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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is not a fruit.
Tomatoes fit the scientific definition of fruit as they form from a flower and contain seeds. So botanically, tomatoes are fruit. However, the way we eat them and treat them in cooking means that they also fall into the legal category of vegetables.
Ah...once again the government screwed it up...
While tomatoes are scientifically fruits, they're legally classed as vegetables. That may seem surprising, but the vegetable category actually encompasses a lot more than you might think. According to Merriam-Webster, a vegetable is "a usually herbaceous plant grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal." This means that the vegetable category includes all plant parts, like roots, leaves, and stems. Fruit, on the other hand, is only the seed-carrying part of the plant. So things like beets, spinach, and broccoli are all vegetables, and are best eaten when they're in season (find a guide here!)
From this definition, it might seem like tomatoes are unequivocally not vegetables. So, is tomato a fruit then? Not exactly. In 1893, Congress passed a tariff act putting a 10 percent tax on whole vegetables. So, to avoid paying the fee, merchants claimed that tomatoes are fruit. A decision made by the Supreme Court for the case stated that tomatoes should be classified as a vegetable instead of a fruit for the "purposes of trade and commerce," since chefs prepare them and people eat them like vegetables. This means, legally speaking, tomatoes are vegetables.
Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad.
Well, yeah. Regardless of what it is.
Philosophy is wondering if a Bloody Mary counts as a smoothie.
Well yeah. Regardless of what it is...again.
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@taiwan_girl said in So....:
A drummer friend of mine and his wife just had twin girls.
They named them Anna.
Anna one, Anna two.......
A Mexico fireman and his wife had twins.
They named them Jose and Hose B
Jesus saves.
Juan spends it as soon as he gets it.
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Cable guy was on my street today and asked me what time it is.
I said it’s between 9am and 1pm.
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I walked through a corn maze yesterday. I felt like I was being stalked.
It was earie.
It’s always something.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Edam is the only cheese that is made backwards.
It’s always something.
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Me/rry/Christmas
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It's not true, though, you've been feta lie.
It’s always something.
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It's not true, though, you've been feta lie.
Hey, That’s nacho cheese pun! It’s mine!
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Admit it, your password is Let5g08rand0n!
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After I went bald I still kept my comb.
I just can’t part with it.
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Interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: I’d say my biggest weakness is listening.
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According to my chocolate Advent calendar, there are only 3 more days until Christmas.
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I had a cross-eyed girlfriend once. It didn’t work out though, we just couldn’t see eye to eye.
Plus, I think she was seeing someone on the side.
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I was going to take one of those Viking River cruises but then I found out you don’t get to loot villages and monasteries along the way.
