more questions about the big debate: fruit or veg

[rintintin]

Botanically it is a fruit (but don't put them in a fruit salad).

[tomc]

I agree with RTT. Botanically its a fruit. By application it is savory and gets used after fruit cup and before desert.

Katsup was probably a fish based sauce out of the other side of the pacific rim, When the sole supply was exhausted in 1850's SanFransisco, foodies demanded a replacement right away! A dilligent Chinese cook came up with what we now know as katsup.

All things concidered I like the result of his long ago work.

[littleminnie]

I must say the tomato is a fruit thing is a pet peeve of mine. This is how it really goes: we eat the fruiting member of a tomato plant yes but also of a pepper plant, eggplant, squash, cucumber, pumpkin, pea, even each kernel of corn is supposed to be a fruit. Everything in the garden is a plant, not a fruit or vegetable- we just eat different parts of the plants. The part with the seeds is the fruit.

[paulf]

I have heard an opinion that the tomato is a fruit of the vine, making it technically a berry.

[barton]

Is mule a fruit or a vegetable?



;D

[blane]

Jan 25, 2011 18:21:26 GMT -5 barton said:

Is mule a fruit or a vegetable?



;D

Both, and either or, at times!

[landarc]

Catsup (et al) is indeed a Anglicization of the Malay word for fish sauce and was indeed a fish sauce based product originally, much like Worcestershire Sauce may be a form of the ancient Roman garam, which did not originally have fruit in it either.

[reubent]

I'd have to lean on the dictionary definition because otherwise there's nothing to go by except somebody's common usage which changes with the regions and races.

now I don't use catchup/catsup/katsup/ketchup on a regular basis, but it's ok sometimes. However I do not like fish in any form, just never cared for the flavor. And since I prefer bein vegetarian anyway i arn't in any hurry to get used to it.

I can see it now! coming in from the garden with a bunch of maters and hollerin "hey, look at these nice berries"

Yah, a good share of the "vegetables" we grow are actually fruit. Just the edible roots and stems and leaves make up the vegetable part of it.
I see the definition of fruit as the fleshy part around a seed. which means corn and peas and such are not fruits, rather seeds and grains.