Technically, vegetables are a 'grocery store' type definition, nothing truly botanical.
Most vegetables can be classified as either fruit, leaves, stems, or roots
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| Author: | Nitefox [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Is a pickle a vegtable or a fruit |
This has come up in the office just now as my loving wife packed one for my lunch. Discuss. The pickle veggi or fruit thing, not what my loving wife packs for my lunch. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:24 am ] |
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Cucumbers are fruits. Therefore, pickles are fruits. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:30 am ] |
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Having an enclosed seed and developing from a flower, botanically speaking, cucumbers are classified as fruits. However, much like tomatoes and squash they are usually perceived, prepared and eaten as vegetables.[1] (Wikipedia) So, whichever floats your boat. I perceive them as vegetables, even though they are technically fruit. |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:34 am ] |
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Micheal wrote: So, whichever floats your boat. Or, one might say, "tickles your pickle." |
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| Author: | Lonedar [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:40 am ] |
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I'll be darned if I didn't just learn something new. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:46 am ] |
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A pickled what? You can pickle apples and damn near anything else according to Alton Brown. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:47 am ] |
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Technically, vegetables are a 'grocery store' type definition, nothing truly botanical. Most vegetables can be classified as either fruit, leaves, stems, or roots
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| Author: | Nitefox [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:47 am ] |
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Staying in theme...eating said pickle after eating a slice of watermelon...gotta say, not the best decision I've made today. |
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| Author: | Micheal [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:51 am ] |
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Pucker much? |
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| Author: | Nitefox [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:52 am ] |
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It's the after consumption burping really. Watermelon and pickle flavored? *shudder* |
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| Author: | Gilraen [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is a pickle a vegtable or a fruit |
"A joke and a pickle...for only a nickel" Quick, which movie is that from? |
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| Author: | Foamy [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:29 pm ] |
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Nitefox wrote: It's the after consumption burping really. Watermelon and pickle flavored? *shudder* As both are from the melon family, I would have to classify them both as fruits. This seems to be the reason that Oonagh cares for neither watermelon nor cucumber. Pickle that cuke, though and all bets are off. Loves 'em. |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:43 pm ] |
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A fruit is just a sub-type of vegetables, so it's not "wrong" to call a tomato or cucumber a vegetable any more that it's wrong to call a square a rhombus. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:59 pm ] |
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Right, since vegetable literally means nothing more specific than 'edible plant material'. Hence why almonds are vegetables Honestly, the word is completely arbitrary and dependent on context. There is no right or wrong answer to, say, "Are mushrooms vegetables?". And under common parlance, fruits are not a subtype of vegetables, as "some vegetables are fruit, but not all fruits are vegetables"
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| Author: | damaged [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:03 pm ] |
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Actually, mushrooms are a fungus, not a vegetable (plant). Different kind of thing all together. |
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| Author: | Lonedar [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:24 pm ] |
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Ketchup is a vegetable. |
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| Author: | NephyrS [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:29 pm ] |
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damaged wrote: Actually, mushrooms are a fungus, not a vegetable (plant). Different kind of thing all together. Hence why I say 'vegetable' is an undefined word. You can find plenty of backing for mushrooms as vegetables, since the word is only defined in a culinary sense. People always try to relate it to biology in some way, and there really is no tie in. |
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| Author: | Rafael [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:32 pm ] |
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Stathol wrote: A fruit is just a sub-type of vegetables, so it's not "wrong" to call a tomato or cucumber a vegetable any more that it's wrong to call a square a rhombus. You're a rhombus. |
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| Author: | Lenas [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:59 pm ] |
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Rafael wrote: Stathol wrote: A fruit is just a sub-type of vegetables, so it's not "wrong" to call a tomato or cucumber a vegetable any more that it's wrong to call a square a rhombus. You're a rhombus. You're Screeling. |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:39 pm ] |
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Rafael wrote: You're a rhombus. Your mom has all sides equal |
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| Author: | Nevandal [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:10 pm ] |
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Stathol wrote: Rafael wrote: You're a rhombus. Your mom has all sides equal LOL |
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| Author: | Vindicarre [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:40 am ] |
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Lonedar wrote: Ketchup is a vegetable. I've used that a few times myself, after "Ketchupgate". |
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| Author: | Rafael [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:37 am ] |
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Stathol wrote: Rafael wrote: You're a rhombus. Your mom has all sides equal Parallelagram. |
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