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> Cooks know the taste of the tomato and will use it accordingly. this is an exceptionally simplistic view since tomato is readily available as juice, as oppos
by LoSboccacc 7y ago
> Cooks know the taste of the tomato and will use it accordingly.
this is an exceptionally simplistic view since tomato is readily available as juice, as opposed as zucchini and peppers, whose are seldom used in cocktails that aren't smoothies
- mantap 7y agoPeppers are also fruits though. I think this is merely a flaw with the English language. Tomatoes are fruits (fruit of the tomato plant) but they are not fruit (a food category). It's two separate words with different grammatical treatment.
- bipson 7y agoYou might want to read this small section on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Fruit_versus_vegetable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Fruit_versus_vegetable
- Koshkin 7y agoTrue, there are other languages that use two different words - one derived from Latin and one native.
- Digit-Al 7y agoFrom the article: > Berries also must have two or more seeds, and their fruit must develop from a flower with one ovary. Once again, the banana checks those boxes. And, weirdly, so does the tomato, eggplant, kiwi and pepper. Oranges are a specific type of berry called hesperidium thanks to their distinct segments. Just to throw some extra confusion into the mix :-)