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 Jun 14 2008, 08:36 PM
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 omnomnom  Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688  |
It's a vegetable.
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Oct 16 2008, 06:13 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but until the 1920s the tomato was considered a vegetable. It was around that decade that people started considering it a fruit to avoid taxes that vegetables had. So.... Vegetable, renamed fruit by a society who wanted to avoid taxes :)
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coconutter Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable? Jun 14 2008, 08:36 PM
karmakiller It has seeds :shrugs:
QUOTEBotanically, a tomato ... Jun 14 2008, 08:43 PM TriniKing22 well it has seeds so doesn't that make it a fr... Jun 14 2008, 08:48 PM brooklyneast05 well that was fast Jun 14 2008, 08:49 PM Bishinobi It's nasty.
So it's a vegetable. Jun 14 2008, 08:56 PM
absinthe QUOTE(Bishinobi @ Jun 15 2008, 03:56 AM) ... Jun 29 2008, 03:23 PM Synesthesia This is not a debatable topic. A tomato is a fruit... Jun 14 2008, 09:10 PM heartquasm QUOTE(Synesthesia @ Jun 14 2008, 09:10 PM... Jun 17 2008, 09:20 AM coconutter You mean it's a fruit because it has seeds in ... Jun 16 2008, 02:55 PM Joannnnnne QUOTE(coconutter @ Jun 16 2008, 12:55 PM)... Jun 16 2008, 03:01 PM freeridefight QUOTE(coconutter @ Jun 16 2008, 03:55 PM)... Jun 17 2008, 07:23 AM DontStealMyNameImJamie What about bananas? Jun 17 2008, 10:13 AM katebaybayy vegetable, all the way Jun 18 2008, 03:58 PM SpreadThePeace A tomato is a fruit. I used to think it was a vege... Jun 20 2008, 02:34 PM Serendipity QUOTESo a tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant,... Jun 28 2008, 11:19 PM XTC QUOTE(Serendipity @ Jun 28 2008, 11:19 PM... Jul 23 2008, 10:58 PM Relentless VEGETABLE.
But I know for a fact that it's a... Jun 28 2008, 11:24 PM mackenziee ^ same here, I've grown up with it as a vegeta... Jun 29 2008, 03:19 PM CelestialAbyss If everyone wants to get really technical, it... Jul 23 2008, 10:51 PM karmakiller QUOTE(CelestialAbyss @ Jul 23 2008, 10:51... Jul 23 2008, 11:25 PM Tomates It may look like a vegtable...and taste like a veg... Jul 23 2008, 10:54 PM Tomates My name means tomatoes in french : D
that slipped ... Jul 23 2008, 11:45 PM PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL VEGGI.. Jul 24 2008, 12:33 PM nikx618 FRUIT.
its a FACT.
not a debatable topic[; Jul 24 2008, 01:39 PM xstarstruckk QUOTE(nikx618 @ Jul 24 2008, 02:39 PM) FR... Jul 24 2008, 03:26 PM PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL VEGGI
QUOTE(nikx618 @ Jul 24 2008, 02:39 ... Jul 24 2008, 04:44 PM Paladin it's actually a genetically modified fruigetab... Jul 24 2008, 02:06 PM Butterflyphoenix ^
QUOTE(nikx618 Posted Today @ 02:39 PM )... Jul 24 2008, 02:21 PM nikx618 FACT Jul 24 2008, 05:47 PM Tomates everytime i see this forum i keep thinking it says... Jul 24 2008, 05:48 PM TheFegNut We all thought it was a vegetable before.
We were... Jul 24 2008, 05:52 PM PrIncEoFSeXaPpeAL VEGGIEE...
QUOTE(nikx618 @ Jul 24 2008, 06... Jul 25 2008, 02:51 PM hi-C QUOTE(Serendipity @ Jun 29 2008, 12:19 AM... Aug 27 2008, 03:06 AM JokeInsideJoke vegetable. i dont care what science says, it. is. ... Aug 27 2008, 07:46 AM coconutter It is a debate in a sense that you would like to d... Aug 28 2008, 07:24 PM so0o_contagious fruit. even brenda song says so! haha.
... Oct 16 2008, 04:55 PM YukkeKay I think it's a fruit, but kyro serves a good p... Oct 17 2008, 12:01 PM kryogenix It's not a point, it's a fact. Oct 17 2008, 12:49 PM ninjaBeenly It does not really matter if the tomato is a fruit... Oct 17 2008, 05:21 PM simx Ask a botanist and they'll tell you it's a... Mar 28 2009, 05:48 PM hypnotique QUOTE(simx @ Mar 28 2009, 05:48 PM)
Ask ... Mar 29 2009, 06:15 PM simx QUOTE(hypnotique @ Mar 29 2009, 06:15 PM)... Mar 30 2009, 05:50 PM Beenly For some reason, I always thought tomatos were rel... Mar 29 2009, 08:26 PM hypnotique QUOTE(Beenly @ Mar 29 2009, 08:26 PM) For... Mar 29 2009, 10:53 PM jcp fruit Mar 29 2009, 11:28 PM illmortal I eat it like an apple with salt and pepper... Mar 30 2009, 12:24 AM hypnotique QUOTE(illmortal @ Mar 30 2009, 12:24 AM) ... Mar 30 2009, 05:11 PM illmortal QUOTE(hypnotique @ Mar 30 2009, 06:11 PM)... Mar 30 2009, 05:15 PM PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH huu da h3ll eaat tommoto wyth peppur... WTF.. dat... Mar 30 2009, 11:15 AM Beenly QUOTE(PrinceGonnaChokeaBEECH @ Mar 30 2009, 0... Mar 30 2009, 01:18 PM |
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