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[-] Mudkipology@lemmy.world 151 points 1 year ago

They also taste way better than store-bought ones.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 year ago

Seriously. They barely taste like the same 'fruit'.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago
[-] SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Especially if you know how to flick it

[-] zer0nix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Flick it to stick it!

[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
[-] C_Leviathan@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] moody@lemmings.world 19 points 1 year ago

And they stay fresh pretty much as long as you want them to.

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