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Author Topic: fruit or vegetable? Nailo Activist Member # 26390 posted                    I am very intrigued by tomatoes. They're mostly classified as a vegetable, but I've heard several people say they're fruits. What are they? What IS the difference between a fruit and a vegetable anyway? -------------------- "Love does not make itself in the desire for copulation, but in the desire for shared sleep." - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera Posts: 410 | From: Dallas, TX | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged |  LilBlueSmurf Scarleteen Volunteer Member # 1207 posted                    Fruits have seeds, and vegetables do not. So by that definition, the tomato is a fruit. Check it out; http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato (And there's plenty other sites too ... I googled 'tomato, fruit' and got this and lots of others ... Apparently it's a pretty common question!) -------------------- Nursing is a work of heart! ~ unknown Posts: 7168 | From: Ontario | Registered: Sep 2000  |  IP: Logged |  Nailo Activist Member # 26390 posted                    But corn has "seeds" (the kernals, or however you spell them), and they're not fruits And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I've seen seeds in eggplants and zuchinnis. Weeeird...so strawberries are not technically fruits and bean pods are?! -brain fizzles-. [ 06-19-2006, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Nailo ] -------------------- "Love does not make itself in the desire for copulation, but in the desire for shared sleep." - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera Posts: 410 | From: Dallas, TX | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged |  blueveggie Activist Member # 26508 posted                    Strawberries have seeds on the outside.. so yes they're fruit. So are zuchinni, squash, eggplant, cucumber, pepper, yada yada! Veggies are stuff like lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, onions, carrots, radishes, etc. All stuff that 'goes to seed'! Posts: 86 | From: southern CA | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged |  feefiefofemme Activist Member # 23917 posted                    In science last year my teacher gave us a pop group quiz on fruits and veggies. She gave us a bunch of different fruits and vegetables and we had to classify them as one or the other. My table group was the only one that got %100. :D But yeah, fruits have seeds and veggies don't. So tomatoes are fruits, even though most people call them vegetables. Though I call them fugitables. I see them as a little bit of both. :) Posts: 406 | From: California | Registered: Jun 2005  |  IP: Logged |

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