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[+] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (11 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) It's just interesting that there's a distinction between botanical and culinary classification. Once you realise that there are two different systems that don't necessarily need to completely agree then it's not a big deal. ...also, what exactly is wrong with taking a bite out of a tomato like an apple? They're delicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Vegetables aren't even a thing botanically, they're basically "plant stuff that isn't fruit", except when it is. Botanically speaking, vegetables can be roots (carrots, beets), stems (celery, asparagus), leaves (spinach, lettuce), flowers (broccoli, cauliflower) seeds (peas, beans), and of course fruits that we treat as savory (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants). And then on the opposite side you have things we call fruits that botanically speaking aren't. Rhubarb is a stem, strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits where the fleshy part we eat is actually swollen stem tissue, and those little "seeds" on the outside are the real fruits of the plant. Figs are not simple fruits, they're inverted flower clusters where the "fruit" is actually a hollow stem containing many tiny real fruits inside. Even apples and pears aren't true fruits botanically, they're accessory fruits where much of what we eat comes from the flower's receptacle rather than just the ovary. So yeah the botanical vs. culinary divide works both ways. Our everyday food categories are really more about taste, texture, and how we use foods rather than plant biology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Who the hell calls rhubarb a fruit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] MML@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago My driving instructor ate tomatoes like apples, got a whole wooden crate of them in the morning and a shaker of salt, I probably could've mowed down a few pedestrians as long as that man had his tomatoes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Litebit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) A burger meal is mostly vegetable and fruits, vegetable bread a thin slice of meat. served with vegetable potatoes (fries), vegetable hot sauce, tomatoes, and a vegetable drink filled with the vegetable corn syrup. vegetables are good for you, they say. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Tomatoes and fruits are a great litmus test (no pun intended) to see if a person can recognize the domain of their knowledge. Some people glomp onto a fact that is correct in some scenarios and use it as an "umm actually" where it isn't appropriate or even correct (like the definition of racism) permalink fedilink source parent [–] toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago unironically tho eating tomatoes straight up is pretty fire permalink fedilink source parent [–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is the kind of guy who eats tomatoes as fruits Do you want to be like that guy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago I agree, salads are morally reprehensible permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) As someone who thinks tomatoes are vegetables, I would eat more tomatoes like apples if they didn't give me canker sores every time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago it could be the acidic content, or you're allergic to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (2 children) It's just interesting that there's a distinction between botanical and culinary classification. Once you realise that there are two different systems that don't necessarily need to completely agree then it's not a big deal. ...also, what exactly is wrong with taking a bite out of a tomato like an apple? They're delicious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Vegetables aren't even a thing botanically, they're basically "plant stuff that isn't fruit", except when it is. Botanically speaking, vegetables can be roots (carrots, beets), stems (celery, asparagus), leaves (spinach, lettuce), flowers (broccoli, cauliflower) seeds (peas, beans), and of course fruits that we treat as savory (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants). And then on the opposite side you have things we call fruits that botanically speaking aren't. Rhubarb is a stem, strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits where the fleshy part we eat is actually swollen stem tissue, and those little "seeds" on the outside are the real fruits of the plant. Figs are not simple fruits, they're inverted flower clusters where the "fruit" is actually a hollow stem containing many tiny real fruits inside. Even apples and pears aren't true fruits botanically, they're accessory fruits where much of what we eat comes from the flower's receptacle rather than just the ovary. So yeah the botanical vs. culinary divide works both ways. Our everyday food categories are really more about taste, texture, and how we use foods rather than plant biology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Who the hell calls rhubarb a fruit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Vegetables aren't even a thing botanically, they're basically "plant stuff that isn't fruit", except when it is. Botanically speaking, vegetables can be roots (carrots, beets), stems (celery, asparagus), leaves (spinach, lettuce), flowers (broccoli, cauliflower) seeds (peas, beans), and of course fruits that we treat as savory (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants). And then on the opposite side you have things we call fruits that botanically speaking aren't. Rhubarb is a stem, strawberries are aggregate accessory fruits where the fleshy part we eat is actually swollen stem tissue, and those little "seeds" on the outside are the real fruits of the plant. Figs are not simple fruits, they're inverted flower clusters where the "fruit" is actually a hollow stem containing many tiny real fruits inside. Even apples and pears aren't true fruits botanically, they're accessory fruits where much of what we eat comes from the flower's receptacle rather than just the ovary. So yeah the botanical vs. culinary divide works both ways. Our everyday food categories are really more about taste, texture, and how we use foods rather than plant biology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Who the hell calls rhubarb a fruit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago Who the hell calls rhubarb a fruit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago My driving instructor ate tomatoes like apples, got a whole wooden crate of them in the morning and a shaker of salt, I probably could've mowed down a few pedestrians as long as that man had his tomatoes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) A burger meal is mostly vegetable and fruits, vegetable bread a thin slice of meat. served with vegetable potatoes (fries), vegetable hot sauce, tomatoes, and a vegetable drink filled with the vegetable corn syrup. vegetables are good for you, they say. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Tomatoes and fruits are a great litmus test (no pun intended) to see if a person can recognize the domain of their knowledge. Some people glomp onto a fact that is correct in some scenarios and use it as an "umm actually" where it isn't appropriate or even correct (like the definition of racism) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago unironically tho eating tomatoes straight up is pretty fire permalink fedilink source parent
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is the kind of guy who eats tomatoes as fruits Do you want to be like that guy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago I agree, salads are morally reprehensible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago I agree, salads are morally reprehensible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) As someone who thinks tomatoes are vegetables, I would eat more tomatoes like apples if they didn't give me canker sores every time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago it could be the acidic content, or you're allergic to it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 1 year ago it could be the acidic content, or you're allergic to it. permalink fedilink source parent