Is the Tomato a fruit or a vegetable?

[Danny]

What the title says, post what you think what food group the Tomato goes in/

no flame pls

I personally think that the Tomato is a vegetable.

 

[bridgedragon]

As much as I think of it as a vegetable, logic says fruit. But to me, it just looks like a vegetable, tastes like a vegetable, and is a vegetable.

 

[Bamber]

I seriously don't understand at all how a tomato can be a vegetable.

 

[NuJaan]

Nooo.... why must you do this to me.... I don't want to start this argument againnnn... ;-;

 

[Metalclaw | Jordan]

I seriously don't understand at all how a tomato can be a vegetable.

cause it grows on some kind of crap that veggies grow on, problem solved!

 

[TheOnlyChanse]

junk food

 

[Metalclaw | Jordan]

junk food

that too.

 

[Mooclan]

A tomato.
Red, round, and juicy. A fruit.

What makes it a fruit?
- It has seeds, which can be used to grow more tomatoes.
- Tomatoes grow above the ground, not on or below.
- They grow on a vine, tree, or bush.

However, when used in cooking they can be called a vegetable, as they are used in savoury cooking, and less in sweet foods.

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 cultivatedforms 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, such as tomatoes or bean pods, may be called 'vegetables' because they are used in savoury rather than sweet cooking. 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, the answer to the question is that a tomato is technically the fruit of the tomato plant, but it's used as a vegetable in cooking.

 

[Cubes]

To answer this, I present a few words of wisdom:

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad.

 

[Shu]

A tomato should be considered a vegetable plus a fruit since it is used in Foods and Drinks that are sweet!

 

[MyrkrBrandr]

Have u ever seen a tomato in a fruit salad? 'nuff said

 

[boboy1999]