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MJ4H
03-01-2010, 07:34 PM
eggplant, cucumber, squash, zucchini, pumpkin, and tomato are all FRUITS???

Where the hell have I been? I go 100% vegetables on that list before 5 minutes ago.
Tigercat
03-01-2010, 07:39 PM
They can be both, vegetable is a pretty hazy term botanically, if I recall. Fruit, on the other hand, is rather specific.
MJ4H
03-01-2010, 07:45 PM
Well, I believe botanically they are all fruits, but they are all frequently used as vegetables culinarily (<--really?).
Groundhog
03-01-2010, 07:48 PM
I knew tomato was a fruit, the rest of them are all news to me.
Noop
03-01-2010, 07:54 PM
I thought the general rule of thumb was if it can go up your butt... it's a fruit.
digamma
03-01-2010, 07:57 PM
Seeds = Fruit, no matter what your local grocery association says.
Karlifornia
03-01-2010, 08:02 PM
I always thought corn was a vegetable...then someone told me recently that it wasn't. Anyone?
Toddzilla
03-01-2010, 08:12 PM
Corn is a grain, neither fruit nor vegetable
Abe Sargent
03-01-2010, 08:21 PM
Corn is a grain, neither fruit nor vegetable

Untrue. Cereal grains are technically fruit. They are called caryopsis.


Caryopsis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryopsis)
ColtCrazy
03-01-2010, 08:29 PM
I knew a pumpkin, squash and tomato were, not the others.

I thought being a fruit had something to do with flowering plants as well?
DrAFTjunkie
03-01-2010, 08:40 PM
I thought that if it grew on a tree or on some kind of vine then it was a fruit.
sterlingice
03-01-2010, 08:47 PM
Do we now need a list of "fruit/not a fruit"?

SI
MJ4H
03-01-2010, 08:53 PM
Do we now need a list of "fruit/not a fruit"?

SI

Just click view results in the Seinfeld vs FNL poll.
sterlingice
03-01-2010, 08:54 PM
What about those of us who abstained from voting? Does that make me rice or peanuts or something like that?

SI
spleen1015
03-01-2010, 09:22 PM
Pumpy Tudors is a fruit as well.
Radii
03-01-2010, 09:25 PM
When I see a thread by MJ4H that is titled "Mother of God" I really expect hot chicks, not fruits and vegetables.
sterlingice
03-01-2010, 09:29 PM
When I see a thread by MJ4H that is titled "Mother of God" I really expect hot chicks, not fruits and vegetables.

This doesn't get you all hot and bothered?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Aubergine.jpg

So, according to wiki: "On average, 20 lbs (9 kg) of eggplant contains about the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette)." Who knew?

SI
JonInMiddleGA
03-01-2010, 09:53 PM
This doesn't get you all hot and bothered?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Aubergine.jpg

So, according to wiki: "On average, 20 lbs (9 kg) of eggplant contains about the same amount of nicotine as a cigarette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette)." Who knew?

SI

Lemme see here .. 3 packs a day = 60 cigarettes x 20 pounds per = I just need to eat 1200 pounds of eggplant a day to break even.
sabotai
03-01-2010, 09:59 PM
I thought the general rule of thumb was if it can go up your butt... it's a fruit.

Pineapple?
Abe Sargent
03-01-2010, 10:18 PM
I thought the general rule of thumb was if it can go up your butt... it's a fruit.

Ginger is not a fruit
Pumpy Tudors
03-01-2010, 10:56 PM
Pumpy Tudors is a fruit as well.
how did i get involved
JediKooter
03-01-2010, 11:49 PM
I think people tend to associate fruit with something that tastes sweet or tart. So, that's probably why something like a cucumber seems weird to be called a fruit?
spleen1015
03-02-2010, 07:50 AM
how did i get involved

Because we thought you were a vegetable and it turns out you're a fruit?