Tomato: Vegetable or Fruit?

[loveplasticlove]

I'm so torn... lol

[Gina]

i know technically its a fruit but i say its a veggie. ive always thought of it as one and i always will lol

[TSE]

It's a fruit 'cause you can "squish" it!  'Tis true!

SHUSHHH!

[LimeTwister]

it's part of the "fruit" family in the vegetable group...so I think it is both...

Did you know there was a fruit family in the vegetable group?

i chose fruit though.

[sayyouwould]

it's a fruit....I don't know why though. I really like tomat(e)o's in pasta.


Those Italians are pretty darn snappy!!

[TSE]

IT'S the SQUISH-FACTOR!

[sayyouwould]

who told you that??

woah maybe your right thinking about that. cool. haha

[TSE]

Made it up when I saw the thread.  Thought it was a pretty good idea, myself.

[sayyouwould]

A "fruit" is a seed bearing structure derived from the flower, and is not
necessarily edible. A "vegetable" in human dietary terms, is any edible,
non-seed bearing part of a plant.

[TSE]

Yeah, I know, but think how much squisher a banana is than ohhh say a carrot.

[Holly]

I chose fruit cause it technically is. I think fruits grow above ground (as the tomato does) and vegetables grow below ground.
But i still think of it as a vegetable because i always think of fruits as being sweet, unlike the tomato. The cherry ones are a lil sweet, but not enough.

[sayyouwould]

I chose fruit cause it technically is. I think fruits grow above ground (as the tomato does) and vegetables grow below ground.
But i still think of it as a vegetable because i always think of fruits as being sweet, unlike the tomato. The cherry ones are a lil sweet, but not enough.

corn grows above ground....are they fruit?? this is confusing me now. We need to find a nessaholic botanist.

[TSE]

I chose fruit cause it technically is. I think fruits grow above ground (as the tomato does) and vegetables grow below ground.
But i still think of it as a vegetable because i always think of fruits as being sweet, unlike the tomato. The cherry ones are a lil sweet, but not enough.

corn grows above ground....are they fruit?? this is confusing me now. We need to find a nessaholic botanist.

IS that a fruit?

and It's the seed thing, not where it grows. . . .

besides, you'd get different opinions from a chef, than you would a botanist . . I'd tend to think

[Layla]

i say veg, coz i wouldn't want tomatoes with ice-cream  :?

[sayyouwould]

mmmmmmm  tomato flavored frozen yogurt!! haha