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3. september 2011, 04:38:10 Ämne: Ha! I was right. It's a Fruity Vegetable!  Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits, such as tomatoes or bean pods, may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So, the answer to the question is that a tomato is technically the fruit of the tomato plant, but it's used as a vegetable in cooking. 3. september 2011, 05:09:10 Ämne: Re: Ha! I was right. It's a Fruity Vegetable! Artful Dodger: That's too technical for me. I just can't wrap my head around the idea of a "Fruity Vegetable". My 9th grade English teacher could eat a raw tomato, and without so much of a drop of it falling onto his desk. He would eat his sack lunch during our study period.. it was hard to study though, because you just had to watch this guy eating his lunch. He'd shove 3 or four saltines into his mouth, and then take another bite of tomato. During the summer he was a carpenter, and had built his own house. I visited him once at his home, and was amazed at what looked like an expensive home in an area where most of the high rollers lived.. on a high school english teachers salary! But like I said, he worked all year round and had built his own house, so I can see how he was able to do it. He was also a high school track coach, and ran with the guys when they went for their long distance runs. All this, and he didn't appear to have a high opinion of himself. That didn't stop a lot of us kids from having a high opinion of him. 3. september 2011, 06:03:13 Ämne: Re: Ha! I was right. It's a Fruity Vegetable! Iamon lyme: Now is a banana a fruit or a veggie? By the way, I knew a Tom Toe once. Middle name Andrew. Tom A. Toe kinda cute  6. september 2011, 02:07:29 Ämne: Re: Ha! I was right. It's a Fruity Vegetable! Artful Dodger: Is the banana a fruit or a veggy.. I'm trying to figure this one out which without googling it. I think fruits have the seeds on the inside of the fruit itself, and veggies have their seeds somewhere else. The carrot makes its seeds up on the green part.. not sure, but I think that's right. Same with radishes. I remember having a garden with carrots and radishes once, but neglected it. I think eventually they both produced seeds up on the leafy part of the plant. The potato has its seeds on the skin.. again, I'm not sure but that seems right. The "eyes" of the potato (on the skin) are the seeds, aren't they? So I'm going to say that fruits have their seeds inside of the fruit itself, while vegetables and grasses produce the seeds on the leafy parts of the plant.. or on the outside of the 'meaty' part of the plant. So that would make the banana a fruit.. ??? What about coconuts? 6. september 2011, 02:34:26 Ämne: Re: Ha! I was right. It's a Fruity Vegetable! Iamon lyme: a coconut is white meat - like fish |
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