tomatos, fruit or veggie? Options

[jue]

Tomatoes.
Do you consider them vegetables or fruits?

[moorepocket]

many said it's a fruit, but i like to think of it as a veggie.

[gelionie]

It's spelled tomatoes.

Fruit or vegetable?

Tomato fruitBotanically speaking, a tomato is the ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant, i.e. a fruit. However, from a culinary perspective the tomato is typically served as a meal, or part of a main course of a meal, meaning that it would be considered a vegetable (a culinary term which has no botanical meaning).

This argument has led to actual legal implications in the United States. In 1887, U.S. tariff laws which imposed a duty on vegetables but not on fruits caused the tomato's status to become a matter of legal importance. The U.S. Supreme Court settled this controversy in 1893, declaring that the tomato is a vegetable, using the popular definition which classifies fruit by use, that they are generally served with dinner and not dessert. The case is known as Nix v. Hedden.

It should be noted that strictly speaking the holding of the case applies only to the interpretation of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883 and not much else. The court does not purport to reclassify tomato for botanical or for any other purpose other then paying a tax under a tariff act.

In concordance with this classification, the tomato has been proposed as the state fruit of New Jersey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatoes#Fruit_or_vegetable.3F

[KissMe2408]

I've always considered it a vegetable, but apparently it's a fruit.
Though i'm not gonna peel it and eat it whole ya know.

[marzipan]

i consider it a fruit

[*mipadi*]

Pretty much as noted above—it's really a fruit, but I think of it as a vegetable. (I just can't consider anything that's not sweet to be a fruit!)

[*Intoxique*]

many said it's a fruit, but i like to think of it as a veggie.

Ditto.
Tomatos aren't that sweet so I consider it a veggie.

[pink.x.r0se]

i know its a fruit
but i usually think of it as a vegetable

[*tahco_monster*]

veggie.
tomatoes aren't sweet 0_0

[*My Cinderella.*]

Fruits. They have seeds.

[voguelove]

its scientifically a fruit..but i think of it as a veggie.

[Tribal J_Rome]

I know they're fruits, but it's hard to imagine them that way. I always think of them as veggies

[Aoiro]

I say fruit, darmit!

[flc]

I think they actually are fruits, but I still like to consider them vegetables..just because.

[priyas]

i know their fruits cuz they have seeds.
but i think of um as a VeGgiE.

[jeung]

technically tomatoes are fruits because they have seeds but same with cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts. scientifically they are all fruits but you dont find those in the fruits section in the grocery store. in today's society theyre considered veggies.

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

i sometimes like to think of fruits and vegetables as gender. and tomatoes would be in the 'undecided' section. or both.

[Simba]

^ Ha ha wow. I've never thought of it like that.

[xosteffanator]

I think it's a vegetable, i always have and i always will.

[Smoogrish]

Pretty much as noted above—it's really a fruit, but I think of it as a vegetable. (I just can't consider anything that's not sweet to be a fruit!)

I agree with Michael. I know it's a fruit, but it's hard to think of it as a fruit.

[AnnahhbeL]

I've always known it as a vegetable.

[flc]

fruit
n. pl. fruit or fruits

1.
1. The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds and occurring in a wide variety of forms.

IT'S A FRUIT.

Well, there ya go.

But it's so weird to think of it as a fruit, because it doesn't have a sweet taste or anything..

[emazing]

Tomatoes are most probably veggies.

[maryissa]

Its a fruit? Weird. O.o I always thought it was a veggie cuz i hate how it tastes.

[synthase]

i dont really care, but sometimes i eat them as like a fruit o_O

[nopattern]

i think it's a vegetable but either way, i hate them.

[doork]

veggie..

[swaying]

its a fruit that tastes like a veggie...but its a fruit!

[PrincessAda]

I think its a fruit..someone told me it was because it has seeds or something.

[Gypsy Eyes]

I've always seen it as a veggie, even thought technically it is a fruit.

[tokyo-rose]

It's been proven to be a fruit and not a vegetable.
So, fruit.

[LostinaJungle]

I know it's a fruit, but I always think of it as a veggie because it's hard to wrap my mind around a fruit being in a salad.

[Serendipity]

Fruit, I guess. Though I don't eat it like a fruit, as I would eat an apple or orange.

[*a painefull euphoria*]

im in culinary arts school
so weve had this argument about this.
tomatoes are actualy fruits dude to their seeds
regardless of the fact they are not sweet
but [now im gonna really get into this]
its distant reletives like the tomatio [also known as a mexican green tomatoe] are very sweet.
lol i jsut thought you should know that little bit lol