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Tomato is a fruit In botany, sure. So are Peppers, Beans, Peapods, Avocado, Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Olives, Corn Kernels, Pumpkins & Nuts. In culinary t
by Broken_Hippo 6y ago
Tomato is a fruit
In botany, sure. So are Peppers, Beans, Peapods, Avocado, Squash, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Olives, Corn Kernels, Pumpkins & Nuts.
In culinary terms, though, most of these are vegetables - none of them are fruit. Mostly because none of these are sweet in the same way as fruit. I think tomatoes get brought up because their sweetness ranges between "vegetables" and "fruit".
- jillesvangurp 6y agoYeah, the Japanese language for classifying things as sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami might be more useful. But that kind of is the point here, a lot of this stuff revolves around these arbitrary classifications that we've used historically and culturally and you get interesting results when you mix that up a little. Which is why taking sweet and salty things like pineapple and ham and putting them on a Pizza is completely normal to some and offensive to others even when using other, similarly salty and sweet ingredients is considered normal to them.
- adingus 6y agoKnowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. - unknown