Bloghaku

I vote veggie.

 

 

Alku

Projectile weapon.

 

Tomatoes are fruit. They have seeds, so botanically there is no ambiguity whatsoever.

 

Colloquially, however, they are vegetables, as are peppers, squash, eggplant, zucchini, and all manner of things that are actually fruit...

I'm not actually sure what Dracone said...But I agree. Definitely.

Tomatoes are fruit. They have seeds, so botanically there is no ambiguity whatsoever.

 

Colloquially, however, they are vegetables, as are peppers, squash, eggplant, zucchini, and all manner of things that are actually fruit...

What he said ^^

Restating Dracone: Seeds=Fruit, Tomato=seeds, so, tomato=fruit.

The tomato, botanically is indeed a fruit, a berry to be more exact; however the term vegetable is of culinary use, and has no use in botany, meaning that many things could be considered vegetables while still being aligned towards fruit botanically.

 

The tomato's history contains some interesting debates about it's alignment going as far as the supreme court in 1887 because of an import tax being placed on vegetables but not fruits, in the end it was ruled the the tomato should indeed be subject to the tax, however there was no intention of the court to intend to change the classification botanically, culinary or otherwise.

 

Horticulturally is a whole other issue, horticulture states that since the tomato does not grow on a woody stemmed plant and is annual, thus rendering it a vegetable from that perspective.

 

I being highly interested in the culinary arts and noticing that both horticulture and the supreme court consider it a vegetable, personally think of it as a Veggie in my mind, no matter how incorrect that is.

it's a Fruit but we use it like a Vegetable, so i'm going with Projectile weapon.

The tomato, botanically is indeed a fruit, a berry to be more exact; however the term vegetable is of culinary use, and has no use in botany, meaning that many things could be considered vegetables while still being aligned towards fruit botanically.

 

The tomato's history contains some interesting debates about it's alignment going as far as the supreme court in 1887 because of an import tax being placed on vegetables but not fruits, in the end it was ruled the the tomato should indeed be subject to the tax, however there was no intention of the court to intend to change the classification botanically, culinary or otherwise.

 

Horticulturally is a whole other issue, horticulture states that since the tomato does not grow on a woody stemmed plant and is annual, thus rendering it a vegetable from that perspective.

 

I being highly interested in the culinary arts and noticing that both horticulture and the supreme court consider it a vegetable, personally think of it as a Veggie in my mind, no matter how incorrect that is.

Quoted for end-of-discussion-ness.

 

-KIE