tomatoes ARE vegetables

[quote=Thatdudeinthecotton]Eh, probably a troll thread, but since I already had a look about heres the reason tomatoes are viewed as a fruit as opposed to a vegetable. [spoiler][quote]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 cultivated forms 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. [/quote][/spoiler][/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]stop it. I AM NOT A TROLL. its not nice calling people trolls. [img=http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/300x300/38743236.jpg][/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]yeah but you guys are forgetting about the cientific definition of vegetable. saying a tomato is not a vegetable because its a fruit is like saying a cat is not an animal because its a mammal.[/quote]

[quote=Thatdudeinthecotton]k, so why is a tomato a veg? :3[/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]because it fits in the cientific definition of vegetable.[/quote]

[quote=Thatdudeinthecotton]nevermind, found it 1.A plant that is cultivated for an edible part, such as the leaf of spinach, the root of the carrot, or the stem of celery. 2.An edible part of one of these plants. See Note at fruit. regardless, most people will still differentiate tomatoes as fruit as they still fall under that catergory, even though they are also veg. ergo it is correct to call them a fruit and a veg[/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]yeah, but most people will say their not vegetebles at all. its seriously everywhere. even you thought they werent vegetables minutes ago![/quote]

[quote=Meiyjhe][quote=xXShadowAssassinXx] yeah, but most people will say their not vegetebles at all. its seriously everywhere. even you thought they werent vegetables minutes ago! [/quote] Yeah man its all a conspiracy. I'd watch out, soon they will murder all tomatoes and send pictures of the dead tomatoes to you, so you have to suffer your whole life by the fact that tomatoes dont exist anymore. All to prove that tomatoes cannot be vegetables :O Untill they grow back of course.[/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]what? its not a conspiracy, its just misinformation.[/quote]

[quote=Meiyjhe]Thats what they want you to think[/quote]