The age old question...

[Turnip]

I think people don't want to call tomatoes fruit because they aren't sweet like most fruit.

[goleafsgo96]

Its a fruit b/c it has seeds. Bottom line. People have putting it in the vegetable column and I dont know why

how about string beans? green beans? those are vegetables im pretty sure. sweetness is right about the fleshy protection, or at least thats what ive heard. sounds scientific enough.

[mutantseabass]

take it from a produce manager....its a fruit.

This is the guy i would trust.

[joshyboy72]

Yep they are fruits. I'm with Mercer Boy...the only tomatoes I like eating are the small cherry tomatoes. Big tomato slices get all soggy and drip juice all over the place.

[MCG321]

Yep they are fruits. I'm with Mercer Boy...the only tomatoes I like eating are the small cherry tomatoes. Big tomato slices get all soggy and drip juice all over the place.

Yeah.

Tomatoes in burgers =

Tomatoes in salads =

[mutantseabass]

Super Mario Bros. 2 claims it to be a vegetable (since it's one of the things you try to kill King Wart with - onion, tomato, turnip, radish...probably some others). But, as far as I know, it's technically classified as a fruit.

I don't like eating normal big tomato slices because I think the seed/juice is nasty. I like the little round ones they put in salads, though!

This is what i love about this site...Mercer pulls out a Super Mario Bros 2 reference....ya gotta love it!

[mtryanks12]

A lot of "vegetables" are actually fruits, like tomatoes, avacados, peppers, etc etc. It's amazing how dumb us americans can be.

[Nilmerf]

Yes, we all know that tomatoes are technically fruits, but I like to classify fruits and vegetables based on their taste and what kind of meals they pop up in. That's why I'll always call tomatoes vegetables. Would you ever put tomatoes in a fruit salad? No. In a green salad? Yes. I'm also just as likely to put an apple on my burger as I am to take eat a tomato whole.

[no1cowboysfan]

A better question... what the heck is a potato? I've never seen potato seeds, but I always hear conflict about this. I would assume its a vegetable, but I believe the scientific definition is "tubular."

Delux, I'm looking at you, Mr. Produce. What the heck is it? And what the heck does "tubular" mean? And did I spell "tubular" right?

[Mercer Boy]

A better question... what the heck is a potato? I've never seen potato seeds, but I always hear conflict about this. I would assume its a vegetable, but I believe the scientific definition is "tubular."

Delux, I'm looking at you, Mr. Produce. What the heck is it? And what the heck does "tubular" mean? And did I spell "tubular" right?

I think you mean a "tuber."

A swollen, fleshy, usually underground stem of a plant, such as the potato, bearing buds from which new plant shoots arise.

Tubular (which you spelled right in the following context) is something that looks like a cylinder or a way to say "Cool."