Technically, tomatoes are fruits (according to Wikipedia they're a type of berry). But I'm not so sure.
If you look at it from a culture standpoint, tomatoes are vegetables. Why else would they be considered so for so long? It's not like people were too backwards back in the 1800's to figure it out. If you can invent a steam engine, you can determine whether or not something is a fruit or a vegetable. I trust my history.
But think of it in this specific way: salads. Let's say you walk into a restaurant with a friend for lunch. You sit down and decide to order salads. You order the house salad, and your friend orders the house salad with fruit. Better yet, they order the fruit salad. Guess which one comes with tomatoes? Ah yes, the house salad, most likely. What about the fruit salad? Any tomatoes there? I doubt it. If people who handle tomatoes professionally consider it just another vegetable, I'm not going to argue with them.
The verdict: despite what science has proven, tomatoes are vegetables in modern culture.
If you look at it from a culture standpoint, tomatoes are vegetables. Why else would they be considered so for so long? It's not like people were too backwards back in the 1800's to figure it out. If you can invent a steam engine, you can determine whether or not something is a fruit or a vegetable. I trust my history.
But think of it in this specific way: salads. Let's say you walk into a restaurant with a friend for lunch. You sit down and decide to order salads. You order the house salad, and your friend orders the house salad with fruit. Better yet, they order the fruit salad. Guess which one comes with tomatoes? Ah yes, the house salad, most likely. What about the fruit salad? Any tomatoes there? I doubt it. If people who handle tomatoes professionally consider it just another vegetable, I'm not going to argue with them.
The verdict: despite what science has proven, tomatoes are vegetables in modern culture.
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