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TopicWhat toppings ruin a hamburger for you?
Aristoph
06/03/18 4:02:30 AM
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Paragon21XX posted...
There is no such thing as a vegetable in botany, and the definition of vegetable includes fruit if it is used as a vegetable in dishes. You are just splitting hairs unnecessarily here.


A vegetable is any consumable plant part which is not a seed or a fruit. Things such as leaves, stems, roots, flowers, etc. A tomato is a consumable plant part that is a fruit, therefore it is not a vegetable. Just because it's used like a "vegetable" in cooking does not mean it is a vegetable. An eggplant is another one that is used like a vegetable when cooking but is also, in fact, a fruit.

The term "vegetable" is basically a catch-all term for anything that is not already in another category. You wouldn't call a mushroom a vegetable, would you? Of course not. Even though it's often treated as a vegetable in cooking, it's already in another category: fungi. A tomato is a fruit. It's not that complicated.
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