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[Spennyboy]

Tomato - fruit or veg? :whistle

this should spark an interlectual convo... lol.

im ur opinion, is a tomato a fruit or veg? why?

Imo its a veg, because its in salads along with all the other 'healthy' stuff. if it was a fruit it wuld be in a fruit salad :thumbs

[kracken]

Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a fruit. A "fruit" is any fleshy material covering a seed(s).Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a vegetable plant.

[maverick_15]

its a fruit because its got seeds...at least, thats the way ive always understood it.

[Spennyboy]

missing the point guys. everyone knows its a fruit. cos of the whole scientific angle...

but what do u class it as?

[maverick_15]

um, a fruit...cos of the scientific angle lol

[DaveTheRave]

dont be silly a tomatoe is a vegetable :thumbs

[hotentot]

I thought it was just a sauce you dip ur chips in :tongue

[flumperino]

who cares....tomatoes ming

[Spennyboy]

lmao, im with flumperino.

[4me2]

missing the point guys. everyone knows its a fruit. cos of the whole scientific angle...

but what do u class it as?

salad shit.:whistle

[eblaster101]

its a fruit because it tastes sweet all vegtables dont have much of a taste thats why they use it in salads.

[Gel]

Carrots are sweet, they are veggies.

Tomatoes are a fruit.

[Spennyboy]

this thread is pathetic lol. soz guys. not one of my finest moments.

[flumperino]

this thread is pathetic lol. soz guys. not one of my finest moments.

ahhh...i see your secret code spencer......

well, if you say so...

[Spennyboy]

lol damn, that my audition for the next 007 down the drain!

[phlix]

cucumbers, corgets etc are all fruits too.

[Spennyboy]

seriously... well i guess it makes sense... in a senseless way :nowords:

[phlix]

They are technically fruit. From a botanical perspective, a fruit is the mature ovary of a plant, such as an apple, melon, cucumber, or tomato. From the common, every day "grocery store perspective," we tend to use the word fruit with respect to fruits eaten fresh as desserts - apples, peaches, cherries, etc. - and not to items cooked or used in salads. So, cucumbers tend to be lumped in with vegetables because of the way they are used (cooked and in salads), but botanists will call them fruits because they develop from the reproductive structures of plants.

[Spennyboy]

wow, not such a useless thread afterall.

that info should really get the boys tastebuds tingling!

[-G-Man-]

Its not fruit, neither is it veg. its Both!

Tomatoes are hermaphrodites of the food world.