Tomatoes are one of the most adaptable foods, equally at home in a summer salad and a soothing pizza sauce (thanks, pizza inventor).
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Is tomato fruit? Are we eating veggies? People like to argue over culinary facts such whether eggplant, cucumber, avocado, and peanuts are fruits or vegetables.
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There are tomatoes for every taste and hue. Cherry, beefsteak, heritage, sweet, or delightfully acidic tomatoes are all great. Plus, they're one of the simplest veggies to cultivate at home.
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Is it easiest fruits? Discover tomato leaf purple dots. The fact that good tomatoes taste like sunlight should tell us everything. However, identifying fruits and vegetables isn't as easy as it seems.
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Before debating whether tomatoes are fruits, let's define fruits and vegetables. Merriam-Webster defines fruits as “the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant, especially: one having a sweet pulp.”
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Ant-sized fruit is the world's tiniest!Merriam-Webster defines a vegetable as “a usually herbaceous plant grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal.” This indicates vegetables contain roots, leaves, and stems.
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However, fruit is simply the plant's seed-carrier. Beets, spinach, and broccoli are vegetables that should be consumed in season .
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Chefs, attorneys, and farmers answer this differently. We may find it easy. Lunchtime consumption? Vegetable. It as dessert? Fruit! It's not easy. Scientific and legal definitions of fruits and vegetables exist.
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Tomatoes are fruit because they are flowers with seeds. Tomatoes are fruit. However, the way we consume and prepare them makes them legal veggies.
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Our favorite red, delicious tomatoes come from a seed plant. While tomatoes aren't as sweet as peaches, they're not as bitter as Brussels sprouts. This definition includes peppers and cucumbers as fruit, but not carrots and potatoes.
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