Is a tomato a vegetable or a fruit?

@gambrel said
Better have that looked at!

@rookie54 said
when you say this, it's funny
anybody else in the whole universe says this, they perverted

@kewpie said
Beets.
Red cabbage.
Tomatoes.
Red bell pepper.
Radish.
Red chili pepper.
Radicchio.
Red leaf lettuce.

I'd call some of these purple rather than red, but chili and bell pepper are undeniably red and vegetable. I notice they think tomato is a vegetable.

Here's the weird stuff:
https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tomato-called-a-love-apple.htm

@trev33 said
Actually peppers are fruits, everything with seeds are classed as fruits regardless of how we use or see them.

@fmf said
Get off the sofa, get rid of the remote control, get rid of the smart phone, and try out some recipes that question your prejudices about the use of tomatoes.

Tomatoes are ketchup.

@torunn said
Tomatoes are ketchup.

@mchill said
I lean to tomato being a vegetable because the juice I drink (V-8) is called vegetable juice over here. It's mostly tomato juice. If you have an issue with this, please contact the company that makes it rather than getting abrasive with me.

In the future I'll refrain from responding to your posts. Having lost quite a number of debates to me and others here, it's becoming c ...[text shortened]... omeone at your level who's been here for 17 years and has yet to rise above the novice category. 🙂

@very-rusty said
C'mon can't we call it a fruit as well as a vegetable?

-VR

@torunn said
I have no idea, but ketchup is nice.

@mchill said
I lean to tomato being a vegetable because the juice I drink (V-8) is called vegetable juice over here. It's mostly tomato juice. If you have an issue with this, please contact the company that makes it rather than getting abrasive with me.

In the future I'll refrain from responding to your posts. Having lost quite a number of debates to me and others here, it's becoming c ...[text shortened]... omeone at your level who's been here for 17 years and has yet to rise above the novice category. 🙂

@mchill said
I lean to tomato being a vegetable

@fmf said
Do lean towards a dolphin being a fish?

@very-rusty said
Couldn't we class tomatoes as both?

-VR

@trev33 said
No, it's a fruit.

Don't make me have to report you to the fruit/vegetable police 😡