The Tomato: Fruit /vs/ Vegetable.

[Imprisoned]

Do YOU think that the tomato is a fruit, or *cue epic music* a vegetable?!
I think it's a vegetable, personally.

 

[the_miserable]

It is classified as a fruit. Like corn is a grain not a vegetable.

 

[Ventus]

They said it was a vegetable then magically started calling it a fruit. It's a vegetable, and Pluto is a full-sized planet. :I

 

[Kirino]

A tomato is scientifically, factually a fruit, although it's used as a vegetable in cooking. It has never been a vegetable, and anyone who says it's a vegetable is wrong.

/thread

 

[CynicalSquid]

Tomatoes are a fruit and part of the nightshade family (like potatoes and eggplants), but they are served and prepared as a vegetable, which is why most people consider them a vegetable and not a fruit.

Cite: Tomato - Kitchen Dictionary - Food.com

 

[Ventus]

A tomato is scientifically, factually a fruit, although it's used as a vegetable in cooking. It has never been a vegetable, and anyone who says it's a vegetable is wrong.

You say it's used as a vegetable in cooking, then say it has never been a vegetable. You're very confusing. But, here's a link to what Draco wanted to say without being confusing: http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable

D:

 

[Kirino]

You say it's used as a vegetable in cooking, then say it has never been a vegetable.

Both statements are correct; I didn't contradict myself. I said it's used as a vegetable in cooking, but that it's never actually been a vegetable. It's been mistaken for a vegetable and used as one in cooking, but it's always been a fruit. What confusion?

 

[Mudora]

I concur. Scientifically, a tomato is a fruit, though in cooking it is used like a vegetable, hence the confusion.

 

[Mercedes]

I haven't really ever thought about it... I just sorta' eat it.

 

[Clank]

Scientifically it is a fruit, however according to a supreme court ruling, it is a vegetable.

I don't really care either way.

 

[Mellow Ezlo]

Tomato is the fruitiest fruit of the fruit. It is as much a vegetable as mushrooms.