• SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca
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      Serious question: do people on team fruit also call other “culinary vegetables” fruits, such as cucumbers, zucchini, corn, eggplants, bell peppers, green beans, etc.?

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        1 year ago

        I’ve been told that beans are an especially magical fruit.

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        I don’t mind calling all of those things fruit. It seems people get really weird about making savoury meals out of fruit. Like I know a tomato is a fruit, I put tomato on pizza, I never once while making pizza have a thought about whether a vegetable or a fruit is going on my pizza. It’s just a tomato, it can swing both ways.

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          I prefer polysemy. There is a very useful category of “edible plants typically used in savory dishes”. Imagine someone being upset with you because you brought green beans when they asked for a side of vegetables.

          I don’t see the point in taking the botanical definition of fruit and pretending it’s useful in the culinary world.

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        Depends on context? If I’m talking about the fruit on the plant, yes. If it’s in my kitchen, no, that’d be silly 🙄

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        Not botanically or culinary, but don’t let that get in the way of how you feel.