Why do people say a tomato is a fruit not a vegetable, but never point out that a pumpkin is a fruit?
Derek Barnes said
12:04 PM Dec 10, 2020
People are always correcting others when they call a tomato a vegetable, by pointing out that tomatoes are fruiting bodies and are therefore fruits. But no one points out that many other vegetables are also fruiting bodies and are therefore also fruits. This includes pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, sweet corn, chillies, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchinis, marrows, chokos, etc.
Why is the tomato the only one anyone ever corrects you on?
By the way, botanists say vegetables are leaves, stems, roots, bulbs, flowers and tubers, which are edible. They also say that any product of the seed bearing structure of a flowering plant is a fruit. Which means that zucchinis are vegetables if they are served as flowers but are fruits if they are served as zucchinis!
hufnpuf said
12:36 PM Dec 10, 2020
1. There's nowt so queer as folk.
2. You've got too much time on your hands :D
Whenarewethere said
01:39 PM Dec 10, 2020
Raspberries are not a berry but a banana is.
Derek Barnes said
02:06 PM Dec 10, 2020
I'm just preparing for my next caravan adventure to Eden and had some free time on my hands to ponder the imponderables. (It also niggles me about the tomato.)
outlaw40 said
05:39 PM Dec 10, 2020
Derek ,Just eat your veggies or no desert for you .
dabbler said
05:46 PM Dec 10, 2020
Just as important, probably more important really ... why do people object to pineapple in pizza because it's a fruit when as you correctly identify, many things used on pizzas are likewise .. fruits ??
Teo said
10:02 PM Dec 10, 2020
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
outlaw40 said
05:45 AM Dec 11, 2020
Would kill for a jar or 2 of my dearly departed Mums tomato jam about now !! Yum .
-- Edited by outlaw40 on Friday 11th of December 2020 05:46:47 AM
Mike Harding said
06:27 AM Dec 11, 2020
Therefore... if a tomato is a fruit a banana must be a vegetable....
Craig1 said
07:30 AM Dec 11, 2020
Mike, It is a Banana Republic
Warren-Pat_01 said
03:28 PM Dec 11, 2020
Don't most veggies grow in the ground?
My bananas are trying to get away from the ground by hanging humongous bunches 4-5m above the ground which makes cutting them down with minimal damage to them, other plants & ME rather interesting.
With the bunches weighing 20+kg, I find it a challenge to get them down. Currently my best way is to cut the main trunk in three places, folding it over (on my side of the fence is best).
Does anyone know where I can get genetically modified bananas that ripen from the bottom up??
Whenarewethere said
03:38 PM Dec 11, 2020
What about yoghurt trees!
Radar said
07:39 AM Dec 12, 2020
Teo wrote:
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I like that.
Possum3 said
09:39 AM Dec 18, 2020
Teo wrote:
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Philosophy is wondering whether Ketchup is a smoothie.
People are always correcting others when they call a tomato a vegetable, by pointing out that tomatoes are fruiting bodies and are therefore fruits. But no one points out that many other vegetables are also fruiting bodies and are therefore also fruits. This includes pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, sweet corn, chillies, capsicums, cucumbers, zucchinis, marrows, chokos, etc.
Why is the tomato the only one anyone ever corrects you on?
By the way, botanists say vegetables are leaves, stems, roots, bulbs, flowers and tubers, which are edible. They also say that any product of the seed bearing structure of a flowering plant is a fruit. Which means that zucchinis are vegetables if they are served as flowers but are fruits if they are served as zucchinis!
2. You've got too much time on your hands :D
Raspberries are not a berry but a banana is.
I'm just preparing for my next caravan adventure to Eden and had some free time on my hands to ponder the imponderables. (It also niggles me about the tomato.)
Derek ,Just eat your veggies or no desert for you .
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Would kill for a jar or 2 of my dearly departed Mums tomato jam about now !! Yum .
-- Edited by outlaw40 on Friday 11th of December 2020 05:46:47 AM
Therefore... if a tomato is a fruit a banana must be a vegetable....
My bananas are trying to get away from the ground by hanging humongous bunches 4-5m above the ground which makes cutting them down with minimal damage to them, other plants & ME rather interesting.
With the bunches weighing 20+kg, I find it a challenge to get them down. Currently my best way is to cut the main trunk in three places, folding it over (on my side of the fence is best).
Does anyone know where I can get genetically modified bananas that ripen from the bottom up??
What about yoghurt trees!
I like that.
Philosophy is wondering whether Ketchup is a smoothie.