Do tomatoes go in the fruit, or the vegetable section?

[CrazyConure]

Not only speaking for the tomatoes. Included are peppers, pumpkins, squash ect. They are eating as a vegetable but are technically fruits. Which section is better for these seeded vegetables?

 

[Chuck]

I have always thought of them as vegs. Fruits to me are peaches and bananas and plums although scientifically tomatoes are fruits.

 

[Beth_B]

Whenever I visit here I just use the "new posts" view so honestly I barely notice posts by forum.

But I'm with Chuck....tomatoes and such are vegetables to me, and that is how I classify them too. Even though they are technically fruits.

 

[CrazyConure]

Ah. I see. I usually spent 10 minutes figuring where to post them. I'll just classify them as veggies.

 

[Dragonfly29]

Fruit technically, but always classified as a vegetable.

 

[SirJoe]

They are a fruit but since it's eaten like a veggie many people consider them veggies. Cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, among others are also fruits but regarded as veggies because of they way they are prepared.

 

[amelia88]

Yes - I classify them as a veggie when it comes to eating and what I pair them with. Wouldn't see me putting some tomato in a fruit salad that's for sure

 

[atlmom5]

They are technically considered a fruit because they have seeds inside of them. However, it is used as a veggie and that's how I use them. @amelia88, you wouldn't dare catch me putting them in a fruit salad, either.

 

[Caribbean girl]

I have always regarded tomatoes as vegetables and have always used them that way. The same goes for pumpkin and cucumbers. I know these are really classified as fruit though. In fact, this is the first time I am hearing of cucumbers as a fruit too. But for me, fruit would be like bananas, oranges, grapefruit, apples, peaches, grapes, etc.

 

[rz3300]

Well this is certain the old debate. I know the whole technically it is a fruit thing, but I cannot help but think every logical person out there still considers it a vegetable. I really could not care less about the technical qualities, and I would rather go off of what they taste like to me, and this is a veggie.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable

 

[zigs]

We'll be in trouble when it comes to Rhubarb, it's a veg over here but I think the Americans now class it as a fruit

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Why would you say that Zig, without googling it first. LOL
http://www.gardena.com/int/garden-life/garden-magazine/rhubarb-vegetable-or-fruit/

 

[zigs]

Why would you say that Zig, without googling it first. LOL
http://www.gardena.com/int/garden-life/garden-magazine/rhubarb-vegetable-or-fruit/

Didn't need to google something I already knew Esther

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/what-is-rhubarb-fruit-or-vegetable_n_7534888.html

Rhubarb is technically a vegetable, but is legally considered a fruit. In 1947 a New York court declared rhubarb a fruit because it’s most often cooked as one in the United States (and, it’s said, because it was a way to save businesses who imported these stalks from spending additional money on taxes).

 

[Esther Knapicius]

my google says its a veggie. I am an American, I believe its a Veggie.