Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
 

Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables? I say they are vegetables but there are people who say they are fruits.

I got this from a site i found

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are fruits of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas. But in the common language of the people...all these are vegetables.

What do you think?

Fruit...

how have you been kimmy

From a botanical perspective, it's a fruit. From a culinary perspective, it's a vegetable.

Since I love cooking and don't give a flying fuck about botanism, to me, it's a vegetable.

"The confusion about 'fruit' and 'vegetable' arises because of the differences in usage between scientists and cooks. Scientifically speaking, a tomato is definitely a fruit. True fruits are developed from the ovary in the base of the flower, and contain the seeds of the plant (though cultivated forms may be seedless). Blueberries, raspberries, and oranges are true fruits, and so are many kinds of nut. Some plants have a soft part which supports the seeds and is also called a 'fruit', though it is not developed from the ovary: the strawberry is an example. As far as cooking is concerned, some things which are strictly fruits may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. The tomato, though technically a fruit, is often used as a vegetable, and a bean pod is also technically a fruit. The term 'vegetable' is more generally used of other edible parts of plants, such as cabbage leaves, celery stalks, and potato tubers, which are not strictly the fruit of the plant from which they come. Occasionally the term 'fruit' may be used to refer to a part of a plant which is not a fruit, but which is used in sweet cooking: rhubarb, for example. So a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant, but can be used as a vegetable in cooking."

Oxford Dictionary

The American Heritage Dictionary defines "tomato":

1. A widely cultivated South American plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit.
2. The fruit of this plant.
2. Slang. A woman regarded as attractive.

they are a fruit

I'd have said veg but hey, what do i know ?? ;-)

Wild game

Botanically, they are fruits. However, according to U.S.D.A., they are vegetables.

Fruit or vegetable, We should learn to appreciate the value of this food. Tomatoes are very important to the body for their cancer-fighting lycopene. Lycopene is a carotenoid (plant pigment) that, as an antioxidant, protects against cancer. Any tomato-based food (fresh, soup, sauce, or juice) is a good choice for your health, although cooked tomato products contain more lycopene than their uncooked counterparts. Apart from that, tomatoes are also rich in vitamin C. :thumbsup

Fruit. Avacados are fruits too :)

those the same people that call Ketchup a vegetable for school lunch programs?

Did a klikrevenue poster actually write such a large post?

http://www.dole5aday.com/Grownups/Fu....jsp?topmenu=3
Nope.

i consider them to be veggies...most people say fruit...when it's all said and done i don't debate veggies/fruits

To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?

If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.

Now don't go looking for tomatoes next to the oranges in your grocery stores. Certain fruits like tomatoes and green beans will probably always be mostly referred to as "vegetables" in today's society.

NOW YOU KNOW!

http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-tomato.html

Fruit, and they are part of the nightshade family.