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[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also one of the easier garden vegetables (yes, vegetable, fight me) to plant. Great for beginners.

[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago
[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago

Serious question: do people on team fruit also call other “culinary vegetables” fruits, such as cucumbers, zucchini, corn, eggplants, bell peppers, green beans, etc.?

[-] famousringo@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

I’ve been told that beans are an especially magical fruit.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Especially if you know how to flick it

[-] zer0nix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Flick it to stick it!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Depends on context? If I'm talking about the fruit on the plant, yes. If it's in my kitchen, no, that'd be silly 🙄

[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I don't mind calling all of those things fruit. It seems people get really weird about making savoury meals out of fruit. Like I know a tomato is a fruit, I put tomato on pizza, I never once while making pizza have a thought about whether a vegetable or a fruit is going on my pizza. It's just a tomato, it can swing both ways.

[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I prefer polysemy. There is a very useful category of “edible plants typically used in savory dishes”. Imagine someone being upset with you because you brought green beans when they asked for a side of vegetables.

I don’t see the point in taking the botanical definition of fruit and pretending it’s useful in the culinary world.

[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Not botanically or culinary, but don't let that get in the way of how you feel.

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fruits come from the flowering part of the plant and contain seeds, whereas vegetables are other parts of the plant (leaves, stems, roots, bulbs). They're fruit.

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

They say knowledge is knowing that tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

Yes yes. Salsa, tomato based fruit salad, we know.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But that's not mutually exclusive with vegetables. Vegetable is not a botanical designation. Whether it's a vegetable or not depends on how it's typically used in cooking. Cucumbers, zuccini, and green beans all fall into the same category of being both.

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