder because it has pollen everywhere but acts like a grain, so the jury is out.

Potatoes, peanuts, radishes, carrots are roots. Are they veggies?

Excellent! Food for thought?

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by Amail

"Smart" is knowing tomatoes are fruit.
"Wise" is knowing to not put it in fruit salad.

What about pizza, spaghetti, Mexican salsas, etc........