Fruit and vegetables?!
what is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable!? they say that tomato is actually a fruit and i heard that a watermelon is actually a vegetable!. so what makes a fruit a fruit and a vegetable a vegetable!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Is it a fruit or a vegetable!?
A simplified Venn diagram shows the overlap in the terminology of "vegetables" in the culinary sense and "fruits" in the botanical sense!.
The word "vegetable" is a culinary term, not a botanical term!. The word "fruit" on the other hand can be a culinary term or a botanical term, and these two usages are quite different!.
Botanically speaking, fruits are fleshy reproductive organs of plants, the ripened ovaries containing one or many seeds!. Thus, many botanical fruits are not edible at all, and some are actually extremely poisonous!. In a culinary sense however, the word "fruit" is only applied to those botanical fruits which are edible, and which are considered to be a sweet or dessert food such as strawberries, peaches, plums, etc!.
In contrast to this, a number of edible botanical fruits, including the tomato, the eggplant, and the bell pepper are not considered to be a sweet or dessert food, are not routinely used with sugar, but instead are almost always used as part of a savory dish, and are salted!. This is the reason that they are labeled as "vegetables"!. Thus a plant part may scientifically be referred to as a "fruit", even though it is used in cooking or food preparation as a vegetable!.
The question "The tomato: is it a fruit, or is it a vegetable!?" found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893!. The court ruled unanimously in Nix v!. Hedden that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the 1883 Tariff Act on imported produce!. The court did acknowledge however that botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A simplified Venn diagram shows the overlap in the terminology of "vegetables" in the culinary sense and "fruits" in the botanical sense!.
The word "vegetable" is a culinary term, not a botanical term!. The word "fruit" on the other hand can be a culinary term or a botanical term, and these two usages are quite different!.
Botanically speaking, fruits are fleshy reproductive organs of plants, the ripened ovaries containing one or many seeds!. Thus, many botanical fruits are not edible at all, and some are actually extremely poisonous!. In a culinary sense however, the word "fruit" is only applied to those botanical fruits which are edible, and which are considered to be a sweet or dessert food such as strawberries, peaches, plums, etc!.
In contrast to this, a number of edible botanical fruits, including the tomato, the eggplant, and the bell pepper are not considered to be a sweet or dessert food, are not routinely used with sugar, but instead are almost always used as part of a savory dish, and are salted!. This is the reason that they are labeled as "vegetables"!. Thus a plant part may scientifically be referred to as a "fruit", even though it is used in cooking or food preparation as a vegetable!.
The question "The tomato: is it a fruit, or is it a vegetable!?" found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893!. The court ruled unanimously in Nix v!. Hedden that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the 1883 Tariff Act on imported produce!. The court did acknowledge however that botanically speaking, a tomato is a fruit!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A fruit is essentially a ripened plant ovary containing the seeds of the plant!. Vegetables do not have seeds!. So in theory Pumpkins, Tomatos, Green Beans etc are all fruits!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't really know about their differences!. I just know that they are all packed with similar nutrients so they are all good for you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Fruits have more natural sugar in them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
fruits have seeds and vegetables don'tWww@FoodAQ@Com
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fruit grows on trees n vegies don't!?!?!.!.well fruit taste much better anywayz!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
i dont knowWww@FoodAQ@Com