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.
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ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Always dismiss those people who talk about how tomatoes are fruits as nerds. The category “vegetable” in the kitchen usually refers to more savory plants, not that what part of the fruit it is. Also if you’re still one of those “um, ackchually, tomatoes are fruits” kind of people, then eat tomatoes like apples. Maybe even some chili peppers too, they’re berries.
MML@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 days ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 days ago
I agree, salads are morally reprehensible
Litebit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I actually do eat tomatoes and green chillies like fruit.
abbotsbury@lemmy.world 3 days 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)
toeblast96@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
unironically tho eating tomatoes straight up is pretty fire
GhostTheToast@lemmy.world 3 days ago
As someone who thinks tomatoes are vegetables, I would eat more tomatoes like apples if they didn’t give me canker sores every time.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago
it could be the acidic content, or you’re allergic to it.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
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.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 days ago
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.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Who the hell calls rhubarb a fruit?